The trailer for the screen adaptation of Frieda McFadden’s best-selling book The Housemaid has been released, directed by Paul Feig and starring Amanda Seyfried and Sydney Sweeney.

An official film synopsis states that “the film plunges audiences into a twisted world where perfection is an illusion, and nothing is as it seems  Trying to escape her past, Millie (Sweeney) accepts a job as a live-in housemaid for the wealthy Nina (Seyfried) and Andrew Winchester (Brandon Sklenar). But what begins as a dream job quickly unravels into something far more dangerous — a sexy, seductive game of secrets, scandal, and power. Behind the Winchesters’ closed doors lies a world of shocking twists that will leave you guessing until the very end.” Brandon Sklenar, Michele Morrone and Elizabeth Perkins round out the cast for the film.

“The Housemaid” debuts in theaters on Dec. 19; see the trailer: HERE.

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