This post contains major spoilers for "Knock at the Cabin."
After adapting Pierre Oscar Lévy and Frederik Peeters' graphic novel "Sandcastle" into his rapid-aging horror movie "Old," filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan has returned to take another devastatingly bleak tale and shine a little sun on it with a change to the ending. "Knock at the Cabin," based on Paul G. Tremblay's novel "Cabin at the End of the World," stars Jonathan Groff and Ben Aldridge as Daddy Eric and Daddy Andrew, respectively -- a gay couple who adopted their daughter, Wen (Kristen Cui), from a Chinese orphanage when she was a baby.
Now a tightly-knit family unit, they go on the ultimate getaway vacation to a cabin by a lake, two miles from the nearest neighbor and even farther from reliable cell service. But Eric, Andrew, and Wen's bubble of happiness gets popped when four strangers, armed with sinister homemade weapons,...
After adapting Pierre Oscar Lévy and Frederik Peeters' graphic novel "Sandcastle" into his rapid-aging horror movie "Old," filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan has returned to take another devastatingly bleak tale and shine a little sun on it with a change to the ending. "Knock at the Cabin," based on Paul G. Tremblay's novel "Cabin at the End of the World," stars Jonathan Groff and Ben Aldridge as Daddy Eric and Daddy Andrew, respectively -- a gay couple who adopted their daughter, Wen (Kristen Cui), from a Chinese orphanage when she was a baby.
Now a tightly-knit family unit, they go on the ultimate getaway vacation to a cabin by a lake, two miles from the nearest neighbor and even farther from reliable cell service. But Eric, Andrew, and Wen's bubble of happiness gets popped when four strangers, armed with sinister homemade weapons,...
- 2/4/2023
- by Hannah Shaw-Williams
- Slash Film
M. Night Shyamalan’s name became somewhat of a punching bag after movies, such as The Happening and The Last Airbender. However, he most recently took us on a thrilling trip to a mysterious beach in Old based on Pierre Oscar Levy and Frederik Peeters’ graphic novel, Sandcastle. Next, Shyamalan raised the stakes to potentially apocalyptic levels with Knock at the Cabin.
‘Knock at the Cabin’ threatens a potential apocalypse L-r: Dave Bautista as Leonard, Abby Quinn as Ardiane, and Nikki Amuka-Bird as Sabrina | Universal Pictures
Based on Paul G. Tremblay’s 2018 novel, The Cabin at the End of the World, follows married couple Andrew (Ben Aldridge) and Eric (Jonathan Groff), who bring their young daughter, Wen (Kristen Cui), on vacation with them. They plan to enjoy their quality time together at a remote cabin until a stranger named Leonard (Dave Bautista) shows up along with his associates named Sabrina...
‘Knock at the Cabin’ threatens a potential apocalypse L-r: Dave Bautista as Leonard, Abby Quinn as Ardiane, and Nikki Amuka-Bird as Sabrina | Universal Pictures
Based on Paul G. Tremblay’s 2018 novel, The Cabin at the End of the World, follows married couple Andrew (Ben Aldridge) and Eric (Jonathan Groff), who bring their young daughter, Wen (Kristen Cui), on vacation with them. They plan to enjoy their quality time together at a remote cabin until a stranger named Leonard (Dave Bautista) shows up along with his associates named Sabrina...
- 2/1/2023
- by Jeff Nelson
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
This weekend, M. Night Shyamalan is set to take audiences on a vacation from hell with Old, his adaptation of the graphic novel Sandcastle, written by Pierre-Oscar Lévy and Frederick Peeters. The story revolves around a mysterious beach where those trapped on its shores are aging rapidly, and they have to quickly find a way to escape before it’s too late.
Old stars Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Alex Wolff, Thomasin McKenzie, Abbey Lee, Ken Leung, and Nikki Amuka-Bird, and it is being released in theaters courtesy of Universal Pictures.
During a recent press day for Old, Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with Thomasin McKenzie, who plays the teenage version of her character, Maddox, in the film. While we were chatting, McKenzie discussed her first impression of the project and how excited she was to explore the concept of time, and how that parlayed into...
Old stars Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Alex Wolff, Thomasin McKenzie, Abbey Lee, Ken Leung, and Nikki Amuka-Bird, and it is being released in theaters courtesy of Universal Pictures.
During a recent press day for Old, Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with Thomasin McKenzie, who plays the teenage version of her character, Maddox, in the film. While we were chatting, McKenzie discussed her first impression of the project and how excited she was to explore the concept of time, and how that parlayed into...
- 7/23/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Alex Wolff has done his fair share of emotionally-daunting films, coming off movies like "Hereditary" and "Pig." But working with director M. Night Shyamalan on his laterst film "Old," the actor says he learned something new from the man he calls his "hero."
"I feel like a big thing I learned from him is to not bring your process into a movie necessarily, and instead to adapt to his process," Wolff told TheWrap. "I felt my best performances in the movie, my best scenes, were when I completely committed to what he was looking to do. When he says do this, this, this, your first instinct as an actor is go, 'Ok, well, I want to understand why am I doing this?' And sometimes if you just go, 'Ok, I'm going to do that without asking questions,' usually your questions get more easily answered."
