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🎬 In this FilmSpeak video essay we discuss The HUGE Problem with Knocka at the Cabin and why the new M. Night Shyamalan movie is kinda problematic…
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In this video, we’ll discuss the HUGE problem with Knock at the Cabin… and why it’s such a disappointment.

M Night Shyamalan’s latest film is billed as a thought-provoking, claustrophobic thrill ride, but unfortunately, it’s not all that it’s cracked up to be. Sadly, Knock at the Cabin suffers from a lot of the same issues Shyamalan has struggled with for years, particular when it comes to the KNock at the Cabin ending aka the problem with M. Night Shyamalan. It’s not all bad, though. There are some compelling performances from Dave Bautista and Ben Aldridge, but outside of that, the new Shyamalan movie is one note, and surprisingly, albeit unintentionally, problematic with it’s handling of queer representation. In this video, we’ll discuss the problems with the film and how it ended up disappointing us- big time! Griffin (@griffschiller) gives you his Knock at the Cabin review and explains why Knock at the Cabin is a disappointment, the problem with Knock at the Cabin, why Knock at the Cabin fails, Knock at the Cabin explained, and why Knock at the Cabin is bad. Enjoy this Knock at the Cabin analysis and Knock at the Cabin ending explained video!

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🎞 About Knock at the Cabin 🎞

While vacationing at a remote cabin in the woods, a young girl and her parents are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand they make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. Confused, scared and with limited access to the outside world, the family must decide what they believe before all is lost. Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, Knock at the Cabin stars Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Rupert Grint, Abby Quinn, and Nikki Amuka-Bird.
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@FilmSpeak
12.06.2025
What did you think of Knock at the Cabin? 🚪Is it a return to form for Shyamalan or were you disappointed like me? COMMENT BELOW! 💥
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@chasehedges6775
21.05.2025
To quote Mark Whalberg from The Happening: “WHAT NOOO…”
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@chasehedges6775
21.05.2025
Shymalan is one those directors whose work is always hard to decipher and analyze because you have no idea if it’s entertainingly good or bad or just mediocre
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@robby7499
20.05.2025
Honestly liked the film more than I thought I would have. While I am happy they didn't go that one route the book did, at the same time, there were little stakes.

