Notable Cast: Katee Sackhoff, Lucy Boynton, Javier Botet,
Nick Moran, Jordan Bolger, Pooneh Hajimohammadi, Richard Mylan, Ania Marson
Looking back, I guess it’s pretty easy to say that the new
trend in horror is creepy and demonic witches. Replacing the long dark haired
young girl ghosts and pretty vampires of the last few trends, this does seem to
be a welcome change of pace as it feeds into the recent trend of atmospheric
horror that dominated the genre last year. The latest entry into this style is Don’t Knock Twice. Don’t let the gimmicky,
tongue-in-cheek, throwback title fool you though, Don’t Knock Twice is less about being a quirky homage to decades
prior of the entire ‘don’t’ title horror movement and instead it’s a modern
atmospheric witch film to be lumped in together with the likes of Lights Out or the recent spin on Blair Witch. Of course, that does mean
that the film does have a certain mainstream consumable nature to the entire
thing with its high production values and easy to understand plotting. However,
it does retain a few aces in its sleeve to make it a fun and enjoyable horror
experience and one that deserves more attention than it has received thus far.