Kristen Connolly,
Chris Hemsworth,
Anna Hutchison,
Fran Kranz,
Jesse Williams
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Five friends go to a remote cabin in the woods. Bad things happen. If you think you know this story, think again. From fan favorites Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard comes The Cabin in the Woods, a mind b... read more
Directed by: Drew Goddard
Release Date: April 13, 2012
Keywords:
horror,
scary,
different,
slasher,
casual,
horror movie,
horror films,
best horror,
joss whedon,
Evil Dead ,
Richard Jenkins ,
Joss Whedon ,
Drew Goddard
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May 25, 2012fb100000145236770All I've heard about this movie is it's original and amazingly good. While very, very original, I don't quite think it lives up to the hype some people give it. It's good, and one of the better horror movies to come out in some time. But a new classic? Probably not, but then a... read more
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May 21, 2012The satire of the Scooby-Doo group of friends - so disparate that they would never be friends in real life - is rather clever. The unleashing of nightmare creatures is rather crazy-go-nuts. However, the frame story of the corporation's competition is unclear. Why do other coun... read more
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May 17, 2012It was pretty good, not amazingly OMG! super awesome, but I liked it.
It was a little hard to understand at first because I just had no idea who the guys in the lab were or what they were doing. Further into the movie though, it's all explained.
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May 14, 2012Horror movies have taken a steep decline in quality over the past decade. When it is not some crappy remake of an older and much better movie ("Cough" Nightmare on Elm Street), modern horror movies are sadistic torture porn films that go for disgusting the audience rather than a... read more
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May 9, 2012Dooooode! Words can barely describe how much I loved this movie. All horror fans owe it to themselves to seek this movie out and see it - before anybody tells you anything about it! Seriously, every time I was surprised, it was an enormous, delicious pleasure, and every time I wa... read more
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May 9, 2012The Cabin in the Woods is closer to a horror spoof than anything resembling actual terror. Yes, this is one of those oh so hip it hurts movies that deconstructs the genre much in the same way that Scream played with conventions back in 1996. This is the horror of the new millenni... read more
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May 3, 2012fb729949618I can't remember the last time I went into watching a film thinking I was going to be watching "horror/suspense" film, then left after having laughed my ass off to a COMEDY! Truly genius and I loved every minute of it. Sure the CGI or acting isn't the greatest, but that adds to t... read more
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May 1, 2012The first thing Cabin does is to skewer at least 30 years worth of horror films ("sooo been there, sooo done that") and then it gives a reason for them ... ooooh, its a scary reason (but nothing a true fan won't figure out and see coming). Still, I left the theater wishing they ... read more
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May 1, 2012The Cabin in the Woods is definitely original, but after watching you may be asking yourself "What did I just watch?". The mix of horror and comedy worked in some instances and failed in many others. A lot of the plot and story seemed slapped together, especially the ending. I ca... read more
Critic Reviews
April 13, 2012
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
April 13, 2012
Christopher Orr, The Atlantic
A horror movie embedded in a conspiracy flick embedded in another horror movie-the most inventive cabin-in-the-woods picture since The Evil Dead and the canniest genre deconstruction since Scream. Full Review
April 13, 2012
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
The climactic one-two punch of special-effects chaos and meta-movie chin stroking should have the fanboys trembling with delight. Full Review
April 13, 2012
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
"The Cabin in the Woods" gets at the story underneath the story, and the reason behind the clichés. Full Review
April 13, 2012
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
If it's true that you always kill the thing you love, then horror honchos Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard have taken an ax to slasher cinema in The Cabin in the Woods and chopped it up for kindling. Full Review
April 13, 2012
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
Everything about "The Cabin in the Woods" is a delicious practical joke... Full Review
April 13, 2012
Ian Buckwalter, NPR
For all of its many intellectual pleasures, and smart commentary, Cabin in the Woods is a visceral roller coaster of a movie at heart. And like the best thrill rides, when it's over, you just want to ... Full Review
April 13, 2012
Globe and Mail
Cabin is a meta-horror-comedy mash-up that, at least for two-thirds of its running time, holds together smartly. Full Review
April 13, 2012
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Movies that mean to deconstruct movies seem to be made solely by and for cinema vampires, those ghost-faced geeks whose pallor is rarely challenged by exposure to the sun. Full Review
April 13, 2012
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
A pulpy, deceivingly insightful send-up of horror movies that elicits just as many knowing chuckles as horrified gasps. Full Review
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