The Cabin in the Woods

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.

Cast

Kristen Connolly

as Dana Polk

Fran Kranz

as Marty Mikalski

Chris Hemsworth

as Curt Vaughn

Jesse Williams

as Holden McCrea

Anna Hutchison

as Jules Louden

Richard Jenkins

as Richard Sitterson

Bradley Whitford

as Steve Hadley

Amy Acker

as Wendy Lin

Brian J. White

as Daniel Truman

Sigourney Weaver

as The Director

Reviews

Andres Gomez

Hilarious and frightened: shaken, not stirred. Great movie, one of the best in this "genre" for quite a while....

LastCaress1972

Finally got around to The Cabin in the Woods. 8/10, great fun. A Joss Whedon-(co)written (also co-written and directed by Drew Goddard, who wrote Cloverfield) take on an old horror staple in which 5 stereotypical teenagers (an academic, a jock, a stoner, a slut and a "nice" girl) venture out into th...

Per Gunnar Jonsson

This is another one of those movies where I cannot understand why so many people give it so high scores. Sure it’s not a really bad movie but, personally, I found it only moderately good. I’m not sure whether the movie was intended to be scary or funny or both. It wasn’t very funny though and only m...

Gimly

**The following is a long-form review that I originally wrote in 2012.** Jesus Christ. What just happened to my brain? I was worried that _Cabin in the Woods_ was gonna be a letdown, ‘cause I had built it up so much in my head, and it seemed such a ridiculous concept that it would have been ne...

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