[quote]roybot wrote:
Even though the comparisons with Scream are warranted, Cabin can’t be lampooned like Scream was. It walks such a fine line between parody and sincerity that it’s effectively ‘spoof proof’ - all of the self- parody is done because it becones what it ridicules. It has to.
You’ll know what I mean when you see it, just don’t expect a Scary Movie-type franchise to emerge from this. [/quote]
Scary movie.
Exactly what I thought at some parts, just more dark and subtle.[/quote]
[quote]roybot wrote:
Even though the comparisons with Scream are warranted, Cabin can’t be lampooned like Scream was. It walks such a fine line between parody and sincerity that it’s effectively ‘spoof proof’ - all of the self- parody is done because it becones what it ridicules. It has to.
You’ll know what I mean when you see it, just don’t expect a Scary Movie-type franchise to emerge from this. [/quote]
Scary movie.
Exactly what I thought at some parts, just more dark and subtle.[/quote]
[quote]roybot wrote:
Scary Movie isn’t dark or subtle.[/quote]
I know - Thats why I made the comparisson between Cabin In The Woods and Scary Movie.
I thought cabin in the woods was funny. I thought scary movie was funny - but the humour in Cabin In the Woods was more dark and subtle.
** Edit. I should have made it clearer in my previous post. When you said about scary movie franchise, I automatically thought “scary movie” 1, 2 and 3
[quote]roybot wrote:
Scary Movie isn’t dark or subtle.[/quote]
I know - Thats why I made the comparisson between Cabin In The Woods and Scary Movie.
I thought cabin in the woods was funny. I thought scary movie was funny - but the humour in Cabin In the Woods was more dark and subtle.[/quote]
It was a joke - A darker, subtler Scary Movie is…Scream, and the comparisons to Scream have already been made. If you’ve watched all the Scary Movies but ignored the Scream franchise then we’ve reached an impasse.
[quote]pgtips wrote:
I haven’t followed either much to be honest, just watched them as a kid.[/quote]
I get the impression that you’re more versed in Scary Movie than Scream. How are your horror movie chops? [/quote]
All I remember properly from scary movie is the slash and gash song lol.
My horror movie chops are pretty bad as are my chops with most movies, I tend to watch a film and unless it was amazing I forget about it and most of its story line within a few days.
The Horror films that have stuck with me most are:
Dawn of the dead (original)
Vampires Vampire (disambiguation) - Wikipedia - because it was funny.
Paranormal activity - that freaked me out.
[quote]pgtips wrote:
I haven’t followed either much to be honest, just watched them as a kid.[/quote]
I get the impression that you’re more versed in Scary Movie than Scream. How are your horror movie chops? [/quote]
All I remember properly from scary movie is the slash and gash song lol.
My horror movie chops are pretty bad as are my chops with most movies, I tend to watch a film and unless it was amazing I forget about it and most of its story line within a few days.
The Horror films that have stuck with me most are:
Dawn of the dead (original)
Vampires Vampire (disambiguation) - Wikipedia - because it was funny.
Paranormal activity - that freaked me out.
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It’s too bad. I’m going to sound like a douchey hipster when I say this, but I feel like having a good basis of horror (or, to be fair, something more substantial for yours) will really help when seeing a movie like Cabin in the Woods. There’s a lot of undercurrents and subtle nods to movies of before, or movies through the years.
IDK. I do truly feel like for a casual viewer, it could be a really good time and perhaps nothing more. For an aficionado of the genre it’s an exciting homage but blatant dismantling of the horror genre.
Good to hear that others liked it and enjoyed it. I don’t know one person who hasn’t enjoyed it yet, except for an idiot I know who has probably seen every Stathem movie in-theatre. So, 'nuff said.[/quote]
Couple of annoying goons behind me made a point of chatting loudly and putting on a false nasal laugh when the gore started flying. That’s usually a sign of fear or discomfort (horror noobs). Rest of the audience had a blast with a high interest level, lots of genuine laughs and plenty of people telling the idiots to STFU and stop ruining the movie for everyone else.[/quote]
That’s why I pay extra for the Luxury seats, better class of people and I don’t have to sit near the humans who talk, play on their phones or whatever. I guess if one is paying an extra $5.00 a seat one is their to actually watch the movie[/quote]
I’ve never heard of “luxury seats” in a theatre. That’s gotta be an east coast thing. Are you in a separate room or something?[/quote]
Some places offer ‘premier’ seats which just means you’ll pay extra to sit at the back and further away from the screen.
True luxury seats exist where you sit at the back on a closed-off balcony, with leather couches instead of conventional seating and you get unlimited drinks/ nachos. Costs upwards of $25 a pop (standard screening). The only perk I see from these is that you’re so far back that nobody can fire popcorn at the back of your head. [/quote]
25 a pop. That is nothing.
These days that is regular price plus 2 medium drinks for 2 people. In NYC I use to go on the duece (42nd street) and see double feature films for 5 bucks. Seen 5 deadly Venoms and Dawn of the Dead that way. But it was always filled with teens yelling and stuff. But if something came out that you wanted to just get into and enjoy without the noise you went beyone 50th street and go during a time when most of the crowd are middle aged adults. That is how I seen Back to the future.
