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Knock at the Cabin
Knock at the Cabin is a 2023 American apocalyptic psychological horror film co-written, directed and produced by M. Night Shyamalan, who wrote the screenplay from an initial draft by Steve Desmond and Michael Sherman. It is based on the 2018 novel The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul G. Tremblay, the first adaptation of one of his works. The film stars Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Kristen Cui, Abby Quinn, and Rupert Grint. In the film, a family is vacationing at a remote cabin when they are suddenly held hostage by four strangers who ask them to do something unimaginable.
Knock at the Cabin premiered in New York City at the Rose Hall on January 30, 2023, and was theatrically released in the United States on February 3, 2023, by Universal Pictures. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed over $54 million worldwide.
Seven-year-old Wen is vacationing with her parents, Eric and Andrew, in a remote cabin in rural Pennsylvania. She is approached by a stranger named Leonard who explains that he needs Wen and her parents' help to save the world. Leonard and three other individuals break into the cabin with makeshift weapons and tie Eric and Andrew up. Struggling to fight them off, Eric sustains a concussion.
Leonard and his companions, Sabrina, Adriane, and Redmond, claim that they have no intention of harming the family. However, in the past week they have been driven by visions to find the family. They foresee an impending apocalypse in which oceans will rise, a pandemic will spread, and the sky will fall. The only way to prevent this is for the family to sacrifice one of their own. If they fail to do so, they will be the last living humans. When the family refuses, the intruders sacrifice Redmond by fatally striking him with their weapons. Andrew sees a figure of light as Redmond dies. Television news reports show devastating megatsunamis. Andrew believes Redmond is really Rory O'Bannon, a man who had assaulted Andrew in a bar years prior, and thinks Rory tracked him down for revenge. Leonard, Sabrina, and Adriane grapple with guilt but reveal that Redmond's death has unleashed the first judgment of humanity.
The next day, TV news reports a deadly variant of a flu virus tearing across the globe and the intruders sacrifice Adriane. Andrew escapes and shoots at Sabrina with his gun until she flees. As Leonard is being held at gunpoint, Sabrina breaks in and is shot by Andrew. Leonard decapitates her. Andrew finds Redmond's wallet and shows Leonard that he was Rory. He then confronts Leonard in the bathroom, but Leonard overtakes him and grabs Andrew's gun. A TV broadcast reveals that hundreds of spontaneous plane crashes have occurred around the world.
Leonard informs the family that their time is nearly over, and after his own death they will only have a few minutes to make a decision. He then slashes his own throat. Upon his death, lightning causes fires and more planes crash out of the sky. Eric is convinced the intruders were correct and likens them to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Not wanting Wen to grow up in a destroyed world, he offers himself up as the sacrifice. He proceeds to envision an elderly Andrew and an adult Wen, both thriving in the future, and concludes that their family must have been chosen for the sacrifice for a reason. Andrew reluctantly shoots and kills Eric.
Andrew and Wen locate the intruders' truck in the woods near their cabin, where they find materials fully corroborating their stories. They drive off, making a stop at a crowded diner where they watch news reports confirming that the disasters have abruptly ended.
Knock at the Cabin is an adaptation of the 2018 horror novel The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay, who had signed an option with FilmNation Entertainment in late 2017, prior to the book's publication, and had to keep secret that the film was based on one of his novels until July 2022. The Black List and GLAAD List listed the initial draft by Steve Desmond and Michael Sherman as one of the most popular unproduced screenplays of 2019. While another director was briefly attached, M. Night Shyamalan read the original screenplay and grew interested in producing. Shyamalan later rewrote the script and came on board to direct the project as part of the two-film partnership between Universal Pictures and his production banner Blinding Edge Pictures. Old (2021) was the first film in that deal, with Knock at the Cabin being the second. The first draft was halfway completed by July 2021, and the title was revealed in October. Shyamalan said the script was the fastest he had ever written in his career.
