The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

Director:

Drew Goddard

Writers (WGA):

Joss Whedon (written by) &
Drew Goddard (written by)

Release Date:

13 April 2012 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

If you hear a strange sound outside... have sex.

Plot:

Five friends go for a break at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods.

Plot Keywords:

Cabin In The Woods | Cellar | Zombie | Flashback | Blood Spatter

Cast

Kristen Connolly	...	Dana
Chris Hemsworth	...	Curt
Anna Hutchison	...	Jules
Fran Kranz	...	Marty
Jesse Williams	...	Holden
Richard Jenkins	...	Sitterson
Bradley Whitford	...	Hadley
Brian White	...	Truman
Amy Acker	...	Lin
Tim De Zarn	...	Mordecai
Tom Lenk	...	Ronald The Intern
Dan Payne	...	Mathew Buckner
Jodelle Ferland	...	Patience Buckner
Dan Shea	...	Father Buckner
Maya Massar	...	Mother Buckner
Matt Drake	...	Judah Buckner
Nels Lennarson	...	Clean Man
Rukiya Bernard	...	Labcoat Girl
Peter Kelamis	...	Demo Guy #1
Adrian Holmes	...	Demo Guy #2
Chelah Horsdal	...	Demo Girl
Terry Chen	...	Operations Guy
Heather Doerksen	...	Accountant
Patrick Sabongui	...	Elevator Guard
Phillip Mitchell	...	Lead Guard
Naomi Dane	...	Japanese Floaty Girl
Ellie Harvie	...	Military Liaison
Patrick Gilmore	...	Werewolf Wrangler
Brad Dryborough	...	Chem Department Guy
Emili Kawashima	...	Japanese Frog Girl
Aya Furukawa	...	Japanese School Girl
Maria Go	...	Japanese School Girl
Serena Akane Chi	...	Japanese School Girl
Abbey Imai	...	Japanese School Girl
Marina Ishibashi	...	Japanese School Girl
Miku Katsuura	...	Japanese School Girl
Alicia Takase Lui	...	Japanese School Girl
Jodi Tabuchi	...	Japanese School Girl
Sara Taira	...	Japanese School Girl
Alyssandra Yamamoto	...	Japanese School Girl
Richard Cetrone	...	Werewolf / Merman
Phoebe Galvan	...	Sugarplum Fairy
Simon Pidgeon	...	Dismemberment Goblin
Matt Phillips	...	Dismemberment Goblin
Lori Stewart	...	Floating Witch
Greg Zach	...	Fornicus - Lord of Bondage and Pain
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Terry Notary	...	The Clown
Sigourney Weaver	...	The Director

Directed by
Drew Goddard

Writing credits (WGA)
Joss Whedon		(written by) &
Drew Goddard		(written by)

Produced by
Jason Clark	....	executive producer
Lucas D. Hill	....	consulting producer
Joss Whedon	....	producer

