To be a parent in the M. Night Shyamalan universe is to desperately, often helplessly, attempt to protect your children from otherworldly forces beyond your control, whether it’s an alien invasion in Signs (2002), a seemingly inescapable beach that accelerates decay in Old (2021), or the end of the world itself in Knock At The Cabin (2023). But what happens when the monster under your child’s bed is you?
