Knock Knock (2015)

A devoted father helps two stranded young women who knock on his door, but his kind gesture turns into a dangerous seduction and a deadly game of cat and mouse.

Director:

Eli Roth

Writers:

Eli Roth (screenplay), Nicolás López (screenplay)

Stars:

Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo, Ana de Armas

Cast

Cast overview:
Keanu Reeves	...	Evan
Lorenza Izzo	...	Genesis
Ana de Armas	...	Bell
Aaron Burns	...	Louis
Ignacia Allamand	...	Karen
Dan Baily	...	Jake
Megan Baily	...	Lisa
Colleen Camp	...	Vivian
Antonio Quercia	...	Uber Driver
Otto	...	Monkey

Storyline

When a devoted husband and father is left home alone for the weekend, two stranded young women unexpectedly knock on his door for help. What starts out as a kind gesture results in a dangerous seduction and a deadly game of cat and mouse. A sexy new thriller from director Eli Roth and written for the screen by Eli Roth & Nicolás López & Guillermo Amoedo and story by Anthony Overman and Michael Ronald, KNOCK KNOCK stars Keanu Reeves as the family man who falls into temptation and Lorenza Izzo and Ana de Armas as the seductresses who wreak havoc upon his life, turning a married man's dark fantasy into his worst nightmare.

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Plot Keywords:

threesome | female on male rape | female nudity | female psychopath | tied to a bed | 

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Taglines:

One night can cost you everything

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for disturbing violent behavior, strong sexual content, nudity and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Colleen Camp and Sondra Locke, two of the producers of this film, starred in Death Game (1977), the original film, on which "Knock Knock" is based.

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Goofs

When Evan picks up the iPad with his feet, the case goes flat because it's really empty. Then, when he opens it, the iPad has been placed inside for use. Most likely, this was done to make it easier for the actor to hold it with his feet.

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Quotes

Evan Webber: Chocolate with
[shouting]
Evan Webber: sprinkles!

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Connections

References Creepshow (1982)

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Soundtracks

Winter Nights
Composed by Jeronimo Hill
Performed by Goyele
Courtesy of IA Music

User Reviews

Oh my freaking God this is so terrible

I'm a rare poster here at IMDb. Good movies? They get enough praise without me joining in the chorus. Average films? There's usually enough people on each side to adequately debate the pros and cons. But a film this ridiculously bad has, if nothing else, crossed whichever threshold is required to motivate me to reset my long forgotten IMDb login details and hopefully save some poor souls the 90 odd minutes of their lives, and (god forbid) their hard earned on a ticket.

It's so hard to know where to begin, so, as a wiser person than me once suggested, I will begin at the beginning. The acting, from the get go, is so wooden, unbelievable and shallow that not only did I not feel any connection to the characters, they were actually making me angry! Keanu is has always been pretty one dimensional, but he takes it to a new level with his performance here. In this role as a supposedly doting father, it felt like he has never spent more than five minutes around any kid. The wife was equally unconvincing and the kids were so bad they wouldn't get a role on a home-brand cola commercial. I did however quite like the Boston Terrier playing the role of the family pet, 'Monkey', and I feel like he did his best to carry this stinker, but with limited screen time there was only so much he could do.

Enter the 2 mysterious young women...who continue what has become the well established, by now 20 minute old tradition of corny, unconvincing Knock Knock performances.

The direction is lousy. I'm no film buff, but I watch enough of them. When I saw Eli Roth was the director in the opening credits, I said to my wife 'I think he has done some cool stuff'. Half way through this stinker I looked him up, and realised that, no...no he hasn't done anything even remotely decent in his entire career. A bit of shock horror in Hostel, a tenuous claim to fame at best, and then nothing. And his lack of talent is glaringly obvious here. I think I had confused him with a hybrid of Tim Roth and possibly Elijah Wood? I dunno...but Eli Roth shall forever more be the huge red flag he rightly is.

The story...let's call it a "story" for the sake of this review anyway. There's so much that could be said, so I'll simply say that it sucked in ways that few things have ever sucked before. It pioneers new ways to suck that modern scientific research in sucking are yet to even discover.

And the final cherry on this s#!t cake, was, after breaking my spirit and will to live, to break my heart to. Using the Pixies classic Where is My Mind as the closing track. Which the Pixies must have authorise...which defies comprehension. They made great money off their last tours, and allowed it to be used to close that all time classic Fight Club.

And so ends my review of this diabolically bad film. If I save one person the price of a ticket, or an hour an a half of their precious existence, it'll have all been worth it.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA Chile Israel

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

9 October 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Knock Knock

Filming Locations:

Santiago de Chile, Chile

Box Office

Budget:

$2,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$18,623, 11 October 2015

Gross USA:

$36,336

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$5,567,103

Company Credits

Production Co:

Black Bear Pictures, Camp Grey, Dragonfly Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1