Cabin in the Woods (Goddard, 2012) - Review

After two years of having rather conflicted feelings about the want to see this film I have finally seen Cabin in the Woods! When it first came out I wanted to see it because it was written by Joss Whedon but then I took one look at the poster and decided this was not for me. Then recently my friend told my that Fran Kranz (Dollhouse and Much Ado About Nothing) was in it and I just had to see it. 

The basic story is that of a usual teen creature feature, a group of teenagers go to a family members cabin up in the woods for a week to find out that it is not all that it seems. The similarities stop there because along with this story line we are shown a trio of scientists who are up to something not quite right but what we do not know at least for a little while. 

This Film may be in the genre of a horror but never have I laughed so hard at a so called horror movie. This would mostly be because of the brilliant writing of Joss Whedon but even more than that, the performance of Fran Kranz. Those of you that have seen dollhouse imagine Topher Brink on drugs.

Overall, I would recommend this film to a fan of horror but mostly to a fan of Joss Whedon's writing as it is very prominent in this film. The only thing I would say is that if you can't stand horror films then maybe give this one a pass because it is in the horror genre for a reason, it isn't all laughs.

RATING: 8/10 

(Everything in this post is my own opinion)