Far from infallible as a filmmaker, M. Night Shyamalan’s catalog of work is never anything less than bold. Sometimes the result is a classic, and sometimes the result is, at the very least, a curious misfire. “Knock at the Cabin” is very much an example of the former. This apocalyptic, psychological horror, his best work since “Split,” is a relentlessly gripping winner.

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High-concept filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan cranks out a new picture every two years or so. Still, in the last few years, he’s been extra prodigious. “Glass” hit in 2019, his series “Servant” also arrived in the same year and has been arriving once a year— coming to a close next year— and “Old” hit in 2021. And with all that, Shyamalan directed episodes of “Servant” too, and he has another film in the can.

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Over the past several years, few working filmmakers have been as busy as Michael Showalter. The writer, director, and actor, once known primarily for his involvement in the cultish “Wet Hot American Summer” franchise, has seen a precipitous rise in both the movies and TV. His work on prestigious projects like “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” “The Shrink Next Door,” and the Emmy-nominated “The Dropout” have earned him a reputation as one of the business’s most reliable operators.

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Save your family or save humanity. Could you make the choice? That’s the latest freaky proposition from filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan (“Signs,” “Unbreakable,” “Split”) in his latest film, “Knock At The Cabin.” A mystery horror, as Shyamalan is wont to do, the film centers on a girl and her parents who are taken hostage while vacationing by armed strangers who demand that the family make a choice to avert the apocalypse.

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