Original Music by
David Julyan

Cinematography by
Peter Deming

Film Editing by
Lisa Lassek

Casting by
Heike Brandstatter
Anya Colloff
Coreen Mayrs
Amy McIntyre Britt

Production Design by
Martin Whist

Art Direction by
Michael Diner
Kendelle Elliott
Tom Reta

Set Decoration by
Hamish Purdy

Costume Design by
Shawna Trpcic

Makeup Department
Tony Acosta Jr.	....	special makeup effects crew: AFX studio
David LeRoy Anderson	....	special makeup effects designer
Lance Anderson	....	special makeup effects crew: AFX Studio
Gitte Axen	....	makeup artist
Brian Blair	....	special makeup effects crew: AFX Studio
Beth Boxall	....	makeup artist
David A. Brooke	....	special makeup effects artist
Norman Cabrera	....	lead artist: afx studio
Diana Choi	....	special makeup effects artist (as Diana Yun Soo Yoo)
Janella Churchill	....	special makeup effects assistant
Mike Fields	....	special makeup effects artist
Felix Fox	....	special makeup effects artist
Fred Fraliegh	....	special makeup effects crew: AFX Studio
Mark Garbarino	....	special makeup effects sculptor
Maiko 'Mo' Gomyo	....	special makeup effects artist
Connie Grayson	....	hair technician
Glen P. Griffin	....	special makeup effects & sculpting (as Glen Griffin)
Jason James	....	makeup lab tech
Natasha Ladek	....	wig maker: principals
Jennifer Latour	....	special makeup effects assistant
Leonard MacDonald	....	makeup animatronics
Harlow MacFarlane	....	special makeup effects artist
Clayton Martinez	....	makeup effects technician
Connie Parker	....	makeup department head
Cristina Patterson Ceret	....	contact lens painter
Joseph C. Pepe	....	Conceptual Artist: AFX Studio
Geoff Redknap	....	special makeup effects artist
Mike Rotella	....	special makeup effects technician: AFX Studio
Brian Sipe	....	special makeup effects artist
Shaun Smith	....	creature shop supervisor: AFX Studio
Dave Snyder	....	special makeup effects artist
Greg Solomon	....	makeup effects technician
Scott Wheeler	....	special makeup effects artist
Marnie Wong	....	hair department
Michael S. Pack	....	special makeup effects artist: artificial eyes (uncredited)

Production Management
Steve Demko	....	post-production supervisor
Mary Anne Waterhouse	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Karin Behrenz	....	third assistant director
Richard Cowan	....	first assistant director
Gary Hawes	....	second assistant director: second unit
Freddie Hice	....	second unit director
Alysse Leite-Rogers	....	first assistant director: second unit
Louisa Phung	....	assistant director: second unit
Louisa Phung	....	third assistant director
Eddy Santos	....	second assistant director
Brian Sepanzyk	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Jule Baanstra	....	art department coordinator
Brent Boates	....	illustrator
Nancy Anna Brown	....	set designer
Matthew Clancy	....	scenic carpenter
Michael Corrado	....	set designer
Kirsten Franson	....	graphic artist
Allan Galajda	....	set designer
Trevor Goring	....	storyboard artist
Brad Jansen	....	lead paint
Aaron Jordan	....	head sculptor
Patrick Kearns	....	on-set dresser
Ray Lai	....	prop illustrator
Ed Lee	....	concept artist
Rowena O'Connor	....	assistant property master
Melissa Olson	....	set decoration coordinator
Daniel Scarcello	....	sculptor
Jordu Schell	....	conceptual creature designer
David Scott	....	graphic designer
Dennis Simard	....	lead set dresser
Dan Sissons	....	property master
Jonathan Stamp	....	art department assistant
Peter Stratford	....	set designer
Michael Toby	....	set designer
Viva Wang	....	senior digital set designer
Simeon Wilkins	....	storyboard artist
Renata Zaleska	....	assistant property master
Lizzy Jane Klein	....	art department assistant (uncredited)

Sound Department
Christopher Alba	....	first assistant sound editor
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Ron Bartlett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dane A. Davis	....	sound designer: supervising sound editor
William R. Dean	....	sound effects editor
Stephanie Flack	....	adr and dialogue supervisor
Eric Flickinger	....	digital sound mix technician
Michael Fowler	....	adr recordist
Ryan Gegenheimer	....	apprentice sound editor
Doug Hemphill	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Husby	....	production sound mixer
Matthew W. Kielkopf	....	apprentice sound editor
Linda Lew	....	foley editor
Marla McGuire	....	supervising foley editor
Tom Ozanich	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Michael Schapiro	....	apprentice sound editor
Lucy Sustar	....	foley mixer
David A. Whittaker	....	co-supervising sound editor
Ryan Young	....	adr recordist