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Knock at the Cabin
Knock at the Cabin is a 2023 American apocalyptic psychological horror film co-written, directed and produced by M. Night Shyamalan, who wrote the screenplay from an initial draft by Steve Desmond and Michael Sherman. It is based on the 2018 novel The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul G. Tremblay, the first adaptation of one of his works. The film stars Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Kristen Cui, Abby Quinn, and Rupert Grint. In the film, a family is vacationing at a remote cabin when they are suddenly held hostage by four strangers who ask them to do something unimaginable.
Knock at the Cabin premiered in New York City at the Rose Hall on January 30, 2023, and was theatrically released in the United States on February 3, 2023, by Universal Pictures. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed over $54 million worldwide.
Seven-year-old Wen is vacationing with her parents, Eric and Andrew, in a remote cabin in rural Pennsylvania. She is approached by a stranger named Leonard who explains that he needs Wen and her parents' help to save the world. Leonard and three other individuals break into the cabin with makeshift weapons and tie Eric and Andrew up. Struggling to fight them off, Eric sustains a concussion.
Leonard and his companions, Sabrina, Adriane, and Redmond, claim that they have no intention of harming the family. However, in the past week they have been driven by visions to find the family. They foresee an impending apocalypse in which oceans will rise, a pandemic will spread, and the sky will fall. The only way to prevent this is for the family to sacrifice one of their own. If they fail to do so, they will be the last living humans. When the family refuses, the intruders sacrifice Redmond by fatally striking him with their weapons. Andrew sees a figure of light as Redmond dies. Television news reports show devastating megatsunamis. Andrew believes Redmond is really Rory O'Bannon, a man who had assaulted Andrew in a bar years prior, and thinks Rory tracked him down for revenge. Leonard, Sabrina, and Adriane grapple with guilt but reveal that Redmond's death has unleashed the first judgment of humanity.
The next day, TV news reports a deadly variant of a flu virus tearing across the globe and the intruders sacrifice Adriane. Andrew escapes and shoots at Sabrina with his gun until she flees. As Leonard is being held at gunpoint, Sabrina breaks in and is shot by Andrew. Leonard decapitates her. Andrew finds Redmond's wallet and shows Leonard that he was Rory. He then confronts Leonard in the bathroom, but Leonard overtakes him and grabs Andrew's gun. A TV broadcast reveals that hundreds of spontaneous plane crashes have occurred around the world.
Leonard informs the family that their time is nearly over, and after his own death they will only have a few minutes to make a decision. He then slashes his own throat. Upon his death, lightning causes fires and more planes crash out of the sky. Eric is convinced the intruders were correct and likens them to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Not wanting Wen to grow up in a destroyed world, he offers himself up as the sacrifice. He proceeds to envision an elderly Andrew and an adult Wen, both thriving in the future, and concludes that their family must have been chosen for the sacrifice for a reason. Andrew reluctantly shoots and kills Eric.
Andrew and Wen locate the intruders' truck in the woods near their cabin, where they find materials fully corroborating their stories. They drive off, making a stop at a crowded diner where they watch news reports confirming that the disasters have abruptly ended.
Knock at the Cabin is an adaptation of the 2018 horror novel The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay, who had signed an option with FilmNation Entertainment in late 2017, prior to the book's publication, and had to keep secret that the film was based on one of his novels until July 2022. The Black List and GLAAD List listed the initial draft by Steve Desmond and Michael Sherman as one of the most popular unproduced screenplays of 2019. While another director was briefly attached, M. Night Shyamalan read the original screenplay and grew interested in producing. Shyamalan later rewrote the script and came on board to direct the project as part of the two-film partnership between Universal Pictures and his production banner Blinding Edge Pictures. Old (2021) was the first film in that deal, with Knock at the Cabin being the second. The first draft was halfway completed by July 2021, and the title was revealed in October. Shyamalan said the script was the fastest he had ever written in his career.