(Dir. Drew Goddard 2012)
R-Rated. Super R, lots of gore, cursing, and some nudity. It's all in a fun way though, kinda. Cabin In the Woods is a twist on the classic college kid horror story. 5 friends get together to spend a weekend at a cabin in the woods. While there they encounter many suspicious objects, and accidentally summon killer zombies. The zombies begin to pick off the kids one by one, but wait, there's more! It turns out all of these horror events are being controlled by a bunch of office men running a horror simulation. Why? Gotta watch to find out. Cabin In the Woods derived a lot of its humor from switching from the classic horror scenes to the lighthearted atmosphere in the simulation control center. When in the horror scenes they used a lot of quick cuts dark/bleak surroundings to create the horror mood. While in the simulation center the cuts are more subdued and the lighting is harsh and unnatural. These contrasts starkly define the difference between the horror world and the world of the simulators. What I really likes about Cabin In the Woods was that it was not just funny, it was interesting. Right off the bat it's made clear that the terrible things happening are being controlled by the simulators, but they viewer spends much of the film trying to figure out why. In addition, I genuinely liked the characters, even the "villainous" characters. The simulators never act evil, but they are obviously intended the be the antagonist of the college students. As the plot unfolds we begin to see events more from the point of view of the simulators, and understand their reasoning much better. It's either these people die, or everyone does. My only complaint is that some of the characters were under developed, but when they're main purpose in the film is to be killed off I can't be that upset. Overall I really enjoyed this film. I don't like gore, but this film was funny enough that I pushed through it.
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Aubrey KirchhoffI'm just screaming into the void and somehow getting graded on it. Archives
April 2018
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