The Night They Knocked

I sometimes question the one to three star reviews on here. Did they actually even watch the movie? The 10s are usually a given on reviews of low budget indie films: part of the production or family. This film is undeserving of extremely low ratings AND extremely high ones as well. What it is, is overall well done. It's a somewhat original take on the way overdone home invasion thriller. What it isn't is a pure horror movie. It's a cabin in the woods indie horror film without the usual slasher, and a "The Strangers" type home invasion without the silent adversaries. The ending is quite divisive, I liked it but some won't. It is quite worth a watch, if only for the inevitable discussion about what the hell you just watched.

This movie starts off pretty slow but once it gets going it's truly disturbing. Frightening in many parts and the production values are good. The acting was hit and miss but that's to be expected in these types of movies. The only thing that hurts this film is the abrupt ending which... well, I won't give anything away and will let you judge for yourself. Overall, decent but needed another ten minutes in the finale to really finish the film on a better note.

It's slow but it creepy. I went into it not expecting much and I was surprised. It's worth a watch. Some of those characters were annoying as hell tho.

The movie has a bunch of flaws. They bring up Derrick's ex-con history/criminal background so much it's obnoxious. They act like they're sitting with a terrorist over a young kid "stealing a car".

The lights going out halfway through made some of the film hard to track narratively but it still works.

The acting is pretty goofy and the characters are one dimensional.

That said; it's entertaining. It's not boring and it's fairly gripping. The deaths accompanied by some decent ADR sound effects are pretty brutal. It does not pan out the way you think it will and then last act brings this completely hopeless and bleak tone to the film and I actually like the way it ends. Watch it. It's worth the watch.

A terrible story line,not much thought gone into this at all. dont waste your time