A great film...

Rating: 7/10 (5 June 2013)

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS
Wow... this film surprised me. I was expecting it to be a typical slasher film... basically another Evil Dead wannabe... but it was different... and I loved it!
The movie is about a bunch of kids who go up to a cabin in the woods for a small vacation (yeah I know... sounds all too similar so far) but then they accidentally bring a group of zombies to life. The difference with this film though, is they are all being watched and it is all part of a set up by a company that is sacrificing them without them knowing.
The film is very entertaining and had some great bloody moments. The deaths were very cool.
The effects were great and the monsters/zombies were awesome. I loved they way this film didn't follow every other horror film. I also think the ending is brilliant.
The acting was OK mostly... there is one guy in the movie (Fran Kranz) that I think could have done better, but his bad performance was funny which added to the movie. He might have even played it bad on purpose for comedy value.
Other cast members were Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins & Bradley Whitford.
Chris Hemsworth just seems to be in everything these days... he is a good actor, but he has made some bad decisions... he has made some movies that I have not been impressed with. But not this one.
I will give this film 7 out of 10.
A very good movie that was a mixture of Night of the Living Dead, Evil Dead and The Cube.
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