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The Cabin in the Woods

2012 Directed by Drew Goddard

You think you know the story.

Five college friends spend the weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods.

Kristen Connolly Fran Kranz Chris Hemsworth Anna Hutchison Richard Jenkins Bradley Whitford Jesse Williams Brian J. White Amy Acker Tim DeZarn Tom Lenk Dan Payne Jodelle Ferland Dan Shea Maya Massar Matt Drake Nels Lennarson Rukiya Bernard Peter Kelamis Adrian Holmes Chelah Horsdal Terry Chen Heather Doerksen Patrick Sabongui Phillip Mitchell Naomi Dane Ellie Harvie Patrick Gilmore Brad Dryborough Show All…

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Review by Grooveman ★★★★½ 17

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Seeing Richard Jenkins yell " Fuck You" to a screen filled with 9 year old Japanese school girls is extremely funny to me. This is the most fun I've had watching a film this year.
Review by Simon Ramshaw ★★★★★ 11

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

What this film WILL do:
- Go down in cultdom.
- Become a fan favourite.
- Add more fuel to the beast that is the Whedon Machine.
- Never allow any other horror movie to look at itself in the same way ever again.
- Hold up on many re-watches.

What this film WILL NOT do:
- Be popular with meat-headed horror directors.
- Grant people with the ability to create better stoner characters.
- Grant Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford with Best Supporting Actor nominations (although it really should).

Wow...having thought over The Cabin in the Woods a lot after I saw it first in April, I thought that the re-watch would be full of plot holes. But no.…
Review by kayla ★★★½ 9

Watching this after seeing Bad Times at the El Royale. A light spoiler for that I guess.... but Drew Goddard really loves one way mirrors huh?
Review by Darren Goodfellow ★★★★★ 5

Formula. Every film has one. Watch enough films and you learn the formulas, perhaps even subconciously; and it can ruin the film for you. It drains a film of tension, it makes a film predictable. And in no other genre is the formula more apparent than in horror.

The Cabin In The Woods (TCITW)has a formula too. It is no different to any other film in that respect. But while your Texas Chainsaw Massacres and your Excorcists and your Last Houses On The Lefts say 2 + 2 = 4, TCITW says, "Yes, it does equal 4 but did you know that this 2 is actually 0.5 plus 2.5 minus 1 and the second 2 is really a shit ton…
Review by whatever ★ 15

not to ruffle any feathers but this movie sucks alot of shit and its now banned by the censorship board in my head. if u watch this starting today you will be fined $500 payable to me and if you dont pay me im telling my mom and she'll tell your mom and you're gonna get SO grounded. that's obviously not true you're not gonna get grounded for liking cabin in the woods even tho its a shitty movie. like what u like, even if its a shitty movie that shouldnt exist! just like... whoever made this rly hates horror movies and thinks horror fans are idiots, imo. i mean a lot of horror fans are idiots, but that's because…
Review by SilentDawn ★★★★ 3

75/100

Yeah, ok, whatever, this is shaky territory in the sense that its stuck-up "creativity" doesn't necessarily conform with the sincere trash of the films it is parodying, and it's also 20 years late, but goddammit, there is *nothing* funnier than Richard Jenkins in this movie. Except for Richard Jenkins in Step Brothers.

4 stars for Richard Jenkins. And for this line: "It was the pioneer days; people had to make their own interrogation rooms."

Recent reviews

Review by avery ★★

There was a short amount of this movie that I thought “yeah, this is going somewhere.”

And it went straight down the hill.
Review by jbreviews ★★★★½

This is one of the best horror films ever. I don't care what people say, it's smart, it's funny, it's creepy, it has everything I actually want in a horror movie. The ending confused me a little but it wasn't too far fetched. Definitely a well made tribute to horror films and just an exciting film all together. Thank you movie for trying something different. 9/10
Review by Nicola Altieri ★★★½

Divertente oggi come ieri, a patto di non vederci del meta genio inesistente. La versione caricata sui server Netflix ha un master video piuttosto discutibile, sembra di vedere uno di quei riversaggi da analogico a digitale che contraddistingueva la Cecchi Gori Home Video di una volta: dettaglio inesistente, colori spalmati, chiaroscuri appiattiti, insomma mediocrità diffusa.
Review by AboveAverage ★★★★

HAHA FUCKING LOL

An open letter to Disney
Review by Max Radbill ★★★★★

This film is so fucking smart. It’s a critique of horror as a genre, indulging in cliches and then fucking ripping them apart. A perfect blend of horror and comedy, and continually one of my favorite films.
Review by Mark ★★★★

Surprised this is still really good

Drew Goddard has a fetish for one way mirrors
Review by Lindsey WEBER ★★★★★

this was on TBS last night and...you know what? it’s great
Review by tigmanshu7 ★★★½

Good combination of Mystery and Murders. Climax was out of the box.
Review by Robyn Smith ★★★½

It's a great deconstruction of the horror genre, if you're a big horror fan then you should watch this.