The Murky Gay Politics of Knock at the Cabin

Warning: pretty much the entirety of the film Knock at the Cabin is spoiled below. On paper, director M. Night Shyamalan’s mysteriously gripping new film Knock at the Cabin (in theaters now) looks like something quietly revolutionary. It’s a big studio horror movie from a major director that stars two gay men, playing gay men. Jonathan Groff and Ben Aldridge are Eric and Andrew, a married couple vacationing at a rental house with their young daughter, Wen (Kristen Cui). The promotional material for the film suggests that Knock at the Cabin is something rather notable: a wide-release picture whose leads—in… Read Full Article