Exclusive: ‘The Housemaid’ Preview Clip Features a Tense Encounter as Sydney Sweeney's Millie Meets the Family

'The Housemaid' by Freida McFadden

While Freida McFadden fans are used to reading heart-pounding twists in her books, believe us, this is not a trick. We're finally taking a break from dissecting the trailer for The Housemaid to share a very special look at the upcoming film with a new clip that will definitely have you second guessing what's going to happen next.

Cosmopolitan has an exclusive first-look clip from The Housemaid, which will be released in theaters on December 19, 2025. The film follows Millie, played by the one and only Sydney Sweeney, as she is hired by a family to be their live-in housemaid. But the dirt on the floors aren't the only things that she's secretly uncovering as she finds out more of the family's hidden secrets.

You can check out Millie's first time meeting the family above. Let's just say that not everyone got the memo that this was happening...obviously giving us that tension that we can only get from a Freida McFadden thriller.

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The film also stars Amanda Seyfried as the matriarch of the family, Nina Winchester, and Brandon Sklenar as her husband Andrew. According to Lionsgate, "From director Paul Feig, 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 (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."

And trust us, you're definitely going to want to watch to see what happens next!

The Housemaid will be released in theaters on December 19, 2025 from Lionsgate.

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