The Cabin in the Woods is a fiendishly clever, constantly imaginative horror thriller that keeps springing new surprises on the audience right up until the end credits, but it also presents a large problem for any reviewer: how do you discuss a film that’s built around a series of plot twists and reveals that radically reshape the movie you think you’re watching, and that start with the very first scene? Make no mistake: you’re better off going into
The Cabin in the Woods knowing absolutely nothing, or even better, just thinking that it’s another brain-dead horror flick during which you’ll be yelling at the screen about how stupid the characters are.
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Released:
2012
Rated:
R
Length:
95 mins