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- 2017
- R
- IFC Midnight
- 1 h 33 m
- 2017
- R
- IFC Midnight
- 1 h 33 m
Summary Knock once to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead…” So goes a disturbing urban legend involving an abandoned house supposedly inhabited by a vengeful, child-stealing witch. When troubled teen Chloe (Lucy Boynton) raps at the door one night, she has no idea the horror she’s about to unleash. Fleeing to the country home...
Directed By: Caradog W. James
Written By: Mark Huckerby, Nick Ostler
- 2017
- R
- IFC Midnight
- 1 h 33 m
- 2017
- R
- IFC Midnight
- 1 h 33 m
Don't Knock Twice
45
5.0
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Summary Knock once to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead…” So goes a disturbing urban legend involving an abandoned house supposedly inhabited by a vengeful, child-stealing witch. When troubled teen Chloe (Lucy Boynton) raps at the door one night, she has no idea the horror she’s about to unleash. Fleeing to the country home...
Directed By: Caradog W. James
Written By: Mark Huckerby, Nick Ostler
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
45
14% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
71% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
14% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
45
14% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
71% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
14% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
The new supernatural horror film Don’t Knock Twice benefits greatly from the direction of Caradog James. He takes a story that almost immediately plunges viewers into an unexplained and messy mythology and, for the better part of an hour, manages to distract from its weaker aspects by implying something far more interesting. Unfortunately, then the third act happens, and the spell is broken.
If it had skipped the clichéd supernatural elements to instead concentrate on the relationship between the two central characters, Don’t Knock Twice might have emerged as an interesting film.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 23 User Ratings
5.0
22% Positive
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
57% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
22% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 23 User Ratings
5.0
22% Positive
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
57% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
22% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
I really enjoyed this film, though I have to admit I am a Katee Sackhoff fan so that didn't hurt. I am also a **** for a good ghost story, of which there aren't that many. This story actually offers a couple of fresh takes on the sub-genre that I liked. The director even managed to create and sustain tension and suspense, which is always a plus. He also, at least in the first half, did some pretty decent camera segues, adding a soft artistic feel. Shame he didn't do this for the entire film. The only thing that irked me was the double knocks. Okay, the title is Don't Knock TWICE, but really, how many people do you know that only... knock... knock... I don't know anybody. So anybody and everybody in this film only knocks twice, this is more of a Directorial thing as it allows him to mould tensity out of the action... who can be at the door?... But that was the only thing. Worth a watch on Fright Night Friday.
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The best reason to see Don’t Knock Twice is the volatile chemistry between genre favorites Katee Sackhoff and Lucy Boynton.
The film's storylines fail to inform or intensify each other in any theme-deepening or character-developing ways.
Inventive camerawork and a creepy (crawly) monster can’t save this messy supernatural horror.
Although replete with creepy shocks, this lacks the narrative finesse to match the committed performances and slick visuals.
Disappointing because its creators don't do anything interesting with a fairly novel theme: a mother's possessive love for her estranged daughter.
Knock knock! Oops, I just knocked twice!
Surprised to see some people actually liked it. If you have seen plenty of horrors, then this is nothing special. Just an average flick. The only plus point was, it was from Britain. If it was made in Hollywood, I would have bashed it from all the angles. Because there's no excuse like it was based on some book. So when someone writes, for a film, we expect something fresh, not refresh or repetition.
It was a common platform. That's about a local legend. When a teen couple set to test one of the stories they have heard, it puts them in an extreme position. Later the girl joins her mother who had just returned to the town to win her back. Now they both try to escape from the supernatural threat. How much they succeed and the rest of the tale follows with a twist before the end.
The same initiation, build up and conclusion as any horror film. Watchable film, but not any good. They even hinted about a sequel during the end, which I think never should go ahead, after seeing how ordinary this film was. Horror is the least average rated genre from collection and this is no surprise to join those low rating club. I don't know, that you might decently like it or maybe not, but I'm not suggesting or say ignore it.
4/10
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