This is a very effective horror film involving a sculptor who attempts to rebuild a relationship with her estranged daughter. While Jess (Katee Sackhoff) has become fairly successful in her field, Chloe (Lucy Boynton) is mischievous, occasionally bratty and appears to have attracted the attention of a demon.
Having got that plot detail out of the way, we are then treated to some scary set-pieces, some of which are familiar from other similar horror projects, and others which are more impressive on their own merits. While the plot itself isn't advanced much during this time, other than to cast doubt on who exactly the true villain is, it is enormous fun to sit back and let Director Caradog James's effectively orchestrated chills do their work.
The pay-off however, is that there isn't one. We find out what the entity isn't, but we don't find out what it is. Not that films, horror in particular, need to have every plot detail tidied up by the close - sometimes only having suggestions as to the perpetrator of evil is enough. It is all down to individual opinion, and mine is that 'Don't Knock Twice' is a very effective, well played and beautifully written horror venture. My score is 8 out of 10.
Having got that plot detail out of the way, we are then treated to some scary set-pieces, some of which are familiar from other similar horror projects, and others which are more impressive on their own merits. While the plot itself isn't advanced much during this time, other than to cast doubt on who exactly the true villain is, it is enormous fun to sit back and let Director Caradog James's effectively orchestrated chills do their work.
The pay-off however, is that there isn't one. We find out what the entity isn't, but we don't find out what it is. Not that films, horror in particular, need to have every plot detail tidied up by the close - sometimes only having suggestions as to the perpetrator of evil is enough. It is all down to individual opinion, and mine is that 'Don't Knock Twice' is a very effective, well played and beautifully written horror venture. My score is 8 out of 10.