Nowadays the name "Baba Yaga" is probably best known as being the nickname of Keanu Reeves' badass character JOHN WICK, but legends of a supernatural being called Baba Yaga have been around for centuries, and with his horror film DON'T KNOCK TWICE director Caradog W. James is out to remind viewers of Baba Yaga's more horrific roots.
Scripted by Mark Huckerby and Nick Ostler, DON'T KNOCK TWICE tells the following story:
Knock once to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead…" So goes a disturbing urban legend involving an abandoned house supposedly inhabited by a vengeful, child-stealing witch. When troubled teen Chloe raps at the door one night, she has no idea the horror she's about to unleash. Fleeing to the country home of her estranged mother – a recovering addict who's turned her life around to become a famous artist – Chloe must learn to trust the woman who gave her up years ago in order to stop the bloodthirsty, shape-shifting demon stalking them. This wild supernatural shocker delivers a barrage of nonstop jolts and searing nightmare images.
Katee Sackhoff and Lucy Boynton star as the troubled girl and her mother.
DON'T KNOCK TWICE is scheduled to reach VOD in the US this Friday, February 3rd, and today we have an EXCLUSIVE CLIP from the film that will tell you all about the child-stealing witch the characters are dealing with. The ancient demon Baba Yaga.