Sorry had a teenage NYC flash back.[/quote]
I just can’t rationalize luxury seats when you’re paying extra to give something up (in this case you don’t have to put up with Joe gobshite, might be more comfortable, but they get a better view than you- can you tell that I’m a miser?). Much better if they make the seats at the back cheaper, enclose them in a soundproof, airtight box and suffocate the idiots. The soundproofing isn’t essential, but it would mean that the death throes wouldn’t be a distraction.
[quote]pgtips wrote:
I haven’t followed either much to be honest, just watched them as a kid.[/quote]
I get the impression that you’re more versed in Scary Movie than Scream. How are your horror movie chops? [/quote]
All I remember properly from scary movie is the slash and gash song lol.
My horror movie chops are pretty bad as are my chops with most movies, I tend to watch a film and unless it was amazing I forget about it and most of its story line within a few days.
The Horror films that have stuck with me most are:
Dawn of the dead (original)
Vampires Vampire (disambiguation) - Wikipedia - because it was funny.
Paranormal activity - that freaked me out.
[/quote]
It’s too bad. I’m going to sound like a douchey hipster when I say this, but I feel like having a good basis of horror (or, to be fair, something more substantial for yours) will really help when seeing a movie like Cabin in the Woods. There’s a lot of undercurrents and subtle nods to movies of before, or movies through the years.
IDK. I do truly feel like for a casual viewer, it could be a really good time and perhaps nothing more. For an aficionado of the genre it’s an exciting homage but blatant dismantling of the horror genre.[/quote]
Well said. How you enjoy it depends on what you bring with you. That’s not me being a horror snob, just that Whedon wrote this to walk noobs through the blueprint of lazy horror while high-fiving the rest. I still don’t consider it to be a true parody, more like self-referential. The cleverest aspects of the movie we can’t discuss, because they are spoilers in the truest sense of the word.
I Redboxed this last night and it was by far one of the best horror movies I’ve seen. I was pretty disappointed when I rented the newest Texas Chainsaw (I knew it wouldn’t be any good, but come on, it was embarrassingly horrible), so this was great.
I stopped watching the trailer for The Cabin in the Woods once I saw some weird stuff going on, because I knew there would be a twist and I didn’t want to spoil it. But even though I knew there would be a twist before starting it, I was on the edge of my seat the entire time.
I’m glad this showed up, I really thoroughly enjoyed The Cabin In The Woods, and I feel a lot of the brilliance of the film goes over people’s heads when they don’t realise it’s mocking yet respectful references to early horror props and cliches. There’s the obvious and very frequent Evil Dead references of course, and the things like the harbinger of doom that runs the gas station and the survivor stereotypes (which were very well done in forcing them against the survivor’s will).
But there are also the less obvious references of things like The Thing, Hellraiser, The Shining, even some passing references to Ju-On and King Kong, and a rather satisfying shot of the Boomer from Left For Dead. If someone is not very well versed in the classic horror films of the genre, then I can see how most of the film’s beauty may have petered out with people not realising it was there, but it’s the small subtle trivia that I love about these kinds of “tribute” films.
The metaphysical nature of Cabin In The Woods is pleasantly well thought out and Goddard (along with Joss Whedon) did a wonderful job of unravelling that throughout the film. It’s easily the most innovative horror in the genre that I’ve seen in recent years and I like the overt balance of humour and horror throughout, portrayed in a very witty and respectable way. I implore anyone that somehow missed this film to see it, if you are a real fan of horror and appreciate some good subtle nods to the old classics then you will be rewarded time and time again.
[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:
I’m glad this showed up, I really thoroughly enjoyed The Cabin In The Woods, and I feel a lot of the brilliance of the film goes over people’s heads when they don’t realise it’s mocking yet respectful references to early horror props and cliches. There’s the obvious and very frequent Evil Dead references of course, and the things like the harbinger of doom that runs the gas station and the survivor stereotypes (which were very well done in forcing them against the survivor’s will).
But there are also the less obvious references of things like The Thing, Hellraiser, The Shining, even some passing references to Ju-On and King Kong, and a rather satisfying shot of the Boomer from Left For Dead. If someone is not very well versed in the classic horror films of the genre, then I can see how most of the film’s beauty may have petered out with people not realising it was there, but it’s the small subtle trivia that I love about these kinds of “tribute” films.
The metaphysical nature of Cabin In The Woods is pleasantly well thought out and Goddard (along with Joss Whedon) did a wonderful job of unravelling that throughout the film. It’s easily the most innovative horror in the genre that I’ve seen in recent years and I like the overt balance of humour and horror throughout, portrayed in a very witty and respectable way. I implore anyone that somehow missed this film to see it, if you are a real fan of horror and appreciate some good subtle nods to the old classics then you will be rewarded time and time again.[/quote]
Did you review the Evil Dead remake? Can you link me to it if so?
