KNOCK at the CABIN-KNOCK KNOCK, Nothing There

KNOCK at the CABIN is the latest in the horror film genre by writer/director M. Night Shyamalan.  Having been a former fan of his previous sci-fi, intensely suspenseful films, his more recent flicks don't master the trick of regenerating the potent chills of his early successes.  Perhaps, Shyamalan took note and chose to adapt a screenplay from someone else's writing.  KNOCK at the CABIN is an adaption of Paul Tremblay apocalyptic thriller, "The Cabin at the End of the World" that garnered the Bram Stoker Award for Horror Writers in 2019.  Needless, this film adaption lacks the gravitas of a credible, emotionally taut thriller that poses a distasteful dilemma .  Would you chose a member of your own immediate family in order to save mankind, and if so, who?  A handsome, gay couple, Eric (Jonathan Groff) and Andrew (Ben Aldridge) are a loving couple who've adopted an adorable Asian girl, age seven named Wen (played by new comer Kristen Cul).  Former professional wrestler, Dave Bautista (Leonard) is an imposing stranger who befriends Wen outside of the family's stylish country home in the woods.  Leonard is the leader of a small group who try to convince Eric and Andrew, it is preordained they must sacrifice one of their threesome in order to prevent an apocalypse that will raze all mankind.  Preposterous, yes!  But soon airplanes start dropping from the skies and tsunamis are washing over the globe.  Unfortunately, the durable acting of this Shyamalan sham isn't suffice to save this sinking psychological thriller that never rises above tepid.  Knock, knock.  Whose there?  Whomever, but never talk to strangers or succumb to a mind numbing flick that is a Shyamalan pick.