Average film, undeserved hype

Rating: 5/10 (10 September 2012)

The Cabin in the Woods was portrayed as your typical horror movie - but with a twist...However the twist that happens is one that is quite frankly disappointing and unimaginative. From the beginning it has all the main aspects of your standard horror film with little moments in the first hour that make you jump out of your seat (which is the essence of a horror movie) and the deaths that occur seem to be more humorous than horror, this may be down to a lack of blood and gore, as well as this you do not become attached to one single character or any character for that matter therefore the deaths are a mere sideshow to the actual plot. Despite all of this the movie has the core components of the characters in a horror movie: The whore, the athlete, the scholar, the fool and the virgin. Although it seems brave by Goddard to change the general plot of the story and in which orders they die, the gamble seems to have not paid off. Furthermore the storyline seems slightly confusing and by the end of the film you are still asking yourself simple questions that should have been answered in the film.
Overall I gave this a 5/10 simply because of the disappointing twist however the fact that the gods take over and wipe out the human race seems to balance this out and for me the ending seemed better than most the film put together as it contained comedy and horror perfectly intertwined. The big let-down is the hype surrounding this movie however I feel that if that burden of expectation was not there before then it would have seemed more impressive overall.