Knock, knock. It’s the Book Squad! Join us and special guest Samantha Allen (author of Patricia Wants to Cuddle) for a chat about Knock at the Cabin. Of course, we also discuss the novel the film is based on, The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay. We talk about the film’s structure, the performances, the weird camera tricks, and of course, the key differences between the book and the movie. Read along for our next Bookpisode on The Spite House by Johnny Compton on March 20, and check out the Daisy Jones and the Six limited series on Amazon Prime for our next Othersode on April 3. Leave us a rating so we can read it on the pod, and send your feedback to [email protected]!

TOC
:30 – Welcome, Samantha! And an intense icebreaker
15:50 – Movie description, spoiler warnings, content warnings warnings
17:28 – Does the overall structure of the movie work for us? Character investment
31:19 – Other performances and wild camera tricks
47:06 – Big differences in how the book and movie are told
59:13 – talking about the ending freely
1:13:57 – Let’s rate this movie.
1:20:14 – M3GAN feedback
1:23:40 – New ratings??
1:26:29 – What’s on the blog? What’s up next?

Links:
- Samantha’s review of Knock at the Cabin https://www.them.us/story/knock-at-the-cabin-review-lgbtq-representation-jonathan-groff-ben-aldridge
- The Visit blog https://www.booksquadgoals.com/blog/revisiting-the-visit-by-m-knight-shyamalan
- Old blog https://www.booksquadgoals.com/blog/we-went-to-the-beach-that-makes-you-old