: The Cabin in the Woods
What a fun flick! It’s a funny re-look at the horror genre, not quite a parody like the Scream series, but similar in the sense that it plays with traditional horror conventions. In this case the movie sets up like a stereotypical horror film with a gang of five college kids off to a remote cabin in the woods. Each of the five fits a type, from the jock to the slut to the virgin, but then things start to get interesting.
Actually, we know early on from views of the lab technicians that this is all part of some grand experiment — we just aren’t sure where it’s going. I won’t spoil it, except to say the resolution is over-the-top and utterly ridiculous — yet some how that makes it great. It works, and it’s a lot of fun. Don’t take it too seriously, just go and enjoy.
(I will say this is probably best enjoyed by those who are familiar with horror tropes, as there are tons of gags that depend on you knowing how typical slasher films work. The film loves to point you in a direction and then suddenly creatively switch gears and give you something unexpected.)
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