The Sixth Sense director M. Night Shyamalan's latest, Knock at the Cabin, hits theaters today, and now that the review embargo has lifted, you can find out what critics made of the mysterious horror drama.
Shyamalan's movies (his more recent ones, at least) tend to be divisive, and it doesn't look like this adaptation of Paul Tremblay's The Cabin at the End of the World will be any different.
Though the film is currently sitting at a respectable enough 72% on Rotten Tomatoes ("Although it's often less than scary and parts of the story don't bear scrutiny, Knock at the Cabin is a thought-provoking chiller and upper-tier Shyamalan," reads the consensus), many critics have taken issue with certain aspects of the story, including its "self-serious tone" and supposed "faith-based" themes.
The performances - particularly GOTG actor Dave Bautista's menacing turn - came in for a lot of praise, however, as did the cinematography from Jarin Blaschke (The Lighthouse).
At the very least, it sounds like this is going to provoke strong reactions from audiences, and we'd expect nothing less from a Shyamalan project.
Check out the most recent trailer below, and let us know if you plan on seeing Knock at The Cabin this weekend.
"While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her parents are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand that the family make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse," reads Knock at the Cabin's synopsis. "With limited access to the outside world, the family must decide what they believe before all is lost."
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