History YMMV / KnockKnock

%%* EvilIsSexy: Bel and Genesis

* MagnificentBastard: Bel and Genesis, but especially Genesis. [[spoiler: Even after doing something as sloppy as posting a video of them having sex with Evan online and ultimately sparing him, which seems like a recipe to eventually getting caught. It turns out that they alter their appearances before each assault, so they've thought this far ahead.]]

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* TheWoobie: Louis, the art dealer who comes to collect Mrs. Webber's latest sculpture only to run afoul of the girls. [[spoiler: Once they realise he's not going to fall for their charms, they steal his inhaler and toss it back and forth while he chases after it, getting closer and closer to an asthmatic attack. He then slips and hits his head on a sculpture, snapping his neck. Bel and Genesis then dump his body.]]
** StoicWoobie: Evan can do nothing but watch as Bel and Genesis destroy his home. Any time he tries to get help, he only makes them angrier.coming.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Louis realising that Bel and Genesis are torturing Evan and not falling for their wiles as easily as they'd hoped. [[spoiler: Too bad he gets killed anyway.]]
** [[spoiler: The alternate ending implies that Evan will get some sweet, sweet payback.]]
* EvilIsSexy: Bel and Genesis

* {{Moe}}: Bel. She's still psycho, guys.

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* HellIsThatNoise: Plenty. Special mention goes to the voices of the ghosts.

!![[VideoGame/KnockKnock The video game]]:

* ParanoiaFuel: The survival segments provide plenty of this.
** It should be noted that Guests can be only seen in dark rooms but can move through the lit ones without breaking the lights until they 'materialize'. So if you keep all of the lights lit, a Guest can appear basically out of nowhere at any time and you can't see him coming.

!![[Film/KnockKnock The film]]:
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Bel. Is she an AxCrazy sadist like Genesis, or a damaged person going along with it? When she roleplayed as [[spoiler: a molested child]] was she trying to mess with Evan's head, or was she acting out a childhood trauma?
** In the alternate ending, is Evan [[spoiler: going to save the next victim and prove his innocence, or put a [[PayEvilUntoEvil more permanent ending]] to the girls' rampage.]]
** Eli Roth's commentary on the alternate ending describes the girls as having "switched roles." However, Bel is still the one getting up close and intimate with the new victim, and Genesis is still the one standing back and talking, exactly the same dynamic they had with Evan.
* CrossesTheLineTwice: A lot of scenes that would be considered horrifying in a different film wind up being hilarious in this one. Evan's fate at the end [[spoiler: buried up to his neck in the backyard with a gag in his mouth and his phone showing a certain video of him going viral]] is especially funny.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Louis realising that Bel and Genesis are torturing Evan and not falling for their wiles as easily as they'd hoped. [[spoiler: Too bad he gets killed anyway.]]
** [[spoiler: The alternate ending implies that Evan will get some sweet, sweet payback.]]
* EvilIsSexy: Bel and Genesis
* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: Bel and Genesis get away with ruining Evan's life...except they were sloppy enough to leave evidence all over the place that there had been a break-in, and Evan could easily say he'd been coerced into sex with them. ''But''...exactly how many girls out there are legally named "Bel" or "Genesis"? Most likely, they'd used aliases to cover their tracks.]]
** [[spoiler: Eh, facial recognition technology could most likely sort everything out when the police inevitably get involved.]]
*** [[spoiler: The alternate ending shows that they've been wearing wigs, as they swapped them when they moved onto their newest victim.]]
** [[spoiler: Check out Evan in the alternate ending. His hair has grown back and his beard is longer. He's been tracking these girls for awhile, but that would imply that he's suddenly got a lot of free time on his hands. Odds are his wife found out about the sex and kicked him out of the house, which will make his revenge even stronger.]]
* HamAndCheese: Creator/KeanuReeves's performance whenever he's meant to be anything other than calm or cheerful. In his defense, at least he's not saying "whoa".
** All the more appropriate that he compares a 2-girl blowjob to "free pizza".
* MagnificentBastard: Bel and Genesis, but especially Genesis. [[spoiler: Even after doing something as sloppy as posting a video of them having sex with Evan online and ultimately sparing him, which seems like a recipe to eventually getting caught. It turns out that they alter their appearances before each assault, so they've thought this far ahead.]]
* {{Moe}}: Bel. She's still psycho, guys.
* {{Narm}}: Some of the movies' quotes are regarded as this, most notably "Chocolate with sprinkles" and Evan's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to the girls.
--> IT WAS FREE FUCKING PIZZA!
** There's Evan's SkywardScream, which he delivers while gagged. Given that it's Keanu Reeves, you almost expect him to fire a gun in the air, except he's buried up to his neck.
* NarmCharm: What ultimately draws audiences in. Creator/EliRoth, Keanu Reeves and a plot that combines ''Film/FatalAttraction'' with ''Film/FunnyGames'' ultimately forms a thriller that gets more laughs than gasps.
* ParanoiaFuel: Imagine leaving the house for the weekend, only to come home and find every square inch of it has been either vandalised or wrecked beyond repair.
* TheWoobie: Louis, the art dealer who comes to collect Mrs. Webber's latest sculpture only to run afoul of the girls. [[spoiler: Once they realise he's not going to fall for their charms, they steal his inhaler and toss it back and forth while he chases after it, getting closer and closer to an asthmatic attack. He then slips and hits his head on a sculpture, snapping his neck. Bel and Genesis then dump his body.]]
** StoicWoobie: Evan can do nothing but watch as Bel and Genesis destroy his home. Any time he tries to get help, he only makes them angrier.

