An eight-year-old boy tries to investigate the mysterious knocking sounds that are coming from inside the walls of his house, unveiling a dark secret that his sinister parents have kept hidd... Read allAn eight-year-old boy tries to investigate the mysterious knocking sounds that are coming from inside the walls of his house, unveiling a dark secret that his sinister parents have kept hidden from him.An eight-year-old boy tries to investigate the mysterious knocking sounds that are coming from inside the walls of his house, unveiling a dark secret that his sinister parents have kept hidden from him.
- Principal
- (as Jay Rincón)
- Brian's Mom
- (as Steffanie Busey)
- Sean (Pig Mask)
- (as a different name)
- Young Sarah
- (voice)
- Monster Sarah
- (voice)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaThe movie was notoriously under-marketed with virtually no advertising by its studio despite having heavy-hitting producers such as Seth Rogan and a generally overall positive response by critics and audiences. The film also opened in July against Barbie and Oppenheimer despite having a distinctly Halloween atmosphere.
- GoofsAfter the teacher goes to Peter's house the first time, his mother confronts him in his room with his drawing and Peter has a bloody chin. This is before he is pushed over by the bully, which happens later on.
- Quotes
The Girl (Sarah): Peter, please, you're my brother, don't you see Peter, it's in our blood, you killed mom and dad, you're just like me.
Peter: No! I'm not like you.
Monster Sarah: Do you really gonna think this is gonna keep me down here? Every night... when you lie in bed... you'll wonder if you locked the door, or saw a shadow move. Every creak, every groan, every tap in the wall, you'll think of me. We're family Peter.
[pause]
Monster Sarah: I will always be with you. Always...
The camera work is sleek, the house is horrifying, the performances are good enough, and being honest: in a theater this was actually quite spooky with some well crafted scares. The third act is very odd, structurally. It even turns into a slasher movie for a minute there. But I actually enjoyed the bonkers nature of it, though I understand it won't work for everyone.
As I mentioned, there are flaws. The relationship between Peter and his parents could have used some setup (has their relationship always been this weird?), and a few aspects of the ending had me very perplexed and don't seem to hold up if you think deeply about them. The last 60 seconds felt like it could have been stretched a little more for better closure, but I guess they wanted to keep it more open-ended?
I highly recommend Cobweb for more forgiving horror fans- which sounds like a knock on it, but it's really not. Certainly prefer this flawed but imaginative work compared to studio involved schlock.
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- Jul 27, 2023
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $8,450,857
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1