Review of The Cabin in the Woods (2012) by Fiddle J — 25 Feb 2018

Amazing 1h 3min and 37s, big twist, and just downhill from there.

It is a marvelous story about some teenagers, going on a vacation in the woods.

It beautifully builds suspense from the opening scene to the bloody twist.

No annoying jump-scares, that are just meant to be jump-scares, to build suspense for no reason, but really great direction with a good story as basis.

As a horror genre lover, I really enjoyed the twist from, having a great time with friends, to monsters killing everyone in just a stupid quick death way.

There was some blood and I enjoyed it...

I said to myself: " well done guys, well done...".

And then ****spoiler****.

The stoned guy comes back and ruins the movie.

I mean, it just went downhill from there.

OK, there was this amazing "show all monsters that ever existed" scene, and kill everyone in a big blood-bath.

But they just kept explaining the plot. Nothing seemed believable after that.

And the ending... OMG... just doesn't make any sense.

I shit you not, this is their explanation: "Every attempt in every country in the world failed, to give a sacrifice to the almighty old ruler of the world, so you have to kill that boy, so he won't destroy the world".

NO WORDS.

In summary: "Could have been a great movie, but just didn't care for the ending".