The Cabin in the Woods

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The Cabin in the Woods

R

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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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

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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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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

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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

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Justin M.

Smart and inventive. I love what this movie did for the horror genre.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/20/25

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Heidi O

Geat editing! Never a dull moment. Hysterical too.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/07/25

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YoYo

Well done. 👍🏼  Very enjoyable, great cast, to the point and fun deaths.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/29/25

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Steve B

Not your usual horror, that's for sure.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/19/25

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Drew Goddard

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Chris Hemsworth

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Anna Hutchison

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Fran Kranz

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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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