Scream Bloody Entertainment

If something is chasing you... split up.

A group of teenagers make a trip to a remote wooden cabin in order to killed off one by one slasher-style, but things are not what they appear to be...

- more meta than all of the Scream films put together
- the most original thing to come out in horror since [insert any year here]
- groundbreaking on several levels
- blends horror, comedy, and downright strangeness incredibly well
- keeps you guessing until the end
- some truly frightening moments
- boasts a clever script filled with creativity
- pays tribute to nearly every relevant horror movie of the past
- works both as a parody and as a genuine entry into the genre
- thoroughly entertaining and surprisingly engaging
- does some things better than most 'serious' horror films out there

- it ends

- high violence and gore
- high scares and frightening scenes
- moderate nudity and sexual themes
- high profanity

- don't read strange things in Latin
- damn those Japanese kids
- don't dye your hair blonde
- weed can actually save your life
- watching old gods destroy the world would make for a weekend well spent
- virgins have it easy

It's certainly not every day that something like The Cabin in the Woods comes along – a film which features a set of five stereotypical characters playing out a scenario as ancient as horror cinema itself, but also a film where everything is turned so much on its head that the very premise becomes a most savoury running gag. Fuelled by first-timer Drew Goddard’s notably competent directing and Joss Whedon’s valuable camaraderie in the writing department, this seemingly unremarkable ‘horror flick’ sets new heights in the emerging horror-slash-comedy-slash-meta genre; heights that future entries may well find impossible to top, seeing as how calling The Cabin in the Woods the be all and end all of its kind wouldn’t be going quite that far. The Cabin in the Woods is a horror geek’s inside joke, and it’s everything its target audience could ever ask for – and more.

horror meter: 6 meta stars (out of 5)