Anyone who saw and enjoyed the 2018 film “A Simple Favor” knows that writer-director Paul Feig is gifted at adapting thrillers into campy masterpieces, and he managed to do it again in 2025 with “The Housemaid,” starring Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar. Now, you’ll be able to watch this heightened drama from the comfort of your own home, starting when it releases on premium video on demand (PVOD) and digital on February 3, 2026.
“The Housemaid,” which debuted in theaters in December 2025 and performed admirably (having grossed over $300 million at the worldwide box office against a $35 million production budget), is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Freida McFadden and even has a sequel in the works now. (I’ll get to that later.) Aside from its financial success, the film also received a mostly positive critical response, with Film’s Witney Seibold reviewing it. describing “The Housemaid” as being “among Feig’s best work” in his review.
As mentioned, the film is currently on its way to the domestic market and will soon be available for purchase or rental on digital on-demand services like Prime Video, Apple TV, Fandango at Home, and more (at the usual prices for these platforms). Additionally, those who purchase the film as a digital download will be able to pair it with audio commentary tracks – both from Feig and his creative team – as well as a featurette on the adaptation of the novel, a behind-the-scenes tour of the film’s main setting (the Winchester mansion, not to be confused with the Winchester Mystery House) and deleted scenes.
So what is “The Housemaid” about in the first place?
The Housemaid is a bloody and twisted story about two women trapped in a nightmare.
As “The Housemaid” opens, we meet Sydney Sweeney’s Millie Calloway, and it’s an understatement to say that this girl is down on her luck. Having recently been released from prison (for a crime we only learn about later in the film), Millie is living in her car and unable to find steady employment until she meets Nina and Andrew Winchester, played by Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar (the latter of whom you may know from “1923” and “It Ends With Us”). At first, his arrangement with the Winchesters seems ideal. Not only does Millie have her own private attic room as part of her ongoing employment, but Nina and Andrew seem to be the perfect couple, even though their young daughter, Cecelia (Indiana Elle), seems wary of Millie’s presence. But soon, the cracks begin to appear.
Without spoilers all Among the wild twists and turns found in “The Housemaid” (and there are several, which Paul Feig brings to life perfectly by sticking faithfully to Freida McFadden’s sinister source novel), the bottom line is that there is a darkness in the Winchester house. Eventually, Millie discovers that there is active abuse going on in the house…and not only that, but the more she learns, the more danger she finds herself in when it comes to Nina and Andrew.
Again, I don’t want to spoil all the fun of “The Housemaid” if you haven’t seen it, but while the film deals with some incredibly serious topics, it’s also weirdly amusing thanks to Feig’s deft tonal balance and, in particular, Seyfried’s phenomenal performance. There’s also a sequel based on the sequel to McFadden’s book, so you’ll want to watch “The Housemaid” before it hits theaters.
The Housemaid will get a sequel, but there’s a problem
I actually wrote about it right here on /Film, but shortly after “The Housemaid” made waves at the box office, its distributor, Lionsgate, announced that Paul Feig and Sydney Sweeney are reportedly returning for a sequel, which would follow Freida McFadden’s novel “The Housemaid’s Secret.” On the one hand, the ending of “The Housemaid” perfectly sets up a sequel, in that it makes it clear that Millie’s “job,” so to speak, will continue even after she leaves the Winchester house. There is a problemHowever, and this problem is Amanda Seyfried.
To be clear, Seyfried herself is never a problem. The woman is, frankly, one of our best actors and is very underrated despite an Emmy and Oscar under her belt. (She was absolutely snubbed by this year’s Oscar nominations for her phenomenal role in Mona Fastvold’s “The Testament of Ann Lee.”) But because of the way “The Housemaid” ends, Seyfried’s character, Nina Winchester, will no longer be a part of the action…and again, I won’t tell you. Why if you haven’t seen the movie. Although Sweeney gives a serviceable performance that I can only assume was enhanced by Feig’s careful direction, Seyfried is an absolute knockout in “The Housemaid,” and it’s incredibly disappointing that we probably won’t see her in the follow-up.
However, only time will tell if this is the case. (It’s possible that Feig has already found some sort of workaround.) In the meantime, go ahead and rent or buy “The Housemaid” once it becomes available on major digital platforms, again, on February 3, 2026.
