The Cabin in the Woods (Exclusive Series) (available on Peacock for FREE)
- Matt Palmer
- Oct 18, 2021
- 3 min read
Initial release date: April 13, 2012
Studios: Lionsgate
Tagline: You think you know the story
Plot: When five college students arrive at a remote forest cabin for a little vacation, little do they expect the horrors that await them. One by one, the youths fall victim to backwoods zombies, but there is another factor at play. Two scientists are manipulating the ghoulish goings-on, but even as the body count rises, there is yet more at work than meets the eye.
Cast
Kristen Connolly (Paramount Plus’ Evil) - Dana
Chris Hemsworth (Netflix’s Extraction) - Curt
Anna Hutchinson - Jules
Franz Kranz (The Dark Tower) - Marty
Jesse Williams (ABCs Grey’s Anatomy) - Holden
Richard Jenkins (The Last Shift) - Sitterson
Bradley Whitford (Songbird) - Hadley
Brian White - Truman
Amy Acker - Kin
Tim DeZarn (Wrong Turn) - Mordecai
Writer(s): Joss Whedon
Drew Goddard (Netflix’s Daredevil; Bad Times at the El Royale; The Martian)
Director: Drew Goodard (Bad Times at the El Royale)
Rated R for strong bloody horror violence and gore, language, drug use and some sexuality/nudity (95 min)
The 2012 movie ‘The Cabin in the Woods’ is a very entertaining and clever horror movie that also has quite a bit of humorous moments scattered throughout. This movie does an incredible job blending together the horror, the gore and the laughs.
Most of the humor that’s in the movie is “meta humor.” For those who don’t know what “meta humor” is - a type of comedic expression that is either directed toward some other subject, or openly directed toward itself; is self-referential in some way. The humor also makes fun of most horror movie cliches that are in almost every single horror movie.
The scares in the movie are really decent and the whole movie is just awesome. Over time, ‘Cabin in the Woods’ has garnered a cult following and has become a modern horror classic. After seeing it a few times over the years, I have gotten to like the movie more and more. It’s just a guilty pleasure that will really keep you entertained! There is also a good deal of suspense that leads to a completely unexpected ending!
You can stream this movie for FREE on the Peacock streaming service. Or rent it from the following online: Amazon Prime for $1.99, VuduFandango for $2.99 or YouTube, Google Play, Apple TV for $3.99.
Here are some interesting tidbits about ‘The Cabin in the Woods’:
The thermal coffee mug/bong was a fully functional mug and bong as portrayed in the movie, the prototype of which cost $5000 to make.
Much of Drew Goddard’s inspiration for this movie came from his upbringing in Los Alamos, New Mexico, a place filled with scientists and co-workers all going about their business and living seemingly routine and ordinary lives even though they were building nuclear weapons that could potentially destroy the world. He talks about this in DVD special features interviews and commentary.
Joss Whedon and Drew Goodard wrote the script in only three days.
The scene that tested highest with audiences was the Merman sequence, according to Goddard.
Drew Goodard and Joss Whedon wrote the screenplay for themselves after both came off failed film projects. They locked themselves up in a hotel room in order to challenge themselves and wrote almost the entire script in one weekend.
After the movie was shelved due to the original studio’s bankruptcy (MGM), even director Goodard and producer Whedon had little faith in it, until Lionsgate saw the finished product, loved it and picked up the release.
One of two films featuring Chris Hemsworth that had been filmed in 2009 (originally for MGM) but not released until 2012. The other being the remake of ‘Red Dawn.’
The movie’s opening was a deliberate attempt by Whedon and Goodard to confuse the audience and make them think they walked in to see the wrong movie.
Was originally slated for wide release on February 5, 2010, and then delayed until January 30, 2011 so MGM could convert it to 3D.
Grossed $42.1 million in North America and $24.4 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $66.5 million, against a production budget of $30 million.
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