Special Effects by
Paul Benjamin	....	special effects supervisor
Darin Bouyssou	....	mold department: afx studio
Michael Broom	....	conceptual illustrator
Dan Cervin	....	special effects first assistant
Jeff Crocker	....	shop assistant: AFX Studio
Dave Dunaway	....	effects rigger
Amanda Dyar	....	special effects
Chris Hampton	....	special effects technician
Hiroshi Katagiri	....	lead artist: AFX studio
Larry Odien	....	special mechanical effects supervisor: afx studio
Mike Rotella	....	special makeup effects technician: afx studio
W.A. Andrew Sculthorp	....	special effects foreman
Scott R. Treliving	....	special effects set supervisor
Joel Whist	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Shish Aikat	....	education manager, Rhythm & Hues
Erik Akutagawa	....	digital image resources supervisor
Mir Z. Ali	....	fx technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Mohammed Anuz	....	digital artist (modeling technical director)
Charles Arulraj	....	background prep artist: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Jason Bettinger	....	render i/o coordinator
Adam Blank	....	matchmove lead: Rhythm & Hues
Scott Brisbane	....	matte painter: Rhythm and Hues
Nathan Brunskill	....	lead Inferno assistant: Rhythm & Hues
Josh Bryer	....	sequence supervisor: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Jud Bumpas	....	pipeline lead: Rhythm & Hues
Charles Bunnag	....	second digital colorist
Jeffrey Castel De Oro	....	background prep artist
Tyler Cayce	....	technical animator
Sibi Chakaravarthi	....	paint/roto artist
Vanessa Cheung	....	digital matte painter
Jeremy Chinn	....	modeler: Rythm and Hues
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Scott Claus	....	animator
Daniel Aristoteles Collins	....	systems/operations: Rhythm & Hues
Krystal Cooper	....	render i/o coordinator
Yoshi DeHerrera	....	3d scan technician
Nicolas Donel	....	matte painter
Ryan Donoghue	....	animator
John Dowell	....	technical animator: Rhythm and Hues
Philip Duncan	....	technical animator: Rhythm & Hues
Jack Edjourian	....	visual effects artist
Chris Elmer	....	look development
Kim Evans	....	visual effects production manager: Rhythm & Hues
Rich Fallat	....	texture painter & look development: Rhythm & Hues
Dan Foster	....	plate producer
Scott Fritzshall	....	background prep artist
Alex Garcia	....	texture lead
Mikael Genachte-Lebail	....	digital matte painter: Rhythm & Hues
Jimmy Gordon	....	technical animation supervisor
Lara B. Grant	....	visual effects coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
Victor Grant	....	effects technical director
Chris Grun	....	art director: vfx
Jay Grunfeld	....	compositor
Anthony Harris	....	color timing supervisor
John Lake Harvey	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Kimberly Headstrom	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist
John Heller	....	senior Flame artist
Austin Hiser	....	digital compositor
Phil Holland	....	digital imaging specialist
Mark Hopper	....	roto artist
Eric Horton	....	effects supervisor
Heather Hoyland	....	senior compositor
Jamie Huey	....	look development: Rhythm & Hues
Yasamin Ismaili	....	sequence coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
Neh Jaiswal	....	visual effects coordinator
Vanessa Joyce	....	cg production manager: Rhythm & Hues
Michael Kambli	....	render i/o coordinator
Sam Kim	....	digital compositor
Adam King	....	lighting technical director
Karen Klein	....	digital compositor
MacDuff Knox	....	digital artist
Louis Kreusel	....	render i/o coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
Ed Lee	....	matte painter/conceptual artist: Rhythm & Hues (as Edward Lee)
Sophia Lo	....	digital compositor: Rhythm and Hues
Jose Lopez	....	technical animator: Rhythm and Hues
Richard Mahon	....	matte painter
Philippe Majdalani	....	digital intermediate assistant producer
Karey Maltzahn	....	visual effects producer
Richard Malzahn	....	visual effects supervisor
Mark Mancewicz	....	technical animator
Vangala Manoj	....	modeler
Shawn Mason	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Sean Mattini	....	digital colorist assist
