Cabin In The Woods [DVD + Digital Copy]

It has been so long since I watched this movie, but I needed to rent it from Prime and I've decided to write a little review for anyone who has yet to see it and are curious. "The Cabin in the Woods" delivers an exhilarating cinematic experience that defies traditional horror tropes and keeps audiences on the edge of their seats. From the very beginning, the film establishes a unique tone that expertly blends horror, humor, and meta-commentary. The result is a refreshing take on the genre that left me thoroughly entertained and engaged from start to finish. One of the standout elements of the film is its clever subversion of horror conventions. While the setup might seem familiar—a group of friends heading to a remote cabin—what unfolds is a thought-provoking and unexpected narrative that challenges the audience's expectations. The way the story skillfully navigates between suspenseful horror and self-aware satire showcases the filmmakers' ability to keep viewers guessing while delivering genuine thrills. The cast's performances are equally impressive, with the ensemble delivering memorable and relatable characters. The chemistry between the actors adds depth to their interactions, and their reactions to the escalating events feel genuine, further immersing me in the unfolding chaos. The film's visual effects and practical effects work in tandem to create a visceral and visually captivating experience that elevates the tension and terror. "The Cabin in the Woods" is a brilliant and imaginative horror film that offers a humourous tone on the genre. Its intelligent storytelling, masterful blend of horror and humor, and strong performances make it a must-watch for both horror enthusiasts and those seeking a cinematic experience that challenges conventions. If you're looking for a film that pushes boundaries and keeps you guessing until the very end, "The Cabin in the Woods" is a remarkable choice that delivers on all fronts.

NO MATTER WHAT YOUR AGE OR LIFESTYLE, A GOOD HORROR FILM IS HARD TO SURPASS. I HAVE SEEN THIS MOVIE, NOW ON AMAZON PRIME, AND WHICH I OWN, ON DVD, BEFORE STREAMING BEGAN, SO MANY TIMES, I KEEP IT ON MY TV WHILE MOVING AROUND THE HOUSE FOR COMPANY, LIKE A GOOD MUSIC ALBUM , BE IT BACH, DIRE STRAITS, OR BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON, FOR YOU BLUES FANS, (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, BUT CHECK THE SOUND QUALITY). THE FILM IS SO GOOD WITH TWISTS AND TURNS EVERY MOMENT FROM THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES INTO THE MOVIE. IT IS SCARY, HAS SOME HUMOR, WHEN IT IS CALLED FOR, AND A BIT OF GORE, SO NOT FOR THE LITTLE ONES. HOWEVER, IT IS SIMPLY A SOLID, THRILLER, WITH A SUPER SURPRISE ENDING. GET YOUR POPCORN AND ENJOY!

"The Cabin in the Woods" is a terrific horror film that breaks free from the mainstream trend of paranormal home videos and pathetic PG-13 remakes. It is campy and quirky - what I like to call "fun horror" (ala "Scream," "Drag Me to Hell" or "Trick 'r Treat"). And it definitely has its fair share of grit and gore to compliment its tongue in cheek attitude. The story involves a group of partying college kids and a separate, seemingly unrelated team of scientists who are embarking on an experiment. All we know for certain is that the college kids are the unsuspecting experimental guinea pigs. The movie unfolds slowly, and like its main characters, the audience never really knows what's going on. Spoilers do no favors for a film like this, so the plot synopsis ends there. Don't read too many reviews prior to seeing this movie: The less you know about it, the more enjoyable the experience will be. The audience is provided little bits of information throughout the course of the film. Whenever the plot reveals a new twist, it also introduces new questions. The audience, just like the characters in the movie, are guided through a macabre yet fascinating story that continues to expand into something bigger. The final 25 minutes of the the movie will answer most questions, leave a few unresolved, and spill plenty of blood in the process. Watching "The Cabin in the Woods," I was reminded of certain horror films I grew up watching that were completely mind-boggling and unique... films that today are considered cult classics, such as: "Phantasm," "Re-Animator," and particularly the "Evil Dead" movies. They all had a campy charm to them, and the audience had absolutely no idea what was going on or what was going to happen next. This is what makes CITW such a delight to watch- it takes the most typical horror cliches, complete with the stereotypical group of college kids(the jock, slut, stoner, bookworm and virgin) and manages to create the most original horror movie I've seen in years. While it's never a "terrifying" movie by any stretch, it achieves a respectable level of creepiness throughout. It's a snarky ride that defies traditional horror convention - and for that reason probably won't find its target with mainstream audiences (they will be the "haters"). However, if you're a fanboy (or fangirl) of those campy cult classics that take you on a ride into the unknown (ala "Phantasm", "Evil Dead", "Re-Animator" and a dash of "13 Ghosts" thrown in for good measure), you will probably want to add this to your collection.

