Knock, Knock

First of all, I'd just like to point out 
how beautiful the poster is.

Knock, Knock, directed and written by Eli Roth, is an erotic horror-thriller in which sexually frustrated architect, Evan, is home alone on Father's Day, until his evening is disrupted by two helpless females who are stranded in the rain. He obligingly invites them in and idiotically gets lured into the palms of their hands. From then on the pair of Femme Fatales torture and torment him, trashing his house, killing his friend and burying him alive.

When it comes to horror, I loathe films such as Paranormal Activity, The Devil Inside etc. as I find them trashy, tasteless and repetitious. So considering Knock, Knock is neither of these, my expectations were moderately high. I have to say, I am still undecided on whether or not I actually enjoyed it. Looking back, the film was both comic and brutally sadistic, so to a certain extent the balance of these qualities is what made it work.

Despite being made on a budget of $3 million and having only taken 27 days to shoot, the film didn't come across as your standard cheap-looking production. Instead it had a certain elegance to it, as well as succeeding in capturing the zeitgeist.

Although the film will not be released in the US until October 9, I have a feeling that it will be more of a hit over there than it has been in the UK. I think the film has potential to gain some sort of minor cult status, particularly overseas due to the fanbase Keanu Reeves carries with him.

Knock, Knock was mediocre, contained all basic tropes of a thriller and didn't fail to disappoint as far as being dark and twisted goes. As for the methods of torture: impaling Evan's chest with a fork, deafening him and using his daughters my little pony underwear for role play - they were pretty grim to watch but nothing overly shocking and to some extent satirical. Anyhow, to me, this film is one that everyone loves to hate because we are drawn in, regardless of its never ending cringeworthy clichés. Saying that, I was half expecting to be underwhelmed with the ending, but in actual fact the film couldn't have ended on a more suiting note: when the pair post Evan's sex tape on his Facebook account, he desperately tries to delete it whilst buried alive but ironically ends up pressing the like button instead. 

From a female perspective, I found Keanu Reeves portrayal of Evan, one of the most irritating helpless morons in film history. Aside from his hideously awful acting, Keanu Reeves comparison of infidelity to "free pizza" has to be one of the most pathetic monologues I have ever come across. Whether Eli Roth intended for Evan to be an unlikable character I am unsure, but its possible that his intentions were to make the spectator question the morality and consequences of Evans actions by portraying a few genuine and uncomfortable truths about male sexuality.

So, if watching a couple of unhinged, misandristic psychopaths push Keanu Reeves to Point Break(see what I did there), then Knock, Knock is a film for you.