Any typical horror-junkie would enjoy this movie

Rating: 8/10 (17 November 2015)

The Cabin in the Woods is a typical horror movie with plenty of gore and thrill. Any horror-junkie would enjoy this movie because of it's integration of the typical components of a slasher movie but it has some extra twists to make it more modern and off track. The plot is easy to follow and everything comes together in the end in an unexpected way.
Five college students (Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams) decide to spend a weekend at Curt's (Chris Hemsworth) cousins cabin in the woods. I know, total shocker right? Not like it's the title of the movie or anything. Anyway, as expected in a typical horror movie the teens die off one by one. The cause of their death just so happens to be a 2012 favorite: Zombies. Director Drew Goddard didn't want this to be a typical 'hey everyone dies because zombies suck, hooray!' kind of movie. He added in a new factor to switch things up and give the audience something new to enjoy. The government has a facility completely controlling most of the outcome. The facility drugs them and uses immoral tactics to have things work this way. The one question is why? Why would the government do this to five college students? They must have a reason right? Correct! They are following a ritual that is later explained in detail during the movie, but despite the government's attempts to make everything run smoothly, it all doesn't quite go as planned.
This movie takes all of the basic components of a slasher movie and plays on them in a fun-spirited humorous way. The college students are all attractive to the audience's eye and they have one teen from each typical slasher archetype (The virgin, druggie, whore, nerd, and the jock). The movie plays the slasher stereotype to a T and everything seems to go as planned. Then the unexpected happens and the movie hits an unanticipated turn of events and in the end doesn't end like a typical slasher film but it takes on a more modern sci-fi ending. Due to the immense amount of spoilers I cannot explain this in much detail but it is a very creative way to incorporate modern day horror with old school tactics. One unusual element of this horror movie is that because the movie kept getting switched from the cabin to the government facility, any and all typical scare moments were ruined and made funny. This was not something I personally enjoyed but was more than likely done for the idea of a wider audience to enjoy.
All in all, the movie was well done and had twists and turns that brought you along for a typical slasher ride with a modern day kick. The movie is appropriate for a wide variety of audience however, horror genre lovers will be satisfied with the appropriate amount of old school slasher mixed with modern day horror.