WARNING: SPOILERS BELOW. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW, THEN DON'T BOTHER READING ANY FURTHER. I DO TRY TO GIVE AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE AWAY, BUT I DO HAVE A BIG MOUTH, SO TO SPEAK, SO ODDS ARE, I WILL GIVE AWAY PLENTY. READ ON AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!
I recently rented The Cabin In The Woods..... mainly because I am a huge Whedonite. What is a Whedonite you ask? Well its simple: a Whedonite worships and salivates over everything Joss Whedon has his hands in.... and everyone who knows me on a personal level, knows how massive of a Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan i am. Those who don't know me, well, I will just say 2 words: action figures. Enough said there!
So back to the movie, which was written, produced, and directed by.... dun dun dududun... Joss Whedon! Now, every fan of Mr.Whedon knows, he often has actors from his popular tv series' pop up in his movies. This one was no exception. Amy Acker, who appeared in both Angel and Dollhouse, Tom Lenk who is one of my FAVORITE actors from the Buffyverse, Fran Kranz who appeared on Dollhouse, and a recent addition to the Whedon family, Chris Hemsworth whom we ALL know as Thor from Avengers. Add in the super sexy Jesse Williams from Greys Anatomy and the incomperable Sigourney Weaver and you have a steller cast! Now I do have to give props to Bradley Whitford and Jodelle Ferland as well. Jodelle played Samara from the Silent Hill Movie, Case 39, a small role of Bree in Twilight Saga: Eclipse, and numorous others. She is the perfect creepy zombie girl!
So, in addition to a great cast, the plot line is one hell of a twister. The previews gave so little of the story away that it seemed like your typical kids party in the woods, killer attacks, all die bloody deaths except one. Well, if thats where you thought this movie was going..... you were WRONG!
I LOVE movies with a good twist and I can tell you, Whedon delivers. Yes, there is plenty of blood. Obviously there are zombies of some form involved, because I sort of gave that one away earlier, but the rest is so different from the usual horror films you see, that I was in awe!
Its very hard for me to not go more indepth and give the whole thing away, but I will give you this much.... how the movie starts before the main title sequence will make you go.. "ummm what? Did I put in the right movie?" Trust me... it gets slightly odder from there, but it is soooo worth it!
Lions Gate films are usually hit or miss, never in between, and this one was a major HIT. Rent it, hell, BUY it, if you like twists, blood, reality tv, a short tit shot (for the gents), and Jesse William's amazing eyes and shirtless body (for the gals)!!!
A+++++++++
