There Comes a Knocking

Left me wanting more to explore more of the story.

You will finish the short and want there to be more after a major cliffhanger. I don't want to spoil it. It's not very scary so I think this would be good for people who like non scary things. It is very well written (No surprise because its Ryan Conley.) and acting was very good as well.

As much as I love Film Riot, I can't say I'm a fan of this one. While visually it looks fantastic, it's extremely cliche and lacks any real story. Hopefully their next project has a really good story. But I'm still a fan of them, regardless of what I say here!

Ryan Connolly's latest film is his most potent and captivating to date. Incredible visuals, enthralling sound design, and a great performance left me wanting to explore more of the story. This proof of concept has promise and I would gladly pay to see a feature film based on this.

This is not a bad short film. It's good. The cinematography and lighting were an easy 10/10 for me and this whole thing was clearly a high quality project.

However, my biggest gripe is with the narrative. First off, I know it's hard to create a lot of substance in nine minutes. But for me, this story is full of cliches that I've seen before and doesn't even try to present things in any new way.

It's just the whole "grieving character brings a creepy object into the house which makes scary things start happening" story has been done so many times before. Maybe I'm being too harsh and maybe the filmmakers were trying to do more than just that, but that's the general interpretation I got from it.

So overall, it's not bad. People also need to keep in mind that it's a proof of concept so it's unfair to be too hard on it. And to be honest, I don't think it deserves the 1/10 ratings that it's getting. I will be on the lookout to see if this gets turned into a feature someday.