The Cabin in the Woods

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The Cabin in the Woods

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Released Apr 13, 2012

1h 35m

Horror

Comedy

Mystery & Thriller

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When five college friends (Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams) arrive at a remote forest cabin for a little vacation, little do they expect the horrors that await them. One by one, the youths fall victim to backwoods zombies, but there is another factor at play. Two scientists (Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford) are manipulating the ghoulish goings-on, but even as the body count rises, there is yet more at work than meets the eye.

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Critics Consensus

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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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

This is, I know, a self-aware film: its clichés are parodies of horror clichés generally, but to subvert a form, it should, first and foremost, work as an entertainment, and it most surely does not.

Aug 31, 2018

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Eric Kohn

IndieWire

Ranks among one of the most wryly self-aware works of American pop culture entertainment in years.

Rated: B+

Sep 27, 2015

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Bruce Diones

The New Yorker

The filmmakers are less interested in providing a slow buildup to their frights than in splattering the clichés of the form in funny, spirited ways.

Oct 6, 2014

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Don Shanahan

Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast

Too many unfulfilled angles from the heap of concept attempted.

Jan 18, 2024

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Savina Petkova

A Good Movie To Watch

It still carries the whiff of the late 2000s' misogyny in the way it portrays women and it certainly doesn't try hard enough to disrupt the genre's opposition to female sexuality.

Rated: 71

Nov 7, 2023

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Feels like a greatest hits of the best horror-comedies of the last few decades, while also injecting plenty of originality.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 24, 2023

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Alejandra C

I dont know why this movie is high up, its a film to do while you are doing other things. It gets a point because of Hemsworth but in a horror film is just not clicking. Its not a good one, in my opinion.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/05/25

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Michael F.

Great movie. I expected something close to every other horror film I have seen. I was pleasantly surprised that this was like no other film I had ever seen.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/02/25

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Carlos M

Esta pelicula lo tiene todo sinceramente nunca habia visto una pelicula de comedia-terror-slasher y me gusto mucho ya que da guiño a varias peliculas de terror que hemos visto como hellraiser,anaconda,el aro,masacre en texas, alien entre otras sinceramente no esperaba mucho de esta pelicula pero si me gusto y la recomiendo pero cabe recalcar que el ranking de que tanto “terror” da le pondria un 7/10 para ser honesto pero la trama y todo lo demas le da un super plus

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/30/25

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Ian R

I enjoyed the throw back to old school horror movies set in spooky houses. Where you see characters going into places you know they shouldn't. Your going like, DON'T GO IN THERE. Likewise the blood and gore. Quite a few jump scares. However, for me, the background story involving scientists and ancient Gods didn't work. I did appreciate Sigourney Weaver's cameo, she is the Queen of sci fi horror movies. The zoo of monsters in the film was an original idea that did work, and the idea that all monsters and devils exist is clever. I'm no great fan of Hemsworth but the cast held the film together well under what was obviously clear direction.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/21/25

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John W

I consider this film a masterpiece and have watched it several times. I'm always surprised that most people seem to feel the same way, because the film is very bizarre and has many twists. But it's not a film you'll forget. I really love it so much.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/19/25

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Eddie L.

A middle-aged, smart, funny (& humble) white guy says: Yes Yes Yes Yes out of 5

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/14/25

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Synopsis

When five college friends (Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams) arrive at a remote forest cabin for a little vacation, little do they expect the horrors that await them. One by one, the youths fall victim to backwoods zombies, but there is another factor at play. Two scientists (Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford) are manipulating the ghoulish goings-on, but even as the body count rises, there is yet more at work than meets the eye.

Director: Drew Goddard
Producer: Joss Whedon
Screenwriter: Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Mutant Enemy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Lions Gate Films
Rating: R (Gore|Drug Use|Strong Horror Violence|Language|Some Sexuality/Nudity|Strong Bloody Violence)
Genre: Horror, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 13, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 6, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $42.0M
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Datasat, SDDS, Dolby Digital

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