Maybe it"s just us, but director Drew Goddard"s "The Cabin in the Woods" was one of the best films of 2012. It didn"t exactly break the box office like other blockbusters — that was the year of "The Avengers" after all — but the horror homage was so much fun. If you haven"t seen it, the story revolves around a bunch of teenagers heading out to lớn a remote cabin before being killed in brutal ways. Yes, that"s the most generic-sounding mix up ever, but that is exactly the point. The film cleverly riffs off of every single stereotype & horror movie trope that audiences can spot a mile away.

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Long-story short, the teens are part of a ritualistic sacrifice khổng lồ Lovecraftian ancient gods & they"re being manipulated by a nefarious organization in charge of ensuring that they all die so these behemoth monsters aren"t unleashed on the world. & although the ending seemed like "The Cabin in the Woods" was simply intended khổng lồ be a one-off tale of terror, audiences were keen lớn see more from Goddard and producer Joss Whedon. It largely comes down to the gloriously bloody third act, which sees hordes of monsters, zombies, & demons unleashed on the underground facility beneath the titular cabin. It was insanely fun watching all these classic tropes collide in something of a horrific sandbox, as well as figuring out what each threat was referencing. Unfortunately, it looks like a follow-up might never happen; here"s why.


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One of the main reasons "The Cabin in the Woods" caused such a stir was that it killed off every single character by the end of its tidy 95-minute runtime. But because of its sardonic approach, it"s no wonder that there wasn"t a lone survivor at the end. In a 2018 interview with Fandango, director Drew Goddard explained that a sequel would "undercut" the ending, và that he wouldn"t want to make a follow-up just for the sake of it.


"We had some crazy ideas but Joss and I both felt strongly that we didn"t want to vì it just to vì it. Right? I"m very lucky that I get lớn keep making movies, I don"t need lớn just go make a sequel for the sake of making a sequel. The only way we could do it is if we could vị it justice, và the truth is, it"s a hard one to do justice to. Every version of continuing the story undercuts the ending that we had in "Cabin", and I just feel lượt thích that continues lớn be the perfect ending for that movie and I never want to lớn undercut it."

It"s a fair point, since a sequel would presumably follow what happens after the rise of the Ancient Ones. While that"d be an interesting movie, it wouldn"t exactly revolve around the cabin, because the hut itself was obliterated when a giant hand punched through it. Although Goddard hasn"t completely crossed out the idea, noting in the same interview "I"ve learned, tomorrow, that a bolt of lightning could strike và you could think of an idea that does the first one justice. But I haven"t quite had that idea yet." 

The Cabin in the Woods is an astonishing meta-feat, capable of being funny, strange, and scary -- frequently all at the same time. Read critic review


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When five college friends (Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams) arrive at a remote forest cabin for a little vacation, little bởi 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 (Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford) are manipulating the ghoulish goings-on, but even as the body toàn thân count rises, there is yet more at work than meets the eye.

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Rating: R (Gore|Drug Use|Strong Horror Violence|Language|Some Sexuality/Nudity|Strong Bloody Violence)

Genre: Horror, Comedy

Original Language: English

Release Date (Theaters): Apr 13, 2012 wide

Release Date (Streaming): Sep 18, 2012

Box Office (Gross USA): $42.0M

Runtime: 1h 35m

Distributor: Lionsgate Films

Production Co: Mutant Enemy

Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital, SDDS


Cast và Crew


Kristen Connolly

Dana


Chris Hemsworth

Curt


Anna Hutchison

Jules


Fran Kranz

Marty


Jesse Williams

Holden


Richard Jenkins

Sitterson


Bradley Whitford

Hadley


Brian White

Truman


Amy Acker

Lin


Tommy Lenk

The Intern


Sigourney Weaver

The Director


Drew Goddard

Director


Joss Whedon

Screenwriter


Drew Goddard

Screenwriter


Joss Whedon

Producer


Jason Clark

Executive Producer


Peter Deming

Cinematographer


Martin Whist

Production design


Lisa Lassek

Film Editing


Shawna Trpcic

Costume thiết kế


David Julyan

Original Music


Amy Mc
Intyre Britt

Casting


Anya Colloff

Casting


Tom Reta

Supervising Art Direction


Kendelle Elliott

Art Director


Michael Diner

Art Director


Hamish Purdy

mix Decoration


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