The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

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You think you know the story.

Well let me tell you that you don't.

Filled with typical horror movie tropes (cabin in the woods, dumb attractive twenty-somethings, creepy gas attendant and a camping trip) The Cabin in the Woods leads you, at first, to believe that you know what will happen next. You stumble into the plot with expectations of attractive people attempting to have sex, a murderer with an axe or maybe even some clumsy blonde running/screaming through the woods.

*Spoilers ahead*

What you get is a secret organization planning horror type scenarios across the globe to appease what they call the "ancient gods". They have whole arenas mapped out with cameras and sensors monitoring their subjects. They have set up this particular scenario with five attractive young sacrifices: the whore, the athlete, the brain, the fool and the virgin.

These five have planned a trip to a cabin in the woods in the hopes of unplugging from reality and fornicating. These plans go to hell when they discover a cellar under the cabin filled with creepy artifacts. The virgin, Dana, picks up a diary and reads a few latin phrases which is always an ominous sign of things ahead.

This particular act essentially seals their fates as it chooses what monster will attack them in the scenario. Reading latin from the diary chose the "Zombie Redneck Torture Family".

As the whore (Jules) and the athlete (Curt) plan a romantic romp in the forest zombies descend on them, killing Jules. Curt rushes back to the cabin, badly injured and alerts the rest of the crew to the danger. Pheromones are then released into the cabin, making them think they need to split up to cover more ground. They all end up locked in their rooms, fearing a zombie attack is imminent.

This is an incredible departure for horror movies. As we all have expectations for how horror movies develop, this storyline completely blow those up. The fact that Joss Whedon was involved in the writing of the screenplay is a huge plus to anyone looking for cheesy, freaky, spooky shenanigans. 

As I don't wish to spoil the entire movie for everyone, I will leave the review at this point.

All I have to say is go see this movie, it's on Netflix!

My score: 8/10

92% Critic Score on Rotten Tomatoes

73% Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes