What will you do if someone comes knocking on your door one day and asks you to sacrifice a member of your family to save the world from the apocalypse? Would you believe them, or would you do everything in your power to save your family from the strangers who appear to be asking the impossible? That’s the question posed by the trailer forM. Night Shyamalan’s upcoming filmKnock at the Cabin, starringDave Bautista,Nikki Amuka-Bird,Abby Quinn, andRupert Grintas four armed strangers who hold a family of three hostage until they make the ultimate sacrifice.
Based onPaul Tremblay’s 2018 horror novel,The Cabin at the End of the World, the upcoming film will take place in a remote cabin, with Andrew (Jonathan Groff) and Eric (Ben Aldridge) spending a vacation with their young daughter Wen (Kristen Cui). However, during their family vacation away from the city, four strangers knock on their cabin door, demanding an unimaginable choice to counteract the end of the world by choosing who among the three of them can be sacrificed. No one is allowed to leave until they make a decision, and every no they give the four strangers would result in the deaths of hundreds of people, as Leonard—played by Bautista—described it. The family must now decide whether they want to save their family or choose the unthinkable.
Shyamalan has a string of well-received thriller films under his belt and is a well-known figure in the genre, with films that have beeningrained in pop culture forever, includingThe Sixth Sense,Unbreakable,The Visit,Split, andGlass, among other films Shyamalan wrote and directed himself. If Shyamalan’s body of work has taught us anything, it’s that nothing ends without a surprising twist.Knock at the Cabinis the director’s second film to receive an R-rating, and with an impressive trailer and an ensemble cast, it appears likely that the upcoming film will enjoy commercial success similar to Shyamalan’s previous projects.
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Knock at the Cabinappears to be another home invasion film we’ve already seen over the decades, such asInside,The Strangers,You’re Next, andHush. But with Shyamalan at the helm, we can expect more than just a violent bloodbath. And, by any means, we’re all here for the ending. Apart from directing, Shyamalan also produced the film alongsideMarc BienstockandAshwin Rajan, withSteven Schneider,Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, andAshley Foxexecutive producing.
So, if placed in a similar situation, “will you make a choice?” You can answer that yourself by watching the trailer below beforeKnock at the Cabinknocks on theater doors on July 26, 2025:
“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. With limited access to the outside world, the family must decide what they believe before all is lost.”
