{{Short description|2022 Finnish film by Max Seeck and Joonas Pajunen}} {{about|a 2022 Finnish horror film|other uses|Knocking (disambiguation){{!}}Knocking}} {{Infobox film | name = The Knocking | native_name = {{langx|fi|Koputus}} | image = The Knocking.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Max Seeck <br> Joonas Pajunen | producer = Jukka Helle <br> Markus Selin <br> Hanna Virolainen | writer = Max Seeck <br> Joonas Pajunen | starring = Inka Kallén <br> Saana Koivisto <br> Pekka Strang | cinematography = Matti Eerikäinen | editing = Joona Louhivuori | music = Tuomas Kantelinen | production_companies = Solar Films | distributor = Nordisk Film | country = Finland | language = Finnish <br> Swedish | runtime = 92 min | released = {{Film date|2022|10|09|Sitges Film Festival, Spain|2023|2|22|Finland|2023|3|24|Cleveland International Film Festival, United States|df=y}} | gross = $566,906<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Koputus-(2022-Finland)#tab=summary|title=Koputus (2023)|website=The Numbers|publisher=Nash Information Services, LLC.|access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt12851130/?ref_=bo_se_r_1|title=The Knocking (2022)|website=Box Office Mojo|publisher=Nash Information Services, LLC.|access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref> }} '''''The Knocking''''' ({{langx|fi|Koputus}}) is a 2022 Finnish supernatural horror drama film written and directed by Max Seeck and Joonas Pajunen.<ref name="elonet">{{cite book |url=https://elonet.finna.fi/Record/kavi.elonet_elokuva_1632783|title=Koputus|language=fi |website=Elonet|year=2022 |publisher=National Audiovisual Institute |access-date=2023-04-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.episodi.fi/uutiset/dekkarikirjailija-max-seeck-ryhtyy-elokuvaohjaajaksi-tekee-kauhuelokuvan-yhdessa-lapsuudenystavansa-kanssa/|title=Dekkarikirjailija Max Seeck ryhtyy elokuvaohjaajaksi – Tekee kauhuelokuvan yhdessä lapsuudenystävänsä kanssa|website=Episodi.fi|access-date=2023-04-06|language=fi}}</ref><ref name=":1"/> It tells the story of three adult siblings who go examine their late parents' house in the middle of a forest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://muropaketti.com/elokuvat/elokuvauutiset/variety-lehti-julkaisi-ensimmaisen-kuvan-the-knockingista-max-seeckin-ja-joonas-pajusen-kauhuelokuva-syntyi-suomalaisten-metsien-innoittamana/|title=Ensimmäisen kuva Koputus-elokuvasta - Max Seeckin ja Joonas Pajusen kauhuleffa syntyi "suomalaisten metsien innoittamana"|website=Muropaketti.com|date=2022-04-27|access-date=2023-04-06|language=fi}}</ref> The film's cast includes Inka Kallén, Saana Koivisto and Pekka Strang.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.elokuvauutiset.fi/site/uutiset2/9687-max-seeck-ohjaa-kauhuelokuvan-solar-filmsille-paeaeosassa-pekka-strang|title=Max Seeck ohjaa kauhuelokuvan Solar Filmsille – pääosassa Pekka Strang|last=Jutila|first=Niko|website=www.elokuvauutiset.fi|date=September 2021 |access-date=2023-04-06|language=fi}}</ref>
== Plot == A dilapidated detached house is located in the heart of the forest in Sydänmaa; the childhood home of the now grown-up main characters, Mikko (Pekka Strang), Maria (Inka Kallén) and Matilda (Saana Koivisto), to which they return years later to settle their parents' estate. The house and the forest are overshadowed by a dark history: 15 years earlier, the father (Niko Saarela) was found brutally murdered in the house, the mother (Olga Temonen) was declared missing at the time, and the youngest of the children, Matilda, was wheeled into a small cage in the corner of the bedroom. When they arrive, they notice that the forest makes them behave strangely.
== Cast == * Inka Kallén as Maria * Linnea Skog as young Maria * Saana Koivisto as Matilda * Hilma Temonen as young Matilda * Pekka Strang as Mikko * Kristian Stierncreutz as young Mikko * Olga Temonen as the mother * Niko Saarela as the father * Janina Berman as old lady * Mikko Leppilampi as lawyer
== Release == ''The Knocking'' had its first screening at the Sitges Film Festival on October 9, 2022.<ref name="epressi">{{cite web|url=https://www.epressi.com/tiedotteet/elokuvat-ja-televisio/max-seeckin-ja-joonas-pajusen-koputus-kauhutrilleri-myyty-yli-70-maahan.html|title=Max Seeckin ja Joonas Pajusen Koputus-kauhutrilleri myyty yli 70 maahan - ePressi|website=www.epressi.com|date=2022-09-22|access-date=2023-04-06|language=fi|archive-date=2022-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922114751/https://www.epressi.com/tiedotteet/elokuvat-ja-televisio/max-seeckin-ja-joonas-pajusen-koputus-kauhutrilleri-myyty-yli-70-maahan.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sitgesfilmfestival.com/en/film/2022/knocking|title=The Knocking (Koputus)|publisher=Sitges Film Festival|access-date=2023-04-06}}</ref> In Finland, the film was released in cinemas on February 22, 2023.<ref name="elonet"/><ref name="epressi"/><ref name="bloodydisgusting">{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3732856/finnish-horror-movie-the-knocking-set-to-arrive-in-early-2023/|title=Finnish Horror Movie 'The Knocking' Set to Arrive in Early 2023|first=John|last=Squires|work=Bloody Disgusting|date=2022-09-21|access-date=2023-04-06}}</ref> In the United States, the film premiered at the Cleveland International Film Festival on March 24, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clevelandfilm.org/films/the-knocking|title=The Knocking|publisher=Cleveland International Film Festival|access-date=2023-04-06}}</ref>
In September 2022, the film's distribution rights had been sold to more than 70 countries, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Indonesia, Taiwan and Latin America.<ref name="epressi"/><ref name="bloodydisgusting"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/the-knocking-levelk-1235378324/|title=Finnish Horror 'The Knocking' Sells Wide for LevelK (EXCLUSIVE)|first=Marta|last=Bałaga|work=Variety|date=2022-09-21|access-date=2023-04-06}}</ref>
== See also == * ''Hatching'' (film) * ''The Twin'' (2022 film)
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == *{{IMDb title|12851130}} *{{Mojo title|id=12851130|title=The Knocking}} *''[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_knocking The Knocking]'' at Rotten Tomatoes *''[https://nordiskfilm.fi/koputus/ The Knocking]'' at Nordisk Film Finland (in Finnish) *''[https://solarfilms.com/portfolio-posts/koputus/ The Knocking]'' at Solar Films (in Finnish)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Knocking, The}} Category:2022 horror films Category:2022 films Category:Finnish horror drama films Category:2020s horror drama films Category:2020s supernatural horror films Category:Films about spirit possession Category:Films set in forests Category:2020s Finnish-language films Category:2022 Finnish films