The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
Average Rating: 7.8/10
Reviews Counted: 229
Fresh: 210 | Rotten: 19
The Cabin in the Woods is an astonishing meta-feat, capable of being funny, strange, and scary -- frequently all at the same time.
Average Rating: 7.6/10
Critic Reviews: 43
Fresh: 38 | Rotten: 5
The Cabin in the Woods is an astonishing meta-feat, capable of being funny, strange, and scary -- frequently all at the same time.
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Average Rating: 3.8/5
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Movie Info
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 blowing horror film that turns the genre inside out. -- (C) Lionsgate
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Kristen Connolly
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Chris Hemsworth
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Anna Hutchison
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Fran Kranz
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Jesse Williams
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Richard Jenkins
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Bradley Whitford
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Brian J. White
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Amy Acker
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Tim De Zarn
Mordecai -
Tom Lenk
Ronald the Intern -
Dan Payne
Matthew Buckner -
Jodelle Ferland
Patience Buckner -
Danny Shea
Father Buckner -
Maya Massar
Mother Buckner -
Matt Drake
Judah Buckner -
Nels Lennarson
Clean Man -
Rukiya Bernard
Labcoat Girl -
Adrian Holmes
Demo Guy -
Chelah Horsdal
Demo Guy -
Terry Chen
Operations Guy -
Heather Doerksen
Accountant -
Patrick Sabongui
Elevator Guard -
Phillip Mitchell
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Naomi Dane
Japanese Floaty Girl -
Ellie Harvie
Military Liaison -
Patrick Gilmore
Werewolf Wrangler -
Brad Dryborough
Chem Department Guy -
Emili Kawashima
Japanese Frog Girl -
Aya Furukawa
Japanese School Girl -
Maria Go
Japanese School Girl -
Serena Akane Chi
Japanese School Girl -
Abbey Imai
Japanese School Girl -
Marina Ishibashi
Japanese School Girl -
Miku Katsuura
Japanese School Girl -
Alicia Takase Lui
Japanese School Girl -
Jodi Tabuchi
Japanese School Girl -
Sara Taira
Japanese School Girl -
Alyssandra Yamamoto
Japanese School Girl -
Richard Cetrone
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Phoebe Galvan
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Simon Pidgeon
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Matt Phillips
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Lori Stewar
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Gregory Zach
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All Critics (230) | Top Critics (43) | Fresh (210) | Rotten (19) | DVD (9)
One of the best movies of 2012 so far, in any genre.
Top CriticBy the time the ride is over, director Drew Goddard and co-writers Goddard and Joss Whedon will change course three or four times, nodding and winking but never losing momentum.
And you thought you were just headed for a weekend getaway.
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.
The climactic one-two punch of special-effects chaos and meta-movie chin stroking should have the fanboys trembling with delight.
"The Cabin in the Woods" gets at the story underneath the story, and the reason behind the clichés.
One hottie, one cutie, one stoner, one jock and one intellectual go to a remote cabin in the woods. If this sounds like a setup for a joke, well, it kind of is.
An original and audacious horror-comedy that oftentimes works better than it should.
This is a movie that knows it is capitalizing on the clichés and stupidity of its genre, but refuses to bow to the same simple-minded standards to achieve something more
The Cabin in the Woods is crammed with so many twists and turns that the mere thought of reviewing it and ruining the fun for others is scary in and of itself.
The Cabin in the Woods manages to throw the horror and comedy genres into a blender, and the result is a delicious product that's ridiculously fun and warrants watching at least once.
The best movie of the year so far.
Would you like your head thoroughly messed with? Then check straight into The Cabin in the Woods.
The pleasure in The Cabin in the Woods comes from its audacious tuggings-away of the dramatic rug under your feet.
Taking a leaf out of Scream director Wes Craven's book, Joss Whedon both uses and skewers horror film clichés for this enjoyable tongue-in-cheek slasher.
The Cabin in the Woods is a horror movie about horror movies. Except not really. It's a horror movie about what horror movies do for us, about why narratives of horror mean something to us.
A fiendishly clever genre Rubik's Cube that demonstrates, if nothing else, how much Fangoria fare benefits from the wicked wit of a real writer.
Like Scream before it, the film is a simultaneous dissection and celebration of all the tropes to which it pays homage, while also managing to be a superb example of the genre in its own right.
The Cabin in the Woods is a quick-witted, mind-bending fright fest. A truly rare and original horror film.
In a year that's looking to have a very strong lineup of horror and genre movies, it's very likely that The Cabin in the Woods will come out the king of the hill.
The result is a film that might be too smart for its own good, a piece of meta-fiction that's all meta. The Cabin in the Woods isn't trying to scare us as much as it's trying to enlighten us about being scared, then settles for amusing us about it.
It's not often you can really get a new twist in genre, but this horror movie actually managed to rewrite its own rules thanks to an underlying nihilist sensibility and a fearless approach to formula.
Whedon's and Goddard's screenplay reads like both a love letter to horror movies and a good-natured treatise on what's wrong with them.
While this film is not for everyone -- those who like their slasher film cliches without irony shouldn't bother -- anyone who likes brains to go with their blood are bound to appreciate what Whedon and Goddard have conjured.
Whedon refuses to keep the clichés entirely intact. In keeping with the overall theme, nothing is entirely what it seems, and nobody is entirely who they seem.
Audience Reviews for The Cabin in the Woods
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- Marty: And that makes what kind of sense?
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- Curt: Don't wait up for us.
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- Curt: Also your not wearing any pants.
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- Marty: I dare you all to go upstairs.
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- Marty: Good work, zombie arm...
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- Marty: Society needs to crumble. We're all just too chickenshit to let it.
Discussion Forum
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| Insults the intelligence of the viewer...or more...relies upon their unintelligence... | 49 days ago | 65 |
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Foreign Titles
- La Cabane dans les bois (FR)
- La cabaña en el bosque (ES)
I love Joss Whedon and you definitely know its Whedon, it is amusing so it is a dark comedy and it takes the traditional and predictable horror genre and twists it on its back. Entertaining and original so gets points for that!