Film Review 2: Cabin in the Woods (2012) Directed by Drew Goddard

Cabin in the woods review

Plot Outline

Five college students go on vacation to a cabin in the woods owned by one of the student's uncle's. When they arrive they encounter hidden secrets in the cabin such as hidden windows and a locked basement.  They are then attacked by zombies, consequently killing 3 students. The other 2 students escape into a lift, which takes them to a facility that houses every mythological monster possible, which the scientists use to kill people for a blood sacrifice to their ancient gods.

Best Scenes

My first favourite scene is when the SWAT guys are moving through the corridor, all the lifts open and various monsters are released. The monsters kill the SWAT and Blood is sprayed all over the walls and body parts are just strewn across the floor, following this one man is stabbed by a clown, one is killed by a robot scorpion and another is eaten by a werewolf. The gore in this scene is especially well done as it does not look like it is all CGI, it looks failry real.

The other scene that impressed me was the Mer-man scene. A scientist lays on the floor after being thrown back by an explosion. He is unable to move and from the shadows in front of him a figure emerges. It turns out to be a mer-man, which he previously wished to kill someone with. The mer-man east the scientist and blood spray from a hole in its back. I thought that the concpet of the mer-man was the best part, because it is not the sort of thing that you'd think you be afraid of.

I would like to include lots of gore in my horror trailer as in the elveator scene from CITW. I would also like to think of a unique monster or at least something unique that scares people. I would like the avoid whiney characters such as the men from CITW. To me it seems that if a character is whiney, you know that they are going to die. This means that the audience know what's going to happen, completely spoiling the build up to their deaths.

The best general aspect of the film was the surprising location and narrative change. It changes from a dark, cabin that is fairly quiet, to a underground science facility that houses things such as giant bats, ghosts, unicorns,mer-men,giant snakes and werewolves.