Whedon's Moving to Cabin in the Woods

[Destructus86]

I saw Pumpkin Head!

 

[Majik1387]

Also, I have a question. I keep seeing people talking about the [blackout]molesting tree[/blackout] from Evil Dead. Where was it in the movie? I really do not remember seeing that.

It's in the scene of the [blackout]elevators bringing down the first round of the monsters; it's on the left side. It didn't do any molesting though, just grabbed a swat guy and pulled him into the elevator.[/blackout]

I also don't see how the deaths from the [blackout]unicorn, merman, giant snake, bike into force field[/blackout] weren't memorable.

 

[Destructus86]

It's in the scene of the [blackout]elevators bringing down the first round of the monsters; it's on the left side. It didn't do any molesting though, just grabbed a swat guy and pulled him into the elevator.[/blackout]

I also don't see how the deaths from the [blackout]unicorn, merman, giant snake, bike into force field[/blackout] weren't memorable.

Spoiler

heheh....the Merman.....oh why. Best death scene.

 

[chaseter]

Has the movie been out long enough to stop using spoiler tags?

 

[Majik1387]

A little over a week, don't know if that means yes or no.

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

I saw Pumpkin Head!

where? he's a very distinctive looking monster a bit hard to miss

 

[Majik1387]

There was a [blackout]Jack'O'Lantern head guy[/blackout] if I remember correctly. Might have been a literal play on the name.

 

[DACrowe]

It's not actually in the movie, merely on the whiteboard that they're placing bets on.

It's interesting that you wrote almost the exact same review I did.

Thanks. I was wondering if there was some joke of one reaching for the jock and blonde early in the movie or something. I also thought what grabbed the female scientist may have been a big branch, but it looked like a snake tail to me.

 

[Majik1387]

It's in the movie. And yes, that was a snake with Amy Acker's character.

 

[Donnie Darko]

I still love Amy Acker. I am holding out hope that Joss will incorporate her into the Avengers at some point (I have cast her as Wasp for quite a while).

 

[Wolfwood]

Never thought of Amy as the Wasp...could totally see that working though.

 

[jnmx2000]

I gotta disagree there cause the type of films this movie is parodying (i.e Friday the 13th) were pretty gory films in their own right. Saw and Hostel took it to an extreme, but the crazy films of the 80s had some brutal stuff in their day.

I agree with one statement, but I don't think this was parodying the films from the 80s. I think this was a jab at the current crop of horror films that rely to much on the gore factor than anything else. friday the 13th and a nightmare on elm street are memorable movies because they actually told a decent story, which 13th had a pretty good twist in it when you first saw it. but that's just my interpretation of the whole thing.

The merman death was pretty awesome in the fact that it sort of brings that character around full circle. oh how I love irony lol

 

[Majik1387]

This was a jab at all horror films no matter the film era.

 

[jnmx2000]

This was a jab at all horror films no matter the film era.

You think so? I don't see it that way as there is some obvious love for some films in here, especially those from the 80s. but I'm not here to start an argument, just state my thoughts.

For some reason I was thinking the gods would be little, totally didn't expect the hand at the end.

 

[redhawk23]

While there was a little jabbing at the old tropes the film was also about how some of them are necessary, how if you go too meta and self aware with it it all falls apart.

There was definitely a love for older horror films on display, but also a frustration with the limitations they have, which aren't always having to do with the medium but audience expectation. ( The two company guys are definitely standins for the film makers and film makers in general, as both Goddard and Whedon have professed. Even if they wanted to make a crazy merman movie, various considerations force them to keep producing the same formula of young people, sex, and zombies.


While a lot of those frustrations do carry over the film doesn't really address a lot of modern horror trends like torture porn for the most part. However that those films are left out of this film, which again while pointing out frustrations also revels in the genre, is equally telling.

 

[Marvolo]

Look what I found.

 

[DarknessOfDeath]

Saw this movie and had a blast by it being a little freaky and hellish. lol. Poor Chris, didn't see exactly what was ahead of him.

 

[Infinity9999x]

You think so? I don't see it that way as there is some obvious love for some films in here, especially those from the 80s. but I'm not here to start an argument, just state my thoughts.

For some reason I was thinking the gods would be little, totally didn't expect the hand at the end.

The films from the 80's still had all the same stereotypes. That didn't start in the modern horror films, it started in the 80's. By the 90's it was already being commented upon, which is why Scream was made.

Just saw this movie though. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a lot of fun and very clever. The dark humor was handled perfectly.

 

[DACrowe]

It's not actually in the movie, merely on the whiteboard that they're placing bets on.

It's interesting that you wrote almost the exact same review I did.

Heh. Great minds and all that.

I enjoyed the movie. It's very entertaining. It just is missing that extra something that pushes it from deconstruction to an elevation of the material. At least that's how I feel about my favorite meta-movies over the years.

 

[Balthus Dire]

One thing I've found particularly amusing about some of the reactions to this movie is when people are disappointed that it's not a typical, cliche "cabin in the woods" movie they were apparently hoping it would be for some reason.

 

[Marvolo]

Also, I have a question. I keep seeing people talking about the [blackout]molesting tree[/blackout] from Evil Dead. Where was it in the movie? I really do not remember seeing that.

It's in the scene of the [blackout]elevators bringing down the first round of the monsters; it's on the left side. It didn't do any molesting though, just grabbed a swat guy and pulled him into the elevator.[/blackout]

I also don't see how the deaths from the [blackout]unicorn, merman, giant snake, bike into force field[/blackout] weren't memorable.

Lol, in one of the interviews they said on set the molesting tree got a little too rapey and they were asked to tone it down a bit.

 

[Majik1387]

Yeah, if I remember correctly, they did film a more intimate scene with it, but that it was a deleted scene, might be in the DVD.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

Yeah, if I remember correctly, they did film a more intimate scene with it, but that it was a deleted scene, might be in the DVD.

maybe it wasn't exactly "rape" then, if yaknowwhatI'msayn'

 

[Hypestyle]

Just saw it this weekend.. worth the $1.50 for sure.. http://hypestyleshomebase.blogspot.com/2012/06/blood-and-lore-cabin-in-woods-review.html

I'd like to see this team visit some other genres, like Mob films and the like.. The ending is depressing but liberating... Whedon goes down roads he wouldn't be allowed to on his TV shows..

also: puzzle-sphere monster guy= "pinhead'? unicorn as murderous monster? left-field for sure.. also, based on the monster chalkboard: "kevin"? (what's that, a regular-guy's name monster like Jason or Freddy?); what's a Huron?

 

[Doctor Jones]

When is this coming out on DVD?