The Cuckoo Clock Trailer Finds Horror in the Last Place You'd Expect

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The Cuckoo Clock 2026

The clock is trying to warn her.

There are haunted houses, haunted dolls, haunted toys and pretty much anything else you can think of by this point, so naturally we have now reached the stage where the cuckoo clock is coming for us with the upcoming movie, The Cuckoo Clock, an indie psychological horror movie marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Lisa Jay, and heading to limited U.S. theaters on October 2, 2026.

Something Is Very Wrong With Grandma's House

The movie follows Penny, a young woman who falls in love with Megan, the home-health-care nurse looking after her grandmother, Adele, who has dementia, where things take a rather dark turn when Megan suddenly disappears, leaving Penny trying to figure out what happened to her, but nfortunately, the person who seems to have the most information is not exactly available for questioning - because Grandma's cuckoo clock starts talking to Penny instead.

The clock warns her that Adele may be responsible for Megan's disappearance, which is obviously the sort of thing you don't really want to hear coming from a piece of furniture sitting in your grandmother's house.

The Cuckoo Clock is written and directed by Lisa Jay, making her feature directorial debut after working on short films, and Jay is also credited as the film's writer, and the cast is led by Hana Hahn as Penny, MaKenna DeCaro as Megan and Laura Drake as Adele, with Rodman Boleck, Sachinmayi Menon, Allie Furlotti and others also appearing.

The movie was produced by Erich Cannon and Kim Hornsby and comes from Compassionate Disaster Films and Paisley Hat Productions, and it's also a Seattle-shot production, with the filmmakers using local talent and crew.

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