Knock at the Cabin | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

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What did the ending of Knock at the Cabin mean? ›

The ending of Knock at the Cabin involves a self-sacrifice, with Eric choosing to die in order to save the world from the alleged apocalypse. The movie explores the theme of love conquering all, highlighting the power of Eric and Andrew's strong and unwavering love for each other.

Box office. Knock at the Cabin grossed $35.4 million in the United States and Canada, and $19.4 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $54.8 million.

A big theme of Knock at the Cabin is love. It is never explicitly stated why Eric, Andrew, and Wen were chosen to make the sacrifice, but one theory is that it's because the love between Eric and Andrew is pure, as is their love for their daughter.

But in Knock at the Cabin, the twist is that there's no twist. It's not the first time he's made a movie without a last-minute switcheroo—he's a little less wedded to the concept than some of his detractors might claim—but it's the movie in which you most fervently hope, even pray, for one.

However, as planes begin to fall from the sky, Eric decides that he must die to prevent the end of the world. He tearfully convinces Andrew to shoot him, and sure enough, the apocalypse is averted.

Just like in The Cabin at the End of the World, Redmond is the first one to sacrifice himself and be killed by his fellow captors in Knock at the Cabin—an act they claim is the impetus behind a string of tsunamis striking the West Coast of the U.S. A concussed Eric sees what he believes to be a figure of light at the ...

While there isn't an actual after-credits scene, Knock at the Cabin's closing credits do include interesting surprises. Throughout the credits, there are animated objects and movements that replicate the order of the different phases of the apocalypse seen throughout M. Night Shyamalan's thriller movie.

Didn't Do Well: The Overall Story

Though Knock at the Cabin really did try to do something different. It didn't show the actual end of the world, just what was leading up to it, and even then, we were in a cabin the whole time, which was relatively peaceful compared to everything else that was going on.

Type of Villains

Tremblay's 2018 horror novel The Cabin at the End of the World and the 2023 film adaptation Knock at the Cabin. Leonard is the main antagonist, while Sabrina is the secondary antagonist and both Adriane and Redmond are major antagonists.

Throughout the film, I couldn't help but notice the heavy symbolism of religion. In the first scene with Wen and Leonard, Wen is outside catching grasshoppers. In some religions and cultures, grasshoppers hold many views and meanings. Many see grasshoppers or locusts as a sign of fortune, good luck and a leap of faith.

What is the twist in Knock at the Cabin book? ›

In the novel, which ends more ambiguously, Wen is accidentally killed when Andrew and Leonard fight over a gun. However, Wen's death doesn't count since it was not a sacrifice. But Eric and Andrew decide not to die and to face whatever is coming together, and so the world presumably isn't spared of the apocalypse.

Night Shyamalan's thriller implies that the mirror figure in Knock at the Cabin could be Christianity's God or Jesus. Before Eric dies, he suggests that Leonard and the other attackers represent the Four Horsem*n of the Apocalypse.

No longer plagued by any doubts, Eric has become the willing sacrifice needed to prevent the end of the world. Deeply moved, Andrew finally complies and shoots Eric. Lightning has set the cabin and parts of the surrounding forest ablaze, but after Eric dies the storm begins to clear.

Knock at the Cabin reminds us that love and loss are both integral parts of life and that they must be experienced and navigated with care and compassion.

"From go, when this book came to me to produce, I felt very strongly that the story [couldn't] go the way it was written. It just can't go that way for me. I have my feelings about that," Shyamalan explained during an interview with Digital Spy.

The Cabin at the End of the World leaves the reader to draw their own conclusion. The fathers, mourning the loss of their child, refuse to kill each other. Instead, they drive away from the cabin with Wen's body in the back towards an uncertain future.

Eric Saw A Higher Power, But Not Necessarily God

The figure that Eric sees in the mirror in Knock at the Cabin is confirmed to be some higher power. He admits in the 2023 horror movie that he first saw the figure after Redmond's death and that he could feel the being in him at the end.