Osgood Perkins' Keeper Opens With His Lowest Rotten Tomatoes Score In Two Years
If you walked out of Longlegs buzzing and circled The Monkey on your calendar, you're probably eyeing Keeper next. And honestly, the early number might make you blink: a 63% Tomatometer from 16 critics. Not a disaster. But for Perkins, it's a wobble.
Here's what that means in context. Longlegs sits at 86%. The Monkey at 77%. Keeper is, so far, the second-lowest-rated movie he's directed overall. Scores shift as more reviews land, but it's a softer start than many expected for a director who's been on a tear.
What Keeper Is (And Isn't) Selling
The marketing kept things close to the vest - on purpose. The setup is simple and unsettling: a couple heads to a secluded cabin for their anniversary, and Tatiana Maslany's Liz starts sensing something is very wrong. The trailer hints at relationship fractures and something sinister at the edges.
Perkins has leaned into mood and mystery before, and it's worked. The vibe-first push here aimed to do the same - draw audiences in with questions rather than answers - while riding goodwill from those last two Neon-backed hits. That strategy can still work at the box office, even with mixed notices.
The Numbers, Plainly
- Rotten Tomatoes: 63% from 16 critic reviews (early)
- Release: November 14, 2025
- Rating/Runtime: R, 99 minutes
- Genres: Horror, Mystery
If you want to watch the score move in real time, the film's page is here: Keeper on Rotten Tomatoes.
Cast And Crew Snapshot
- Director: Osgood Perkins (movies and tv series)
- Stars: Tatiana Maslany (Liz), Rossif Sutherland (movies and tv series) (Malcolm), Christin Park (movies and tv series) (Leslie), Birkett Turton (movies and tv series) (Darren)
- Writer: Nick Lepard
- Producers: Chris Ferguson (movies and tv series), Jesse Savath
So… Is Perkins' Hot Streak Over?
Maybe it's just timing. Maybe expectations were sky-high after Longlegs and The Monkey landed only six months apart. Keeper still has defenders, and a score in the 60s says "divisive," not "dead on arrival." Horror fans tend to meet these movies on their own terms, and word-of-mouth can turn a weekend around.
And there's more on deck. Perkins is moving straight into The Young People, which just cast Nicole Kidman (movies and tv series). Lola Tung (movies and tv series) (The Summer I Turned Pretty) and Nico Parker (movies and tv series) (How to Train Your Dragon) will lead, with Maslany returning to the fold. If Keeper is a dip, the next one could be the rebound.
What This Means If You Cover Movies
- Track the Tomatometer through opening weekend - early counts are small, swings are common.
- Watch for audience score vs. critic score spread; if fans lean higher, legs could be better than expected.
- Keep an eye on Neon's campaign tweaks post-opening; a stronger character-forward spot could help.
Bottom line: Keeper opens with an uneasy number, but not a fatal one. If you're programming coverage, treat it like what it is - a curious bend in a director's strong run, with a potentially bigger play right behind it.
