The Cabin in the Woods

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First time viewed: No
Current Release: Yes
Watched With: Jordan, Tyler, Michael

Non-Spoiler write up here.

I will try and keep this spoiler free too.

I really only have one problem with this film. I think it's just too funny to be able to sustain tension for any period of time. The horror gets short-changed a little in favour of the comedy. But for a film that in my opinion gets everything else so right, that's a small complaint.

Unabashedly love it. I'm biased as hell probably, but still, I think it gets pretty much everything else spot on. It's not easy to juggle horror and comedy in a smart way. We've even seen deconstructions of horror before but never as fun or intelligent as this. There more you delve into the film the more there is to see.

The opening titles are reminiscent of one of my all time favourites Funny Games, and like that film we see the onus of various acts of violence places squarely on the audience and their depraved penchant for getting a kick out of it. It's about horror films and why we enjoy them whilst at the same time pulling off the magic trick that Funny Games struggles more with, of actually being an enjoyable horror film while it does this.

And once you get past what is a deceptively simple classic set up of 5 friends spending the weekend at a mysterious cabin in the woods, the film will take you places you never would have picked. Hence the reason for everyone desperately trying not to spoil anything about it. This is a film made for being discovered, with friends in a packed out cinema. I hope you can all have that experience.