There were some interesting things I really think were overlooked in this movie. The synthetic nature of some settings, the occult rites that needed to be fulfilled, and a vast global conspiracy to faciliate the occult rites really are interesting and are explored in a popcorn movie format. The roles the occult rites that need to be fulfilled by different character/morality types was a very fun and intersting protrayal for modern audiences that crave occult based entertainment. The ideas of this movie stayed with me. I lived off grid near a fellow who had seen and enjoyed this film too and we would talk about the interesting ideas portrayed. I am really grateful for this Blu-Ray 4k UHD version. Worth the money!

This is not only a brilliant horror film, but also a brilliant deconstruction of horror films. If you're a fan of the horror genre, you absolutely have to see it. It's scary, suspenseful, and sexy; but it's also funny, clever, and self-aware. It's a fresh new take on a genre that was starting to get rather stale. Written by geek icons Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard, produced by Whedon, and directed by Goddard, this film takes all of the standard tropes you'd expect to find in a modern, blood-soaked horror movie, shines a spotlight on them, and gives them a fresh new interpretation that somehow manages to be both subversive and celebratory at the same time. Here, subtext becomes text, as Goddard and Whedon pull back the curtain and allow us to see what's really going on behind the scenes of the typical slasher film, letting us in on the secret of why all of these movies seem to follow the same basic plot. Some things in this movie will feel very familiar to anyone who has seen any of the popular horror films of the past few decades, especially the "Halloween", "Friday the 13th", and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" franchises and their derivatives. But everything else in this movie is so original, so unexpected, and so unlike anything we've ever seen before in a slasher film that it transcends the genre and redefines what a horror movie is capable of being. This is not merely a horror film. It's a subtle commentary on the very nature of horror films. It is a loving critique of the genre, as well as a satirical homage to it. It's not a parody like the "Scary Movie" franchise; though it does often blur the line between the grotesque and the absurd. This is an actual horror thriller that is just as suspenseful, just as violent, and just as gory as any other slasher film. But there's a lot more to it than that. As you'd expect from Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard -- who first worked together on Whedon's cult classic TV series, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" -- this movie manages to find the dark humor in the midst of all the horror; and it celebrates the aesthetics of the macabre. More importantly (at least from the perspective of geeks like me) this movie has an intellectual depth to it that you just don't find in the typical slasher film. If you're not a geek, you can thoroughly enjoy this movie simply for its edge-of-your-seat thrills, its laugh-out-loud jokes, and its eye-candy cast (personally, I liked the redhead; but, then again, I always like the redhead). But geeks will also appreciate the clever subtext that Goddard and Whedon have built into this film. There's definitely a lot going on underneath the surface. If you're a fan of horror movies, you really owe it to yourself to watch this. And you'll definitely want to watch it more than once in order to make sure you catch all of the subtle details that are easy to miss the first time around. I think you'll also enjoy the bonus materials included on this disc. I certainly had a big grin on my face the entire time I was watching the mini documentary on the making of the film, and the featurettes on monster design and special effects. It's fun to see how all this stuff gets done. The audio commentary by Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard is also a lot of fun to listen to. Overall, the special features complement the movie quite nicely. I was quite pleased with them. I can't guarantee that you'll love this movie as much as I do, because your tastes may be very different from mine. But if what I've written here has piqued your curiosity about this film, then you really need to check it out and decide for yourself whether or not you like it. I'm certainly glad I saw it.

