The Cabin in the Woods (film): A real treat for horror film fans

For anyone out there that has seen their fair share of horror flicks, particularly ones from the 80's that all seemed to have certain frustrating elements in them, The Cabin in the Woods is a brilliant homage to the art.

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While not purely a comedy, The Cabin in the Woods certainly does have its comedic moments but they are more subtle than simply having one liners. The lengths they go to in order to slip certain "typical" aspects of horror flicks into this film are so frequent it makes a fan like myself think "what particular film are they referencing right now?"

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It is quite obvious that they are constantly using a lot of The Evil Dead's overall theme in this one. The mix of people in the group, the location, the enthusiasm over a dump in the middle of nowhere, the fact that anyone would be excited to vacation here, all of this is just silly, and they know it.

The movie goes on to have silly elements such as a couple deciding to "get it on" in the middle of the scary woods, immediately investigating the cellar when the trap door opens on its own and someone says "It must have been the wind!" and of course later on once the S**T has already hit the fan and Chris Hemsworth says "let's split up, we can cover more ground!"

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_{Everyone knows that when a heavy wooden cellar door opens on its own in a house you have never been in, you immediately investigate... Thor will protect you}

The film is filled with gore and interesting baddies and I suppose the sci-fi story that is mixed in there is pretty cool as well, mostly this movie is great because it is making fun of many of the themes of classic horror films without going too over the top the way the "Scary Movie" franchise did.

If you are too young to remember films from the 80's and perhaps 90's that is ok, the humor will still work on you although perhaps for different reasons. I found this movie wildly entertaining and can't believe it took me this long to see it. I blame the fact that i lived in the jungle for a decade and rarely heard of any new films being released. It is also quite likely that this one would not have had mass appeal in Thailand and never actually made it here. I don't know.

Overall rating.....

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