Amanda Seyfried ‘s happy home is haunted in the first official trailer for The Housemaid . In theaters Dec. 19, the Paul Feig -directed psychological thriller brings Seyfried’s character Nina together with Sydney Sweeney ‘s Millie under circumstances that are far more sinister than they initially appear. Based on the novel by Freida McFadden, The Housemaid follows Millie as she’s hired by Nina to serve as a live-in housemaid.
This works out great for Millie, who needs somewhere to live, and also for Nina, who needs someone to handle cleaning, organizing, some light cooking, and maybe commit a crime for her. As the trailer shows, overlayed with a haunting rendition of Sabrina Carpenter’s “Please Please Please,” the household Nina has built with her husband, Andrew, and their daugh