There Comes a Knocking

It's a shame to see someone like Ryan Connolly, after years of videos teaching low-budget/accessible filmmaking methods, make such an empty vessel of a short. Is it shot nicely? Oh yes, very. You can tell a lot of effort was put into the technical aspects of this short, from camera work to lighting, to the set dressing etc. However the story was absolutely lacking in content. I'm still squeezing my brain trying to get anything out of it. It's the most bare bone "ghost horror" short one could come up with. It's baffling to think there's a whole team of people out there who believe this is strong enough to be made into a feature film. All style, absolutely no substance.

In essence, it's no more than a technical filmmaking test.

Film Riot has been my literal film school for the past few years, and I love them to death. I'm so proud of what Ryan and the team are doing, and I can't wait to see what they do next! This film, looks, sounds, and acts all like a Hollywood film. But, it lacks a story. I know it's a proof of concept, but that's not a reason to not have a good story. I've seen this with other Film Riot films. I'd suggest Film Riot looks to the Blacklist to find a really good script and make that, as they already have everything down pat in the production and post side of things!

I couldn't tell if it's better than any of the previous projects done by Ryan but this one is short & straight to the point, though it's well directing & written but it lacks the scares because this is a horror short film instead it's more depends on suspend story to a character as well to the story but hey this is a really good film I've enjoyed it in anyway so i praised to Ryan & his team for this great short film.

You will finish the short and want there to be more after a major cliffhanger. I don't want to spoil it. It's not very scary so I think this would be good for people who like non scary things. It is very well written (No surprise because its Ryan Conley.) and acting was very good as well.

Left me wanting more to explore more of the story.