If they don't choose to sacrifice one of themselves or their daughter Wen (Kristin Cui), then they'll survive, but the world will end. Universal Knock at the Cabin ending explainedĪfter the four strangers break into the cabin, their leader Leonard (Dave Bautista) outlines the terrible choice that Eric (Jonathan Groff) and Andrew (Ben Aldridge) have to make. Major spoilers are ahead for both versions. So let's delve into Knock at the Cabin's ending to explain any questions you may have, as well as revealing how events play out in the original book.
(It's partly why he called it a different name to the book too.) Things get very dark in the cabin, but if you've read the book, you'll know that it could have been even darker as Shyamalan has changed things up for the movie adaptation. But are the intruders really telling the truth and can the family risk it with the world (potentially) at stake? The intruders then ask the parents to make an unthinkable choice to sacrifice one of their family in order to stop the apocalypse. Knock at the Cabin has ended Avatar: The Way of Water's long reign at the US box office, and the ending of M Night Shyamalan's new thriller will surely have had fans talking over this past weekend.īased on Paul Tremblay's The Cabin at the End of the World, the new movie sees a young girl and her parents taken hostage by four armed strangers while they're vacationing at a remote cabin.