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Knock at the Cabin

2023 · 100 min

A claustrophobic, nerve-shredding standoff that forces you to weigh impossible choices alongside the characters.

Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Genres: Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Starring: Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge

Tagline: Save your family or save humanity. Make the choice.
Overview: While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her two fathers are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand that the family make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. With limited access to the outside world, the family must decide what they believe before all is lost.

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Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Genres: Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Starring: Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: faith
family
survival
morality
grief
Places: single country house
wilderness
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none

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Horror	6
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	9
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: thriller, horror, mystery
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Written by: Steve Desmond, Michael Sherman, M. Night Shyamalan
Starring: Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Rupert Grint, Abby Quinn, Kristen Cui, McKenna Kerrigan
Music: Herdís Stefánsdóttir
Cinematography: Jarin Blaschke, Lowell A. Meyer
Runtime: 100 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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