Wolff said Shyamalan is...
"I feel like a big thing I learned from him is to not bring your process into a movie necessarily, and instead to adapt to his process," Wolff told TheWrap. "I felt my best performances in the movie, my best scenes, were when I completely committed to what he was looking to do. When he says do this, this, this, your first instinct as an actor is go, 'Ok, well, I want to understand why am I doing this?' And sometimes if you just go, 'Ok, I'm going to do that without asking questions,' usually your questions get more easily answered."
Wolff said Shyamalan is...
- 7/23/2021
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
When it comes to the modern Masters of Horror, I think it’s safe to say that M. Night Shyamalan is easily one of the most debated purveyors of genre fare. To this writer, what that indicates is that Shyamalan isn’t a storyteller looking to make movies that easily fit into widely accepted narrative structures adopted by so many others, which is why I think he can be a challenging filmmaker for some viewers to really get into. Personally, I’ll take a director that takes risks and continually challenges themselves any day of the week over a director that plays it safe and sticks to a tried-and-true formula. That being said, Old is certainly going to be another divisive film from Shyamalan that may alienate some and frustrate others, due to the film’s frenetic pacing and storytelling structure as well as how the performances are staged here.
- 7/23/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
"A natural anomaly," the resort manager says at the beginning of the film. Yes, indeed it is. This is one of those lines from early on in the film that is a big wink at what's to come – not only about the film itself but with the strange beach they end up at. Old is the latest film from provocative, twisty filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, trying something new by adapting a French graphic novel called "Sandcastle" by Pierre-Oscar Lévy & Frederick Peeters. The story follows a family that visits a secluded tropical beach while on vacation, only to discover that not only are they trapped there, but everyone seems to be getting older extremely fast. It's an ambitious concept to turn into a film, not only to visualize correctly with regards to aging but to get the performances that make it all seem believable. Shyamlan does well, and the film is thrilling and chilling,...
- 7/23/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
You may find yourself midway through director M. Night Shyamalan’s film Old wondering exactly how you were snookered into watching another one of the filmmaker’s “gotcha” pictures after so many recent misfires. Shyamalan’s latest hybrid of drama, horror, and suspense is a turgid tangle of a story that offers very little of anything worthwhile in the various genres it contends to belong to.
The events of Old unfold as a vacationing family finds their tropical holiday is no longer the idyllic getaway they envisioned. Instead, they find themselves on a beach that is imbued with something that causes its occupants to rapidly age. Now trapped in this isolated location with a few other vacationers, the family find themselves battling against time itself to escape before they turn to dust.
Taking inspiration from the graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre-Oscar Lévy and Frederick Peeters, Shyamalan attempts to create an...
The events of Old unfold as a vacationing family finds their tropical holiday is no longer the idyllic getaway they envisioned. Instead, they find themselves on a beach that is imbued with something that causes its occupants to rapidly age. Now trapped in this isolated location with a few other vacationers, the family find themselves battling against time itself to escape before they turn to dust.
Taking inspiration from the graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre-Oscar Lévy and Frederick Peeters, Shyamalan attempts to create an...
- 7/23/2021
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
Beginning tomorrow, M. Night Shyamalan is set to take audiences on a vacation from hell with Old, his adaptation of the graphic novel Sandcastle, written by Pierre-Oscar Lévy and Frederick Peeters. The story revolves around a mysterious beach where those trapped on its shores are aging rapidly, and they have to quickly find a way to escape before it’s too late.
Old stars Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Alex Wolff, Thomasin McKenzie, Abbey Lee, Ken Leung, and Nikki Amuka-Bird and is being released in theaters courtesy of Universal Pictures.
During a recent press day for Old, Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with Gael García Bernal about his involvement with the film, and he talked about the initial appeal of the project, collaborating with Shyamalan on his latest horror endeavor, and how production on Old put a lot of his own experiences during the pandemic into perspective.
Old stars Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Alex Wolff, Thomasin McKenzie, Abbey Lee, Ken Leung, and Nikki Amuka-Bird and is being released in theaters courtesy of Universal Pictures.
During a recent press day for Old, Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with Gael García Bernal about his involvement with the film, and he talked about the initial appeal of the project, collaborating with Shyamalan on his latest horror endeavor, and how production on Old put a lot of his own experiences during the pandemic into perspective.
- 7/23/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan has left his unmistakable stamp on some of our culture’s most primal fears: ghosts, beings from another world, and even unnamed monsters in the woods. Yet in his latest effort, the cryptically titled Old, the storyteller attempts to wrap his arms around the greatest terror of all: time itself.
Like the ticking clock inside Peter Pan’s crocodile, time has stalked every creature on this planet to their inevitable doom. It can often be ignored or compartmentalized, but it finds you in the end. Which is why, on paper, Old should be terrifying. By adapting a graphic novel called Sandcastle by Pierre-Oscar Lévy and Frederick Peeters, Shyamalan is attempting to prevent us from looking away. This is a film where once you step foot on a mythical beach, you will live a lifetime in a day. Who has time to distract themselves from the ravages...
