The Sixth Sense, Signs and Split: M. Night Shyamalan is one of the most important genre directors of the past decades. He is known for his enigmatic mystery box films, which always contain a little more than what they want to reveal to viewers in the first few minutes.
Shyamalan’s new horror thriller is a prime example of this type of film. But the best thing about Knock at the Cabin isn’t the inescapable one Reveal at the end, but the tension that the film builds up to that point. You can stream Knock at the Cabin now and exclusively on WOW*.
What is Knock at the Cabin about?
Andrew (Jonathan Groff) and Eric (Ben Aldridge) drive to a remote cabin with their young daughter Wen (Kristen Cui) to treat themselves to a relaxing family vacation in nature. But the hoped-for idyll in the forest, cut off from the rest of the world, doesn’t last long. Armed strangers, led by Leonard (Dave Bautista), knock on their door and take them hostage. The Apocalypse is said to be imminent and only the prisoners are said to be able to avert it…by making an impossible decision.
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Knock at the Cabin
Knock at the Cabin is a merciless psychological game
Above all the decisions the characters make is the question: What if…? What if the unimaginable is true and the intruders are not, as suspected, fanatical cult members who have fallen for a false belief. With every minute, more doubts are cast into the rational worldview of the main characters Andrew and Eric.
And everyone watching who gets involved in the psychological game finds themselves in the same stranglehold of uncertainty as the fathers of the family. What if … ?
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