The parents keep a very dark secret to their kid in the horror and mystery “Cobweb”

The Tell-Tale Heart is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1843. It is related by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of the narrator’s sanity while simultaneously describing a murder the narrator committed. The victim was an old man with a filmy pale blue “vulture-eye”, as the narrator calls it. The narrator emphasizes the careful calculation of the murder, attempting the perfect crime, complete with dismembering the body in the bathtub and hiding it under the floorboards. Ultimately, the narrator’s actions result in hearing a thumping sound, which the narrator interprets as the dead man’s beating heart.

This story served as inspiration for the horror thriller Cobweb (2023), where eight-year-old Peter is plagued by a mysterious, constant tap, tap from inside his bedroom wall – a tapping that his parents insist is all in his imagination. As Peter’s fear intensifies, he believes that his parents could be hiding a terrible dangerous secret and questions their trust. And for a child, what could be more frightening than that?

This is the debut feature film of director Samuel Bodin, known for the awards-winner series T.A.N.K (2016– ) and Lazy Company (2013–). Chris Thomas Devlin, who was one of the the writers of Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022), is the author of the screenplay for Cobweb (2023).

Lizzy Caplan (Cloverfield (2008), Now You See Me 2 (2016), Extinction (2018)) and Antony Starr (whose popularity raised with his role of Homelander in the hit TV series The Boys (2019–)) lead the main cast that also includes Cleopatra Coleman, Woody Norman, Luke Busey, and Anton Kottas.

Cobweb (2023) is Rated R for horror violence and some language. Seth Rogen’s Point Grey Pictures is producing in association with Vertigo Entertainment. Lionsgate is distributing anf has set the release for July 21, 2023.

Watch the official trailer for Cobweb (2023).