* NightmareRetardant: Some of the ghost aren't really that scary, most of them are just boxes or bushes with legs.

* ColbertBump: The game got noticeably more popular thanks to many LetsPlayers (especially LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}}) who love indie horror games.
* HellIsThatNoise: Plenty. Special mention goes to the voices of the ghosts

** In the alternate ending, is Evan [[spoiler: going to save the next victim prove his innocence, or put a [[PayEvilUntoEvil more permanent ending]] to the girls' rampage.]]

* MagnificentBastard: Bel and Genesis, but especially Genesis.
** [[spoiler: Although posting a video of them having sex with Evan online and ultimately sparing him is a recipe to eventually get caught. Seriously, an actual Magnificent Bastard wouldn't leave jarring evidence like that.]]

* HypocriticalFandom: There's been some accusations that feminists who see this will cheer for Bel and Genesis just because they're girls, thus invoking this trope. The non-radical feminists who have seen this film have stated that they don't approve of what the girls do, especially since their first act of villainy was to force sex on a non-consenting victim.
** In fact, the vast majority of feminists despise the film precisely because it's a straw representation of how their detractors see their perfect view of a movie when it's the opposite.

* NarmCharm: What ultimately draws audiences in. Eli Roth, Keanu Reeves and a plot that combines ''Film/FatalAttraction'' with ''Film/FunnyGames'' ultimately forms a thriller that gets more laughs than gasps.

* HamAndCheese: Keanu Reeves's performance whenever he's meant to be anything other than calm or cheerful. In his defense, at least he's not saying "whoa".

! The Game

! The Film

** StoicWoobie: Evan can do nothing but watch as Bel and Genesis destroy his home. Any time he tries to get help, he only makes them angrier.

* CrossestheLineTwice: A lot of scenes that would be considered horrifying in a different film wind up being hilarious in this one. Evan's fate at the end [[spoiler: buried up to his neck in the backyard with a gag in his mouth and his phone showing a certain video of him going viral]] is especially funny.

* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: Bel and Genesis get away with ruining Evan's life...except they were sloppy enough to leave evidence all over the place that there had been a break-in and Evan could easily say he'd been coerced into sex with them. ''But''...exactly how many girls out there are legally named "Bel" or "Genesis"? Most likely, they'd used aliases to cover their tracks.]]
* HamandCheese: [[Creator/KeanuReeves Keanu Reeve's]] performance whenever he's meant to be anything other than calm or cheerful. In his defense, at least he's not saying "whoa".

* TheWoobie: Louis, the art dealer who comes to collect Mrs. Webber's latest sculpture only to run afoul of the girls. [[spoiler: Once they realise he's not going to fall for their charms, they steal his inhaler and toss it back and forth while he chases after it, getting closer and closer to an asthmatic attack. He then slips and hits his head on a sculpture, snapping his neck. Bel and Genesis then dump his body.]]

** It should be noted that Guests can be only seen in dark rooms but can move through the lit ones without breaking the lights until they 'materialize'. So if you keep all of the lights lit, a Guest can appear basically out of nowhere at any time and you can't see him coming.