M. Night Shyamalan Delivers a Really Great Thriller with "Knock at the Cabin"
Knock at the Cabin is the newest film from writer/director M. Night Shyamalan, and from the moment of its announcement, I was already in. I'm a huge fan of M. Night; those who know me know that the man is easily one of my favorite filmmakers to date. The guy takes big swings with his projects, not all of them landing, but the attempts are respectable and worth checking out every time. The thing that I probably love most about his work is that most of them are original pieces. It's when he adapts other works that they can sometimes feel off. I haven't read (yet) Paul Tremblay's novel The Cabin at the End of the World , which this film is based on, so I can't yet speak to whether this adaptation follows suit with Shyamalan's other adaptations. What I can say though, having seen the film, is that this movie is a great reminder why so many fell in love with his movies earlier in his career...because it's really good. Briefly, the story centers around a family o