Don't Knock Twice
The movie tells the thrilling story of a mother who is desperate to reconnect with the daughter she abandoned. To save her estranged daughter, she has to uncover the terrifying truth behind the urban legend of a vengeful, demonic witch.
January1994, New York City, New York, USA
30 July 1977, Ciudad Real, Spain
22 May 1949, Gdynia, Pomorskie, Poland
8 April 1980, Portland, Oregon, USA
1973, Swansea, Wales, UK
23 December 1969, East End, London, England, UK
March 22, 2017
The story fails to find its way around all of the missteps and clichés, ultimately becoming another failed attempt of murky shadows and flaky scares.
February 03, 2017
The makers of Don't Knock Twice never successfully flesh out their characters as people, leaving viewers to roll their eyes whenever characters open the wrong door.
March 28, 2017
Although replete with creepy shocks, this lacks the narrative finesse to match the committed performances and slick visuals.
February 27, 2017
The actual horror and thriller aspects just don't gel together with any of the other elements, making James' latest genre effort a movie I respect multiple elements of even if I can't say I enjoyed near as much as I can't help but wish I did.
March 28, 2017
The film's nonsensical mythology quickly unravels. Shame.
February 06, 2017
If it had skipped the clichéd supernatural elements to instead concentrate on the relationship between the two central characters, Don't Knock Twice might have emerged as an interesting film.
February 02, 2017
A warmed-over hash of "Candyman," "Oculus," "Insidious" and a half-dozen other spook-shows.
March 27, 2017
Professionally mounted, but too familiar to provide anything other than routine jump-scares.
February 03, 2017
Watch carefully. Katee Sackhoff's performance in Don't Knock Twice is a silent cry to find projects worthy of her.
March 30, 2017
It's essentially the intuitive accuracy of shattered Sackhoff's performance that makes this Old Dark House chestnut worth catching.
February 09, 2017
While a substantial early portion of Don't Knock Twice may feel a bit familiar, it quickly finds its feet and settles into a nice spooky groove that fans of indie/import horror will be sure to appreciate.
February 01, 2017
This is the second film in a row where James has proven himself a talented orchestrator of complex low-budget genre fare ... wringing the most out of a limited budget through moxie and smart casting.
