Review of The Cabin in the Woods (2012) by Katie G — 09 Oct 2016
The Cabin in the woods is an excellent example of bullshit marketing, or a director so far up his own arse that he believes his own hype. By all accounts The Cabin in the woods is "the" defining, game changing moment in horror cinema, things literally can never be the same again after watching. I call bullshit on that one.
Cabin is neither a game changer or a rule breaker, in fact it sticks so closely to pre determined rules of established films it becomes a huge homage. That isn't even a bad thing either, such a style worked really well for Scream in the 90's, and almost works well here, but is instead let down by an ending that shits the bed in a manner beyond compare. With crap puppetry, wonky cgi and men in rubber suits ruling the finale.
If The Cabin had stuck to the tongue in cheek homage then Joss Whedon could have been on to a winner, specially with the arse kissing marketing. But instead it sets out to break the rules, mess up the natural order and instead does none of that. Watchable but please disengage your brain beforehand. It will thank you.l after.
This review of The Cabin in the Woods (2012) was written by Katie G on 09 Oct 2016.
The Cabin in the Woods has generally received positive reviews.
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