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Monstrous
Manifestations by Linh
The
Cabin In The Woods is a cinematic salute to horror and
supernatural genre directors John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing),
Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead, Drag Me To Hell), Wes Craven (A Nightmare On Elm Street, Scream) and Eli Roth (Cabin Fever, Hostel), that twists and warps the conventions of the horror genre
into a new level of thrills and chills. This is a creative collaboration
between Joss Whedon (The Avengers)
and Drew Goddard (Cloverfield) who
both wrote the screenplay, with Whedon producing and Goddard directing.
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NOCTURNAL
NOISES: Curt (Chris Hemsworth), Holden (Jesse Williams), Jules
(Anna Hutchison), Marty (Fran Franz) and Dana (Kristen Connolly) hear strange
sounds in the cabin in the film The Cabin
In The Woods. Image: Lionsgate Films.
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The film is quick to alert viewers that things are not
all as they seem right from the beginning, courtesy of a tech-team consisting
of Sitterson (Richard Jenkins), Hadley (Bradley Whitford), Lin (Amy Acker) and
Truman (Brian White). However, the true extent of the horror is revealed
gradually as the film progresses, with the secret to the entire plot fully
explained at the end by a surprise cameo, someone of cult status in horror/supernatural
genre films.
The
Cabin In The Woods is primarily about a group of five young
college students who head off on a trip to a remote location in the woods.
Creepy things occur and they soon experience the horrors unleashed upon them
courtesy of the aforementioned ‘tech team’. Curt (Chris Hemsworth) claims his
cousin has a cabin in the woods and invites his girlfriend Jules (Anna
Hutchison), his friends Holden (Jesse Williams), Marty (Fran Kranz) and Jules’
friend Dana (Kristen Connolly) to join him for a weekend away in the woods. On
the way, they meet a sinister, red-neck man named Mordecai (Tim De Zarn) who
runs a rundown petrol station and is part of the secret plot of horrors.
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PAIN
PERPETRATORS: Sitterson (Richard Jenkins), Lin (Amy Acker)
and Hadley (Bradley Whitford) at tech-control in the film The Cabin In The Woods. Image: Lionsgate Films.
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The
Cabin In The Woods depicts all aspects of the horror genre that
horror and sci-fi fans will find familiar, yet it blends elements of the Peter
Weir-directed film The Truman Show into
the storyline, giving the film moral implications based on actions, choices and
consequences for those inflicting the pain and those victims of the horrors.
This film brings forth all types of monsters, real or imagined, that come from
literature, film, myths and folklore; some are realistic while others are
fantasy beings. Their appearances provide the ultimate horror, all in one spectacular
climax in the film. It is another horror film set to gain immediate cult status
among horror fans and adds another successful film to Whedon’s and Goddard’s
film repertoire.
Director:
Drew Goddard
Writers:
Drew Goddard (screenplay), Joss Whedon (screenplay)
Cast:
Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Jesse Williams, Fran Kranz, Kristen Connolly,
Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whiford, Amy Acker, Brian White, Tim De Zarn, Tom
Lenk, Sigourney Weaver
Producers: Joss
Whedon, Lucas D. Hill, Jason Clark
Cinematographer:
Peter Deming
Original
Music Composer: David Julyan
Film
Editor: Lisa Lassek
Production:
Martin Whist (Production Designer), Kendelle Elliott, Tom Reta, Michael Diner (Art
Directors), Hamish Purdy (Set Decorator)
Costume
Designer: Shawna Trpcic
Running
Time: 2 hours
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