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The Cabin in the Woods

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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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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Chase Hutchinson The Inlander (Spokane, WA) A clever skewering of horror clichés that carves out plenty of bloody fun all its own, The Cabin in the Woods deconstructs the genre while also working as a solid entry in it. That the film lives and dies on a stoner saving the day makes it a real treat. Oct 10, 2025 Full Review Don Shanahan Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast Too many unfulfilled angles from the heap of concept attempted. Jan 18, 2024 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Tania W Clever concept but just never pulled through. It wasn't scary or funny or even very creepy. Great creepy cabin but even the moments where the characters go places they shouldn't there's no anxiety about it. Virgin is the last one standing to save the day, lots of creepy creatures; werewolf, creepy doll, etc etc but they all felt expected not scary. The "control room" feels very Hunger Games and the "jokes" don't hit as comedy. Thank goodness for Hemsworth for making the visuals enjoyable when the movie wasn't so dark to effect seeing things. It's watchable. You may enjoy it. But I can't really recommend it. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 10/27/25 Full Review Chris F After reading a couple of reviews here I double checked if I maybe saw a different movie. I did not. First time ever that I had to turn up the brightness of our TV to be able to see anything. The idea behind the film is refreshing but the result is poor. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/26/25 Full Review Justin M. Smart and inventive. I love what this movie did for the horror genre. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/20/25 Full Review Heidi O Geat editing! Never a dull moment. Hysterical too. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/07/25 Full Review YoYo Well done. 👍🏼 
Very enjoyable, great cast, to the point and fun deaths. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/29/25 Full Review Steve B Not your usual horror, that's for sure. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/19/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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