But mainly I felt it was refreshing there was no convoluted twist in it. Hadn't read the book for myself, but I can see why some people are upset that there is no ambiguity here.
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@bjmcmahon722
20.05.2025
Thanks Griff @FilmSpeak ...great video sir- you always have the most in-depth breakdowns. Much appreciated!
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@Loudtuba
20.05.2025
2:20 I don’t think that Knock at the cabin can be disappointing because it never promised anything in the marketing
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@darnbricks
19.05.2025
2:24 The spelling here is - I can't think of the right word.
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@dcamaraman939
19.05.2025
I love Shyamalan in his good , bad and in the middle. There are always Shayamalan movies and I enjoy them everytime
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@bullseyestudios9068
19.05.2025
Keep up the great work my guy...
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@tvbnine793
13.05.2025
I didn't even know this movie was based on a book until I watched this video. But I feel like it would be better if this adaptation stuck with the book's ending because throughout the 1st and 2nd acts of the film, I kept guessing if one of our three leads would be sacrificed or none would and the apocalypse will carry on. But the book ends in a 3rd option, leaving the audience to guess what's next. Overall, I liked this movie and it's the best one Shyamalan has put out in years
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@colinschroyer
13.05.2025
Personally, the question that’s plagued me since I first heard about the film (which I haven’t watched for myself yet) is why this family? Regardless of whether it has anything to do with the LGBTQ relationship, it’s weird to me that the apocalypse hinges on one random suburban family
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@SolTerra42
13.05.2025
I would bet you money the person who made this video is straight. This movie is a lot worse than you think it was! Bury your gays Trope the movie!
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@JustinSimpson
08.05.2025
I liked "Knock at the Cabin" but I love hearing both Positive and Negative reviews, like this one. I really enjoyed your perspective. M. Night Shyamalan is quite an enigma of a Director, but yet we are still fascinated or at least have something to say about his work.
EDIT: I completely did not pick up on that Andrew and Eric (Adam and Eve) allegory! Never thought about it, but quite an interesting observation.
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@everythingharsh
08.05.2025
His films are always elevated or saved by the performances
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@gaycouchpotato
08.05.2025
1000% AGREEEE !!!!!!
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@vincentfransen970
07.05.2025
This movie was so annoying and boring holy shit. that one character was constantly in denial and accusing them for being homophobes it got annoying real quick. i cant even see how this movie could have worked. maybe if youre christiab
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@jordaineee
07.05.2025
I liked the movie and I think peoples expectations of the director are stopping them from enjoying the actual film. I mean there were no twists or big revelations. I think the point is to take it at face value, the film tells you what it is. The symbolism is clear and considering the book didn’t confirm whether the four horsemen were actually the four horsemen, it seems to me like it was intentional.
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@celondelon351
07.05.2025
I think Cabin in the Woods did this way better and one thing that is never explained with Knock at the Cabin is why the four visitors had to die.
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@joelrivardguitar
26.04.2025
The movie was great but the ending was not. I was expecting a twist rather than the sacrifice that was being implied the entire movie. Obviously it was a take on apocalyptic myths and the four horsemen were mentioned but the 4 types given (teacher, healer....) are not the horsemen from Revelation so I don't know what they were talking about? The apparently new apocalyptic myth that requires a loving family to choose a member to be a sacrifice or everyone dies is depressing. What kind of sadistic deity would require that? I wonder if the collecting grasshoppers to study and label has any parallel?
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@iarland9693
26.04.2025
It just fizzles out to another generic film
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@washi2916
26.04.2025
if the message is lgbtq is a sin its a 10/10 movie
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@davidmylchreest3306
24.04.2025
Endings are what give a film meaning. Yeah, that ending is a... choice.
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@justjuanreader
24.04.2025
Although I really enjoyed myself at the theater watching this, I can’t help but feeling that Shymalan showed us way too much - his not showing is actually what made me love The Village many years ago. That said, this movie was a good cinematic thrill ride and miles better than the horrific train wreck that was Old.
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@bossisin2510
24.04.2025
I think the three changes I would make to the film to make it better are pretty simple.
1.) make it common knowledge that the world is seemingly ending. I heard the book is more of a home invasion set during a apocalypse. As if to say that everyone knows the apocalypse is happening. That way it’s less about are they telling the truth about the world ending, which is something they can easily prove in the first 20 minutes, but instead do they have some unique revelation about the cause and solution to the apocalypse. Each time ever sacrifices himself, did it have a direct effect on the apocalypse, or was it just a coincidence or planned out to look like they have a inside scoop on how to save he world. This is much harder to prove for the group, and it focuses attention on what really matters, that being whether or not they are a mentally ill group of people or rather not they are actually sent by God.
2.) have the condition to save the world not be that one of the family members randomly must be chosen to die, but instead both parents must sacrifice their child. Not only is this infinitely a harder choice to make, as with the original you can just choose yourself as the parent, but also this would make the climax much more sense. As we would see one parent converted willing to sacrifice their daughter, and the other parent completely disagreed, and seeing them fight over this would have The audience on the edge of their seat. Especially if it got physical. This also would ask many more philosophical questions.
3.) And finally, recast the movie. Jonathan Groff is the only actor giving a semi believable and somewhat moving performance. The actor who plays his husband is not good at all, the worst of the actors is easily the actress in plays Wen, at some points her performance is actually painful to watch. And yes I would also recast Batista, his performance is mediocre at best. He just delivers his lines in a semi-dramatic and melancholy way, and it doesn’t help that the entire time the audience is just thinking I’m looking at Dave Bautista right now with glasses dressed as a teacher. It’s distracting. He has the body of a literal God, not a middle school gym teacher.

I believe with a cast I can truly grip the audience in and move them, and have us believe in this absurd scenario, and with those two changes to the plot, it would easily be his best film since unbreakable. I will also add that some of the camera movements were distracting and unnecessarily showy.

Also, the grasshoppers in the jar metaphor is so stupid. Like what questions does it ask? What is the metaphor implying? It’s an empty metaphor, with no actual significant value or depth. I was just ask some sort of suicidal question about the relation between the grasshoppers and the family, because they literally have none besides their situation. Or are we supposed to ask the philosophical similarity between Dave Bautista and the rest of the four horsemen and the Wen who has captured the grasshoppers? It’s a pointless metaphor that’s just there to see in clever.
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@DamanKingBear
19.04.2025
I liked this movie
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@ceneb3731
19.04.2025
I RAN out to see this because of Bautista...very disappointing
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@MrE1981
19.04.2025
What......Dave Bautista was a plank of wood in this.....
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@Dmayo2000
18.04.2025
Very obvious bias against Christianity
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@jordansweet8054
18.04.2025
I never thought of those problems really, but you make some interesting points. I thought this was solid,very well shot and kept the tension well. The ending was a little weak but this was solid in its smaller ambitions to me compared to how terrible Glass and The Happening collapsed mightily at least to me.
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@logan4402
18.04.2025
So woke

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