Lionsgate has unveiled a new trailer for The Housemaid, a psychological thriller led by Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried and directed by Paul Feig, ahead of its December 19, 2025 theatrical release in the U.S. The film adapts Freida McFadden’s bestselling novel and follows Millie, a young woman who takes a live-in job with the wealthy Winchester family, only to discover that the pristine house and its owners harbor dangerous secrets.
Sweeney plays Millie opposite Seyfried as Nina Winchester, with Brandon Sklenar as Andrew Winchester, Michele Morrone as Enzo, and Elizabeth Perkins in a key supporting role. The screenplay is by Rebecca Sonnenshine, reuniting Feig with composer Theodore Shapiro and cinematographer John Schwartzman for a tonal pivot toward darker terrain than the director’s recent studio comedies. Principal photography ran in New Jersey earlier this year as the project moved swiftly from first-look teases to full campaign.
The new footage leans into cat-and-mouse power shifts between employer and employee, teasing a dynamic closer to social thriller than slasher while signaling the book’s twisty structure. Marketing has broadened in recent weeks, including an additional clip that centers on Millie’s tense first meeting with the family, positioning the film for holiday counterprogramming against franchise fare. Exhibitor listings in the U.K. indicate a late-December rollout there as well.
The Housemaid arrives amid a wave of page-to-screen suspense hits driven by BookTok visibility, a factor distributors credit with expanding theatrical audiences for female-led thrillers. Industry attention has focused on the pairing of Sweeney and Seyfried and on how closely the adaptation mirrors McFadden’s unreliable-narrator perspective. The trailer emphasizes Millie’s shifting vantage point inside the Winchester home, with quick flashes of locked rooms, coded notes, and a child’s drawing that hints at deeper family machinations. Release-date materials and official channels confirm the late-December bow, with additional international dates to follow.
