Starring Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Jesse Williams, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz and Richard Jenkins. Written by Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard. Directed by Drew Goddard.
The Cabin in the Woods, from the trailers itself, seemed a very different sort of horror film to begin with. Therefore, the expectations have to be higher than usual. The first good move by the filmmakers is they make no bones about the fact that the film is way more than just a retreat-turns-to-a-nightmare slasher saga. We know if the first scene is not about some youngsters packing up for a trip but rather a bunch of scientist talking about their secretive and crucial project, then the film is not about the cabin either.
In fact, the film is not a horror film also. Yes, it does have a few scream moments planted far in between, but they aren't the highlight. The film is actually about this unbelievable experiment, the "puppeteer" scientists, the process of conducting the experiment and lastly the boys and girls stuck in the cabin. In this film, you scream, you laugh and you drop your jaw at more than several instances.
If we stack all the turns and twists of the film on one another, we do realize that this film is a baby of a mind that has been craving to produce something crazy at an incomprehensible level. If you think about the secret task (not experiment mind it) and the purpose of the task (which is revealed at the end), you'd understand that when it comes to free thinking, audience can accept anything as far as it is entertaining.
Whenever I write a review, I am usually concerned with the underlining themes stacked in layers atop each layer and I love to peel them one by one. But this can only be done once the adrenaline of the movie has settled and you are all set for analysis. In this film, and I'll be honest, there is no underlining theme or message or anything of that sort. This film is simply a testament to the fact that entertainment can find its place on such dizzying heights of free thinking that you get a new dimension to writing, if you are a writer. You get a new dimension of experience, if you an audience. Well, is this the message?
**** / *****
The Cabin in the Woods, from the trailers itself, seemed a very different sort of horror film to begin with. Therefore, the expectations have to be higher than usual. The first good move by the filmmakers is they make no bones about the fact that the film is way more than just a retreat-turns-to-a-nightmare slasher saga. We know if the first scene is not about some youngsters packing up for a trip but rather a bunch of scientist talking about their secretive and crucial project, then the film is not about the cabin either.
In fact, the film is not a horror film also. Yes, it does have a few scream moments planted far in between, but they aren't the highlight. The film is actually about this unbelievable experiment, the "puppeteer" scientists, the process of conducting the experiment and lastly the boys and girls stuck in the cabin. In this film, you scream, you laugh and you drop your jaw at more than several instances.
If we stack all the turns and twists of the film on one another, we do realize that this film is a baby of a mind that has been craving to produce something crazy at an incomprehensible level. If you think about the secret task (not experiment mind it) and the purpose of the task (which is revealed at the end), you'd understand that when it comes to free thinking, audience can accept anything as far as it is entertaining.
Whenever I write a review, I am usually concerned with the underlining themes stacked in layers atop each layer and I love to peel them one by one. But this can only be done once the adrenaline of the movie has settled and you are all set for analysis. In this film, and I'll be honest, there is no underlining theme or message or anything of that sort. This film is simply a testament to the fact that entertainment can find its place on such dizzying heights of free thinking that you get a new dimension to writing, if you are a writer. You get a new dimension of experience, if you an audience. Well, is this the message?
**** / *****
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