The Cabin in the Woods

Reviewed by: Greg Mueller

Greg's Score:
7.50

Plot/Story

8

Characters

8

Acting

8

Cinematography

9

Production Design

9

Soundtrack

7

Execution

6

Emotional Impact

5


Review:

What Ready Player One tried to do for 80's nostalgia, The Cabin in the Woods masters. Try to go in with as little info as possible, because the unraveling is half of the fun. Cabin was pitched as a loving hate letter to what horror movies had become and I can definitely feel that. Cabin begins as a typical "cabin in the woods" horror movie that quickly goes off the rails. For a horror movie, Cabin manages to keep it pretty light with the humor and constant jabs at Horror tropes. The issue with making a movie that pokes at the tropes the entire time is that the stereotype characters are still just cardboard stereotypes, even if that is what you mean them to be. Beyond my totally normal obsession with Chris Hemsworth, I really don't care about any of the characters. The only other problem I really had was that I wish they explained less about the situation and let me work some of it out on my own. It's just a personal preference and I don't really hold that against the film. As a horror movie, Cabin isn't particularly scary and works more in the sci-fi/fantasy ways, but if you are a horror fan, Cabin has a lot of nods and nostalgia to unravel. It's a fun movie that plays on what we've come to expect from horror movies and adds some fresh elements that I really wasn't ready for. For me, the highlight was the plethora of outstanding practical effects. People seem to really love CGI today, but I still enjoy the realism and x-factor that practical effects can bring.

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