The Cabin in the Woods

Any who know me will agree; this is not my first choice of genre. I was fully ready to hide behind whatever I could lay my hands on first, especially as the protective powers of a cushion are all too easily dismissed. Fortunately, this film was so laughably unscary that no soft furnishings were required in the watching. The premise is standard enough - American teens, cabin miles from civilisation, death by the paranormal follows. But this movie makes an open promise very early on that all is not as it seems when it turns out that all that transpires is being manipulated by an underground (literally) team. Despite this not being my genre, even I was disappointed. There are moments of shock, things to make you jump, and a zombified family of sadists for company, but none of it quite seems to capture the spirit of why you go to see this kind of movie. Normally I would applaud a movie able to poke fun at itself and yet still remain entertaining, yet in this case it feels like doing that just makes it lose it's edge.

Did I mention? There is one good reason to watch this movie...