Giant evil Gods. I wish I could have seen it. I know. That would have been a fun weekend.
The less you know about this movie, the better. It will surely surprise you and take you to a path you absolutely are not expecting.
Although it starts as super generic horror movie, in the first moment you already realize something’s up. We have all the classical elements: the strange and crazy old man, a demonic book, reckless horny young people (at least in this one the characters are in college, so we don’t have actors in their 30s playing someone who is supposedly 16-years-old) and so on.
The cast is really good! Both the young people core and the other one in the company. There’s even Sigourney Weaver in the final minutes, so cool! Every character follows a certain stereotype, but what's interesting is that this is not how they really are. For instance, the dumb blonde is not necessarily natural blonde or even dumb, and this goes to the rest of them. They're "designated" to follow that specific role. Very clever.
My favorite characters are Dana and Marty. Kristen Connolly plays the angelical and pure protagonist who does nothing wrong and sinful — this is subverted a little throughout the movie with her not doing and saying some things you usually expect from this stereotype of a character. From Fran Kranz we get the stoned guy, he is so funny and perform so well. And the fact that he is tripping and is the only person who really knows what’s happening is hilarious.
Now about the twist, it is brilliant! We are told of a whole crazy story about why the films we’ve seen are the way they are. Why everyone is so dumb and do stupid things and make even worse decisions and much more. There’s basically a comment or a reference to pretty much every aspect of horror movies. This is a celebration of the genre and it’s done so well!
The Cabin in the Woods is led by Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon, as mega nerds as they are I didn’t expect less from them. Top notch creativity. This movie is a huge tribute to the entire horror genre. The more of these films you have watched, the more references and observations you’ll notice and love.
Review by VicenteBlockedParentSpoilers2020-05-12T00:57:26Z
The less you know about this movie, the better. It will surely surprise you and take you to a path you absolutely are not expecting.
Although it starts as super generic horror movie, in the first moment you already realize something’s up. We have all the classical elements: the strange and crazy old man, a demonic book, reckless horny young people (at least in this one the characters are in college, so we don’t have actors in their 30s playing someone who is supposedly 16-years-old) and so on.
The cast is really good! Both the young people core and the other one in the company. There’s even Sigourney Weaver in the final minutes, so cool!
Every character follows a certain stereotype, but what's interesting is that this is not how they really are. For instance, the dumb blonde is not necessarily natural blonde or even dumb, and this goes to the rest of them. They're "designated" to follow that specific role. Very clever.
My favorite characters are Dana and Marty. Kristen Connolly plays the angelical and pure protagonist who does nothing wrong and sinful — this is subverted a little throughout the movie with her not doing and saying some things you usually expect from this stereotype of a character. From Fran Kranz we get the stoned guy, he is so funny and perform so well. And the fact that he is tripping and is the only person who really knows what’s happening is hilarious.
Now about the twist, it is brilliant! We are told of a whole crazy story about why the films we’ve seen are the way they are. Why everyone is so dumb and do stupid things and make even worse decisions and much more. There’s basically a comment or a reference to pretty much every aspect of horror movies. This is a celebration of the genre and it’s done so well!
The Cabin in the Woods is led by Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon, as mega nerds as they are I didn’t expect less from them. Top notch creativity. This movie is a huge tribute to the entire horror genre. The more of these films you have watched, the more references and observations you’ll notice and love.