The Cabin In The Woods

I'm reviewing The Cabin In The Woods on suggestion by my friend Ronald (I'm sure you're reading this). This is going to be rather brief, but the movie is an alright one. It did poorly in theaters, which is why it made such a quick appearance onto Netflix, notorious for live streaming recent films only when they do poorly. The movie is a comedy - horror, which kind of spoils the whole horror aspect at least for me. Not to say I don't normally laugh at horror movies, but when they try to actually be funny, the jokes are usually dry and tend to pull focus away from being scared and more towards being amused, which is a high task given that different people have different taste in jokes. I personally found the jokes rather corny, and the less suspenseful scenes were a bit stupid, but the movie was definitely laughable. 

To explain, the movie follows the cliche college teens going to a cabin all alone in the woods, but an organization has the entire area under protection and is setting them up for some sort of ritual. Each character was picked for their qualities, and when they find the creepy basement, they unknowingly choose the item of their demise. The book of a deceased family is found, so zombies are brought into play. Lots of fighting and drama ensue, flipping back to these men tucked away in a control room laughing and placing bets on who will die when. The characters get picked off until two remain, and the two stumble upon the facility calling the shots. They release the variety of creatures used in these rituals and they tear apart the organization, finally getting to the center where a pit with some unknown demon is located. The world crumbles as the movie ends, the ritual incomplete by the survival of the last two characters.

Rather strange, right? The movie was horror, looking back on it, but they did try to be funny for short periods which just ruined my opinion on it. The movie's worth a watch, but it isn't quite as scary as I would've liked.