Like the ticking clock inside Peter Pan’s crocodile, time has stalked every creature on this planet to their inevitable doom. It can often be ignored or compartmentalized, but it finds you in the end. Which is why, on paper, Old should be terrifying. By adapting a graphic novel called Sandcastle by Pierre-Oscar Lévy and Frederick Peeters, Shyamalan is attempting to prevent us from looking away. This is a film where once you step foot on a mythical beach, you will live a lifetime in a day. Who has time to distract themselves from the ravages...
- 7/22/2021
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Starting tomorrow, M. Night Shyamalan is set to take audiences on a vacation from hell with Old, his adaptation of the graphic novel Sandcastle, written by Pierre-Oscar Lévy and Frederick Peeters. The story revolves around a mysterious beach where those trapped on its shores are aging rapidly, and they have to quickly find a way to escape before it’s too late.
Old stars Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Alex Wolff, Thomasin McKenzie, Abbey Lee, Ken Leung, and Nikki Amuka-Bird and is being released in theaters courtesy of Universal Pictures.
During a recent press day for Old, Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with Alex Wolff about his involvement with the project. During the interview, Wolff chatted about the variety of roles he’s taken on in his career thus far and how he likes to follow his instincts when it comes to taking on new challenges.
Old stars Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Alex Wolff, Thomasin McKenzie, Abbey Lee, Ken Leung, and Nikki Amuka-Bird and is being released in theaters courtesy of Universal Pictures.
During a recent press day for Old, Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with Alex Wolff about his involvement with the project. During the interview, Wolff chatted about the variety of roles he’s taken on in his career thus far and how he likes to follow his instincts when it comes to taking on new challenges.
- 7/22/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
‘Old’: M. Night Shyamalan Crafts A Weird, Self-Aware Horror About How Time Comes For Us All [Review]
One of M. Night Shyamalan’s greatest mysteries will always concern “The Happening”: Was his 2008 killer trees thriller intentionally so ridiculous and unhinged? Or namely, was it aware of how funny it was? No such mistake or question will follow Shyamalan’s latest, an odd pitch-black comedy about a beach that ages its uninformed visitors a year for every 30 minutes. Adapted from the graphic novel “Sandcastle” by Pierre-Oscar Lévy and Frederick Peeters, “Old” is Shyamalan’s kind of summer romp, in which beach bodies decay, and even the most informed people at the end of his puppet strings are completely doomed.
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- 7/22/2021
- by Nick Allen
- The Playlist
This Friday, M. Night Shyamalan is set to take audiences on a vacation from hell with Old, his adaptation of the graphic novel Sandcastle, written by Pierre-Oscar Lévy and Frederick Peeters. The story revolves around a mysterious beach where those trapped on its shores are aging rapidly, and they have to quickly find a way to escape before the accelerated time frame of their predicament can claim their lives.
Old stars Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Alex Wolff, Thomasin McKenzie, Abbey Lee, Ken Leung, and Nikki Amuka-Bird and is being released in theaters courtesy of Universal Pictures.
During the recent press day for Old, Daily Dead had the pleasure of speaking with Shyamalan about his latest cinematic endeavor. During our interview, Night discussed how his kids had given him a copy of Sandcastle for Father’s Day two years ago and that he immediately wanted to adapt it...
Old stars Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Alex Wolff, Thomasin McKenzie, Abbey Lee, Ken Leung, and Nikki Amuka-Bird and is being released in theaters courtesy of Universal Pictures.
During the recent press day for Old, Daily Dead had the pleasure of speaking with Shyamalan about his latest cinematic endeavor. During our interview, Night discussed how his kids had given him a copy of Sandcastle for Father’s Day two years ago and that he immediately wanted to adapt it...
- 7/21/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
This Friday, M. Night Shyamalan is set to take audiences on a vacation from hell with Old, his adaptation of the graphic novel Sandcastle, written by Pierre-Oscar Lévy and Frederick Peeters. The story revolves around a mysterious beach where those trapped on its shores are aging rapidly, and they have to quickly find a way to escape before it’s too late. Old stars Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Alex Wolff, Thomasin McKenzie, Abbey Lee, Ken Leung and Nikki Amuka-Bird and is being released in theaters courtesy of Universal Pictures.
During a recent press day, Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with Krieps about her involvement in Old, and she discussed how a viewing of Split made her want to collaborate with Shyamalan, and her experiences shooting the film during the pandemic. Krieps also chatted about the challenges of making Old, how much she enjoyed collaborating with Shyamalan and more.
During a recent press day, Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with Krieps about her involvement in Old, and she discussed how a viewing of Split made her want to collaborate with Shyamalan, and her experiences shooting the film during the pandemic. Krieps also chatted about the challenges of making Old, how much she enjoyed collaborating with Shyamalan and more.
- 7/20/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
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