Knock at the Cabin

2023
R
1h 40m

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Psychological Thriller Horror Mystery Thriller

While vacationing, a girl and her parents are taken hostage by armed strangers who demand that the family make a choice to avert the apocalypse.While vacationing, a girl and her parents are taken hostage by armed strangers who demand that the family make a choice to avert the apocalypse.While vacationing, a girl and her parents are taken hostage by armed strangers who demand that the family make a choice to avert the apocalypse.

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6.1/10

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Awards
- 12 nominations total

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Why M. Night Shyamalan Put on His "Boogie Shoes" for 'Knock at the Cabin'

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M. Night Shyamalan Puts on His "Boogie Shoes"

M. Night Shyamalan talks movie music, how he directs child actors, and more with his Knock at the Cabin cast.

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Trivia
In a 2023 interview with Screen Rant, M. Night Shyamalan explained how he came to cast Dave Bautista: "I thought, 'This is an impossible role. A GIANT who can emote and do 30 pages of monologues. This doesn't exist, this person doesn't exist!' And then I was like, 'Wait a minute, what about that guy in Blade Runner 2049 (2017)?' I don't know much about wrestling, so it wasn't like I had that in my head, and probably if I did I might've been blinded to the fact that this person was an amazing actor... They said his name was Dave Bautista and so I reached out, and then Dave reached out, and then we met. And when I spoke to him, I found a human being who was ready to start over again, take away all the success that he had and unlearn it and then start over... He just wanted to be proud of himself and I was like, 'I'm down, brother. Let's do it the right way from beginning to end' and he's like, 'I don't know if I can do this' and I go, 'But I do'."

Goofs
At 01:05:15, Sabrina strikes the SUV window and the window cracks. At 01:05:18, Sabrina strikes the SUV window for a second time (and it shatters), but the cracks from the first strike are missing.

Quotes
Leonard: The four of us are here to prevent the apocalypse. We - and when I say, "we", I mean everyone in this cabin, can stop it from happening, but only with your help. Ultimately, whether the world ends or not is completely up to you three.
Andrew: You are having a psychological break of some kind.
Leonard: Your family must choose to willingly sacrifice one of the three of you in order to prevent the apocalypse. After you make what I know is an impossible decision, you must then kill the one you choose. If you fail to choose, of if you fail to follow through with the sacrifice, the world will end. You three will live, but the rest of humanity, seven billion plus... will perish.
Eric: They're lunatics.
Leonard: And you will all live long enough to witness the horror of the end of everything. And you will be left to wander the devastated planet alone. Permanently and cosmically... alone.
Andrew: Leonard. We haven't done anything wrong.
Leonard: I agree with you. You haven't. You haven't done anything wrong to... to deserve this burden. You're just the family chosen to decide for us in this time.

Crazy credits
During the closing credits, the apocalyptic events of the movie are replayed in the background in different forms such as a flower with it's petals floating away, blue water waves, viruses, wire-frame models of airplanes breaking up, lightning bolts, and fire.

Connections
Featured in The Graham Norton Show: Claire Foy/Sarah Michelle Gellar/M. Night Shyamalan/Rob Beckett/Sam Smith (2023)

Soundtracks
Distance
Written by Emily King and Jeremy Most
Performed by Emily King
Courtesy of Making Music Records

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5/10

Kinda boring

I don't know why I keep on falling for it. I keep on watching movies by M Night Shyamalan, and continue to hope to walk away with the excitement and awe I felt when I watched movies like The Sixth Sense, Signs, and The Visit. Instead, I keep on walking away shaking my head, thinking about the lost potential and opportunity. He continues to have very interesting ideas with very poor execution. The concept of this movie is excellent. The directorial choices, the storyline, the decisions made by characters were to be honest with you kind of blah. I didn't care enough about any of the characters to really care what happened to them. For a director that's known for his plot twists, this movie sure could've used one.