Mom, come pick us up, it’s getting spooky in here! Frida Kempff’s feature debut looks promisingly eerie. Kempff’s credits include the 2010 Cannes Prix du Jury winning short Bathing Micky, which also premiered to great acclaim at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival in the Midnight section. After suffering a traumatic incident, Molly (Cecilia Milocco) moves into a new apartment to begin her path to recovery, but it’s not long after her arrival that a series of persistent knocks and screams begin to wake her up at night. Molly’s new life begins to unravel as the screams intensify and no one else in the building believes or is willing to help her.
Described as, “A timely psychological horror-thriller built on very real human fears and anxieties, skillfully lensed with claustrophobic precision by Hannes Krantz and given a pulsing score by Martin Dirkov (Border).” Take a look at the official dread-inducing teaser below.
Knocking is in theaters October 8, on digital and on-demand October 19, 2021.