Jon Meier	....	digital lighting supervisor
Brad Minnich	....	visual effects editor
Sheila Molnar	....	compositing lead
Shawn Monaghan	....	digital compositor
Zeke Morales	....	visual effects editor: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Meg Morris	....	matchmove supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Ezekiel Norton	....	previsualization supervisor: Image Engine
Onesimus Nuernberger	....	concept artist: Rhythm & Hues
Stephen Null	....	lighting technical director
Rachelle Paquin	....	compositor: Rhythm & Hues (as Rachelle Bisson-Montpetit)
Sanjit Patel	....	software engineer
Betsy Paterson	....	visual effects plate supervisor
Mitch Paulson	....	digital colorist: EFILM
Vishal Pawar	....	texture & shading artist: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Abbigail Ponek	....	VFX coordinator: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Vamshi Ramasagaram	....	roto/prep artist
Andres Rascon	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
David Robinson	....	visual effects digital producer: Rhythm & Hues
Taylor W. Rockwell	....	associate visual effects producer
Matthew Sacchitella	....	render i/o coordinator
Ai Saimoto	....	look development
Marc-Andre Samson	....	matte painter
Steven J. Scott	....	supervising digital colorist
Donna Segal	....	digital compositor
Behnam Shafiebeik	....	lead compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Siddharth Shah	....	lead prep/roto artist
Todd Shifflett	....	visual effects supervisor
Misato Shinohara	....	visual effets coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
Monty Shook	....	modelshop supervisor
Matt Shumway	....	animation supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Brad Smith	....	render i/o administrator
Marc Smith	....	lead matchmove TD: Rhythm and Hues
Christopher Stanczak	....	digital compositor
Julie Stark	....	compositing supervisor
Jennifer Stratton	....	texture artist: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Frederick George Stuhrberg	....	3D Scanning
Yuki Sugimoto	....	matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Ryan Swanno	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Ben Taylor	....	render i/o coordinator
Will Telford	....	digital effects supervisor
Panat Thamrongsombutsakul	....	rigger: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Nicholas Theisen	....	digital imaging resources
Sean Wallitsch	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Sean Wehrli	....	main title designer & animator: Pic Agency
Darrin Wehser	....	lighting lead: Rhythm and Hues Studios
Cameron Widen	....	previsualization supervisor: Image Engine
Annie V. Wong	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Sagar Zade	....	modeling technical director: Rhythm And Hues Studio
Brandy Zumkley	....	digital compositor
Praveen Allu	....	paint/roto artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Fraser Aitcheson	....	stunt performer
Mike Carpenter	....	stunt double
David Castillo	....	stunt double
Richard Cetrone	....	stunt performer
Brett Chan	....	assistant fight choreographer
Brett Chan	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Brett Chan	....	stunts
Lauro Chartrand	....	stunt performer
Andrew Chin	....	stunts
Fraser Corbett	....	stunts
Bruce Crawford	....	stunts
Lloyd Cunningham	....	stunt performer
Duane Dickinson	....	stunts
Jim Dunn	....	stunt performer
Monique Ganderton	....	stunt double
Rob Hayter	....	stunt double
Freddie Hice	....	stunt coordinator
David Hooper	....	stunt performer
Dave Hospes	....	stunt performer
Michelle Jeanpierre	....	stunt double: Jules
Trevor Jones	....	stunt performer
Jon Kralt	....	stunt double
Dave Lane	....	key stunt rigger
Stefan Löfgren	....	key stunt rigger
Scott Nicholson	....	stunt coordinator
Terry Notary	....	stunt performer
Gerald Paetz	....	stunts
Jeff Sanca	....	stunt double
Chad Sayn	....	stunts
Maja Stace-Smith	....	stunt double: Kristen Connolly
Maja Stace-Smith	....	stunt double: Maya Massar
Lori Stewart	....	stunt performer
Brad Turner	....	stunt double
Rhys Williams	....	stunt double: Jesse Williams

