The Cabin In The Woods (2012)

[TransMonk]

OK...so this is the horror movie that everyone is talking about how they can't talk about.

I like a good horror movie...my wife doesn't. She's out of town this weekend, so I took in a matinee that she would never agree to go see. It's been hard to like horror movies since over the past 10 years it seems like all studios are doing are ripping off good horror from the 70's and 80's with remakes and reboots of Jason, Freddy, dawns of deads, massacres in Texas and houses on the left. And his was only after studios were finished ripping off good horror movies from Japan.

Well, for the first time in a long time, an original horror movie was made. The Cabin In The Woods is truly a premise that I have never seen pulled off. It is getting good reviews and I had managed not to read any spoilers or summation about it's plot...which was hard for me to do since it has been out for 2 weeks. I was less impressed than I thought I would be, but impressed none-the-less. And of course, like all of the reviews are saying. I can't give too many details on the plot without ruining the fun of the movie.

The story is almost clever. It is certainly unbelievable as most horror stories are, but entertaining and unique. My biggest problem was the actors playing the college students. IMO, the dialogue was over the heads of the actors, and some lines, if delivered better, could have turned this really good movie into a great one. The exceptions are Bradley Whitford (he's a 'Sconnie, I'm a 'Sconnie) and Richard Jenkins, who are excellent in their roles (as they usually are).

I had fun...and I highly recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys horror movies. There is the typical gore, camp and small amount of crude humor that appears in most horror films of today. And again, it is refreshing to see something different for a change.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Totally forgot to post on this one. But, yeah, I loved it, too-- the last set piece pushed it over the top.

Would it be fair to call this more of a gory comedy than a horror movie (although the thrill-ride "boo" stuff does work like a charm)?

[TransMonk]

I wouldn't put it in the Shaun of the Dead gory-comedy category, but I did laugh out loud more than a few times.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I wonder whether the bland-ish casting wasn't intentional... that the actors they cast were exactly the kind of actors who'd be in THAT sort of movie, giving those sorts of humorless line readings.