The Cabin in the Woods [Movie Review]

The Cabin in the Woods [Movie Review] | Happy 2025 everyone. I hope the new year will bring happiness and great news to us all. 

As usual, here I am reviewing another movie. Why do I review this one only now? I also don't know why. 

SYNOPSIS

The Cabin in the Woods (2011) Trivia

• Starring: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins & Bradley Whitford
• Director: Drew Goddard
• Producer: Joss Whedon
• Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists & Mutant Enemy Productions

• Distributed by: Lionsgate

• Release date: April 13, 2012

• Running time: 95 minutes

• Rating: R (For strong bloody horror violence and gore, language, drug use and some sexuality/nudity)

• Country: United States

• Language: English
• IMDb: 7.0/ 10
• Tomatometer: 92%
• Metascore: 72% 
• The thermal coffee mug/bong in the film was both a working mug and a bong and cost a staggering $5,000 to create the prototype. 
• The failed rituals nod to classic movies and monsters: Kyoto references Ringu (The Ring), Buenos Aires hints at King Kong, Stockholm evokes The Thing, and Madrid points to Dracula. 
• Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard designed over 60 unique monsters just for the movie. 
• Won five 2012 Fright Meter Awards, including Best Horror Movie, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.

Deep in an underground lab, Gary and Steve orchestrate a grim ritual as humanity's fate depends on that ritual. Japan’s flawless record has faltered, leaving only the American team to complete the task. Failure means doom to the world.

Meanwhile, five college friends—Dana, Jules, Curt, Holden, and Marty—embark on a carefree weekend at a secluded cabin. Unbeknownst to them, the lab crew manipulates their every move, using chemicals to cloud their judgment. In the cabin’s cellar, the group discovers eerie relics. Each relic will open the door of horror and dictate their demise. Dana reads from an old diary, unwittingly summoning a family of zombie killers, the Buckners.

The terror begins. Jules is slaughtered, Curt narrowly escapes and Marty uncovers surveillance cameras before being dragged away. With Japan’s ritual failing, the American site becomes the last line of defense. Curt’s desperate motorcycle leap ends in tragedy when he crashes into an invisible force field. Holden and Dana flee, but Holden is killed, and their RV plunges into a lake. Dana surfaces, battered and alone.

The lab celebrates prematurely. Marty, alive and defiant, rescues Dana, and together they uncover the lab’s secret: the monsters from every age and type, their tormentors, and the truth about the sacrifices. The artifacts in the cellar dictate which horrors are unleashed. Cornered, they release the creatures, causing chaos and bloodshed.

What with the monsters and all the killings?

MY REVIEW

What I Like:  

• I love the plot - simple. 

What I Don't Like:

• I wish more monsters were released and had longer screen time. 
• However, I think I have watched movies with similar plots.

Will I Watch It Again: I don't mind watching it again.   

Overall: 4.2/ 5.0

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