Knocking is a soul-crushing piece of cinema that may even have you questioning your own sanity.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 11, 2024

Knocking should be rewarded for its portrayal of suppressed trauma and playing out its story on such a small scale, but it should be a more arresting watch for the themes at play.

| Original Score: B- | Jun 13, 2024

Heat is powerful and rich, Kempff seems to say in this thriller, turning it into a veritable monster: a looming, suffocating, ever-present terror that makes protagonist Molly (Çecilia Milocco) lose an already-lost mind.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 15, 2023

"Knocking is gripping, and yet the suspense is so mundane it’s almost boring. But Kempff knows what she’s doing. Each time the audience might be inclined to drift, she pulls them back in, feeding new morsels to the line."

| Nov 19, 2022

Knocking is a tough watch at times, but you’re constantly glued to Milocco’s performance, developing a deep concern and empathy for the woman, whether she’s going crazy or if this is all really happening.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 22, 2022

It strikes a mournful tone, which is effectively complemented by its lead performance, but regretfully, the film rarely moves beyond its initial concept to share something new with the audience.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jul 11, 2022

Knocking is a taut and upsetting suspense yarn about hearing and listening and how they are not the same thing.

| Nov 12, 2021

Moments of visual ingenuity and a deep understanding of psychological suspense show that Kempff is one to watch.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 8, 2021

It's a dreadful tale of domestic horrors until the third act unravels, and overall feels stretched thin even at roughly eighty minutes.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 1, 2021

For a first-time director, Kempff had a very stylistically sharp vision for Knocking which is bogged down by an overly meandering tone that feels a bit too shy to commit to the fear and paranoia it strives to convey.

| Oct 23, 2021

Frida Kempff's horror thriller is dripping with atmosphere and features a standout performance from its talented lead.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 23, 2021

The answer is, ultimately, rather conventional-if handled in a way that still leaves room for ambiguity and doubt. But Frida Kempff's debut feature is intriguing enough in texture and tension...

| Oct 22, 2021

With a brilliant ending placing the burden of reality on the viewer, "Knocking" stays with you as it pushes you to see the world through a different lens.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Oct 21, 2021

A near masterclass in staging a simplistic yet appropriately tense psychological thriller that continues to build onto itself.

| Oct 21, 2021

Compelling because of the powerhouse lead performance. Frustrating because even at 78 minutes, the film is repetitive to a fault.

| Oct 20, 2021

The psychological drama is striking as a mood piece because of Milocco's engaging performance.

| Original Score: B- | Oct 19, 2021

The feature debut from director Frida Kempff offers offbeat chills while paying homage to greats of the genre.

| Oct 18, 2021

Cleverly shot with a focus on thoughts and feelings, this Swedish thriller has a slow-burn quality that inexorably pulls the audience into its web of unnerving fear.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 14, 2021

The feverish Knocking puts together a fittingly upsetting portrait of lonely instability

| Original Score: 7.0/10 | Oct 14, 2021

I'd check out Knocking for Miloccco's inspired performance, subtle score, great sound design, and gorgeous cinematography that uses warm hues to show a feverish spiral of one woman among skeptics.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 10, 2021