2012 · horror · comedy
The Cabin in the Woods
Directed by Drew Goddard1h 35m2012
Five friends set out for a weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, expecting nothing more than fun and relaxation. As night falls, they discover that something far more unsettling is at work and that nothing about their getaway is what it seems.
Our read: The Cabin in the Woods (2012) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive horror · comedy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured horror / comedy, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
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