Love the movie, but the last scene has always frozen up on the 4K disk, although its surface looks perfect. Make sure tv settings are right to handle the intentionally darkly lit scenes.

I have seen this movie once will not get tired of it!

This is true art, because it can be interpreted in many ways. Sure, you can say the movie is a metaphor for Hollywood losing everyone's interest because they've become too formulaic. You could just enjoy it as a horror movie. Personally, I like to think that the movie's site (the cabin in the woods) and the other sites we see are sites belonging to and operated by The SCP Foundation, and an XK-Class scenario happens.

Apesar de ser una pelicula oscura las esenas se ben muy buen gracias a dolby vision

Per i fan del genere questo è il nerd-vana! Meta narrazione su i clichè dei film horror con risultati esilaranti. Trama apparentemente banalissima ma che viene trasformata in qualcosa di appassionante. È palese il divertimento e la passione di Joss Wedhon & co. Bello anche da rivedere per notare i dettagli.

これは日本版ではＣＡＢＩＮで出ているものの海外版です。内容は私としては面白いとおもっていますが、ダブリだとは思わず購入したため、英語の勉強？？？をかね見ています。ブルーレイでこの値段、まあしかたないです。

Dado que no ha salido de forma oficial en España, esta versión alemana en DVD es perfecta y económica. Eso sí, como bien se indica en las características, viene en V.O. y con subtítulos en inglés. Lógicamente se reproduce sin ningún problema en nuestros reproductores o consolas españolas. La película, pues una gozada. Una obra maestra que no se ha estrenado en los cines de nuestro país y que ni siquiera cuenta con distribución en DVD o Blu-ray por aquí.

Maybe it's worth laying something on the line here before I start - I don't think this movie was made for kids that like horror movies. I think it's more of a movie for horror fans old enough to remember the bombastic, non-pc, topless girls and machetes in heads scares of 70s and 80s cinema. If you're unable to grasp how gloriously silly those old-school dead-teenagers-at-a-summer-camp and what they were about, you might miss the joke in this film. A group of college-kid stereotypes go off to a cabin in the woods to have the usual weekend of alcohol, drugs and (gasp) premarital sex. Oh, but wait, they aren't stereotypes at all (except maybe the stoner). And everything they do seems to be being monitored by guys in ties and labcoats in some kind of secret government facility. And the kids are being manipulated from the get-go into becoming stereotypes (except maybe the stoner). And the killer zombies in the woods are... ok, that would be telling, but suffice to say nothing about this typical 1980's slasher-movie plot is typical, and by the end everything you ever thought you knew about what happens to poor young 'uns in horror movies is turned on its head. And you just might understand why everyone splits up and dies stupidly in these kinds of flicks. This is maybe the most Whedonlike Joss Whedon movie ever. It's knowingly clever (which is mildly irritating at times, but pop culture and in-jokes are the guy's hallmark), ironic as all hell and faultlessly crafted, and has plenty of those Whedon-tastic funny one liners. Each time you think you have a grip on it, Cabin in the Woods changes tack and hits you with something else that seems entirely nonsensical, but it all makes sense in the end. The kids are (or at least become) the recognisable monster cannon-fodder of old, and the growing cavalcade of monsters are all ones you've seen before in those kinds of films. This isn't so much a sensible horror movie, it's a glorious celebration of everything that was dumb and fun about those pre-torture-porn days of horror; a salute to friends in a darkened room or a drive in, downing beers and mocking the teens getting turned into shishkabob and waiting for the hot blonde to take her top off. If you want shocks and violence that makes you wince, you are not going to find it here. But if you're of the right kind of age to remember when Jason Voorhees was the slaughter-king of Camp Crystal Lake, or when your dreams weren't safe from Freddy Krueger, and you'd have to be some kind of idiot to read a passage from an old book, or listen to a reel-to-reel you found in a cabin in the woods, you'll understand this movie in a few seconds. It's a tribute to more innocent horror; the kind you enjoyed for being unreal and silly and titillating and still a little forbidden back in those days gone by. And if you're like me, a member of Generation Evil Dead, you'll love this beautiful, homage-tastic joke, in all its many shades of spurting red stuff. A real modern gem.