Camera and Electrical Department
Stephen Arnott	....	rigging grip
Dan Ax	....	lighting technician
Reid Cohoon	....	dolly grip
Chris Cove	....	underwater first assistant camera
Dan Fraser	....	lighting technician
Curt Griebel	....	grip
Danny Ho	....	video engineer
Stephen Jackson	....	cinematographer: second unit
David Kurvers	....	digital imaging technician: second unit
David Kurvers	....	digital video assist: second unit
Cary Lalonde	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera second unit
Rob MacKenzie	....	lightboard operator
David McClung	....	lighting technician
Terry McEwen	....	first assistant camera
Cam North	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Sean Oxenbury	....	rigging gaffer
Peter Pacula	....	rigging grip
Diyah Pera	....	stills photographer
Mike Sanchez	....	video playback operator
Ian Seabrook	....	underwater director of photography
Aki Shigematsu	....	camera loader
Steve Smith	....	key grip
Pat Waller	....	grip
Gary J. Williams	....	second grip
James J. Williams	....	best boy grip
Andrew D. Wilson	....	camera operator
Darin Wong	....	dolly grip: a camera
David Yeung	....	second assistant camera

Casting Department
Andrea Brown	....	extras casting director
Sara Brown	....	extras casting assistant
Jaime Harlan	....	casting
Jeff Mitchell	....	casting: New York
Michael V. Nicolo	....	casting associate
Amy Nygaard	....	casting assistant
Laura Obenaus	....	casting assistant
Jennifer Rudolph	....	casting: New York

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lindsay Borowko	....	truck costumer: secong unit
Phillip Boutte Jr.	....	key costume illustrator
Angela Bright	....	stitcher
Patrick Gray	....	costume set supervisor
Anthea Mallinson	....	costume breakdown/dyer
Heather Rupert	....	costume breakdown/dyer
Ellie Schultz	....	breakdown/dyeing artist
Hollie Strobl	....	costume breakdown/dyer
Laurel Taylor	....	specialty costume fabricator
Mary Wiseman	....	set costumer
Audrey Wong	....	costume set supervisor: second unit

Editorial Department
Todd Fulkerson	....	assistant editor
Cesare Gagliardoni	....	post-production assistant
Melody Gehrman	....	assistant editor
Rob Grant	....	post-production assistant
Catherine Haight	....	first assistant editor
Marc Lulkin	....	digital color assist
Steven J. Scott	....	supervising digital colorist
Lisa Tutunjian	....	digital intermediate editor

Music Department
Clint Bennett	....	supervising music editor
Celeste Chada	....	music clearance and licensing
Chris Clad	....	violin
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Jody Jenkins	....	music programmer (as Jody K. Jenkins)
Tony Lewis	....	music editor
Marla Ludwig	....	music licensing coordinator
Dana Niu	....	supervising orchestrator
Julie Pearce	....	music editor
Maggie Rodford	....	score coordinator
Dana Sano	....	music supervisor
Libby Umstead	....	music coordinator

Transportation Department
Blue Angus	....	transportation coordinator
Mark Hoeppner	....	driver
Paul Irvine	....	driver
Rick Rasmussen	....	picture car coordinator
Blake Zickefoose	....	driver: cast

Other crew
Dustin Lee Abram	....	key production assistant
Michael Anders	....	production coordinator: main title sequence
Alan Bartolic	....	location scout
Paul Becker	....	choreographer
Paul Becker	....	movement coach
Nick Bergstedt	....	location scout
Joao Paulo Bertol	....	production assistant: assistant director
Kameron Bodaly	....	stand-in
Stephan Burle	....	prologue and titles designer
Charlene Callihoo	....	first assistant accountant
Jeny Cassady	....	puppeteer
Kyle Cornell	....	production assistant
Jason Crosby	....	marine coordinator
Vincent Dela Luna	....	assistant location manager
Scott Firth	....	assistant location manager
Matt Granger	....	assistant: Jason Clark (as Reverend Matty Granger)
Pamela B. Green	....	co-creative director titles
Kasandra Greene-Griebel	....	production coordinator
Rich Herbeck	....	assistant to director
Jill Kabush	....	production assistant
Chris Kieffer	....	video playback graphics
Susan Lambie	....	script supervisor
Heather Langenkamp	....	production coordinator: afx studio
Willan Leung	....	production assistant
Gemma Levinson	....	production assistant
Scott Allen Logan	....	location scout: Southern California
Arlene Marechal	....	operations manager: afx studio
Sandra Matossi	....	production accountant
Danny McKenzie	....	production assistant
Sean Meade	....	key production assistant
Nathaniel Moher	....	assistant production coordinator
Nathaniel Moher	....	second assistant coordinator
Terry Notary	....	choreographer
Terry Notary	....	creature performer
Terry Notary	....	movement coach: creature movement
Vincent Parker	....	video playback graphics
Jerry Pender	....	assistant production coordinator
Rachel Rhee	....	assistant: producer
Ian Robinson	....	office production assistant
Jacquelyn Roth	....	production assistant
Joecy Shepherd	....	script supervisor: second unit
Natalie Zara Smith	....	tutor
Shaun Smith	....	puppeteer
Larie Stoley	....	production assistant
Nathan Tichenor	....	assistant production coordinator
Scott Trimble	....	location scout: Northern California
Jarik Van Sluijs	....	creative director: main titles
Chanda Venable	....	production staff
David T.A. Warren	....	post production video coordinator
Crystal Williams	....	production assistant
Christa Zofcin	....	business affairs

Production Companies

• AFX Studios
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
• Mutant Enemy
• United Artists

Distributors

• AcmeFilm (2012) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Alliance Films (2012) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Forum Film Poland (2012) (Poland) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Pictures (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Lionsgate (2012) (UK) (theatrical)
• Lionsgate (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• M2 Pictures (2012) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2012) (France) (theatrical)
• Pioneer Films (2012) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Roadshow Film Distributors (2012) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Eagle Films (2011) (non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
• Emperor Motion Pictures (2012) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Lark Films Distribution (2012) (Hong Kong) (all media) (as UA Films)
• Mongkol Major (2011) (Thailand) (all media)
• R Film (2012) (Turkey) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2012) (India) (all media)

Special Effects

• Image Engine Design (pre-visualization)
• Perpetual Motion Pictures (visual effects)
• Rhythm and Hues

Other Companies

• Canada Film Capital  tax incentive consulting services
• Danetracks  sound design and editorial
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Go For Locations  locations website hosting
• Intelligent Media  international monitoring agency
• London Session Orchestra, The  orchestra (uncredited)
• PIC Agency  titles
• Pictorvision  aerial camera system provided by
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

Also Known As:

"Namas girios gludumoj" - Lithuania (imdb display title), Lithuania (imdb display title)
"Хижина в лесу" - Russia
"A Cabana na Floresta" - Brazil (imdb display title)
"Biktat ha'pahad" - Israel (Hebrew title) (imdb display title)
"Dehset Kapani" - Turkey (Turkish title) (imdb display title)
"Dom w glebi lasu" - Poland (imdb display title)
"Koliba u sumi" - Serbia (imdb display title)
"Koliba u sumi" - Croatia (imdb display title)
"La cabane dans les bois" - France (imdb display title)
"Quella casa nel bosco" - Italy (imdb display title)
"To mikro spiti sto dasos" - Greece (imdb display title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody horror violence and gore, language, drug use and some sexuality/nudity

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | Datasat | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45989) | UK:15 | Ireland:15A | Israel:16 | Ireland:16 | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Malaysia:18 | Australia:MA15+ (2012) | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Singapore:M18 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | Philippines:R-13 | Norway:15 | Hong Kong:III

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

AFX Studios

Trivia:

Shot in 2009, but not released until 2012.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the rambler is at the gas pump the football in Curts hand disappears.

Quotes:

Lin:Do we pipe it in or do you wanna do it orally?
Sitterson:[closes eyes] Ask me that again only slower.

Movie Connections:

References The Shining (1980)

Soundtrack:

The Sound (John M. Perkins' Blues)

A bloody fun twist on the isolated cabin sub-genre

If anyone knows how to have fun with pop culture horror conventions, it's Joss Whedon (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, The Avengers) and he and Director Drew Goddard craft a funhouse of a horror movie by doing just that. And we are happily along for the bloody fun ride. Cabin is a movie where the less you know going in, the better. So, I'll simply say that it starts out with the classic young partiers heading up to an isolated cabin scenario and then turns this horror sub-genre into something quite different and deviously fun. Aside from a really clever script and the fact that Drew Goddard knows how to craft suspense and scares, despite letting us in early on what is going on, we also get a bunch of likable characters (including Thor himself, Chris Hemsworth) to root and care for. This is very important to make a horror flick work and so many films today makes their leads unlikable jerks who we could care less about. We are only scared when we care what happens to the antagonists and here we do. We like this bunch of characters and it adds to the film's effect that we don't want to see them suffer the fate that has befallen them. And what a clever and cruel fate Whedon and Goddard have in store for their victims. And, in turn, providing a clever and inventive blood soaked horror for us. The FX are top notch and the performances from his cast, especially leading heroine Kristen Connolly, are good and help make the scenario work. The script provides plenty of scares and gore but, also gives us some tension-relieving laughs with Whedon's trademark sly humor. Everything is blended together well by director Goddard, who gets us primed and ready for the 'all hell breaks loose' final act. A real horror movie blast!