This Cabin Gave Me the Fever

Rating: 9/10 (26 February 2013)

To avoid any kinds of spoilers, I will begin and finish this review with: I loved The Cabin in the Woods. See it. Thank you. Good-bye.
(Man, I probably would double my fanbase all the way to two if all my reviews went like that)
There's been such an internet uproar on spoilers for movies, this one in particular. So much so, I finally avoided all podcasts and all reviews – EVEN if they stated theirs didn't contain any. (Yeah, I know I am saying the same thing, so I understand if someone won't read this. But, allow me to assure you, I will NOT give anything away. It would be wrong on many accounts, but for the most part, this movie is plain fun as it progresses and divulging any secrets would ruin someone's amusement.)
On a side note, sadly, one unhappy viewer on The Facebook® gave away one of the aspects I didn't know about. I quickly stopped reading and immediately dismissed their opinion thanks to ruining one part of this great film.
This movie was, in fact, great, and as mentioned, it progressively got better – which was hard for me since I ABSOLUTELY loved the intro and film's title appearing on the screen. In fact, few impress me, but this would fall in the top three next to The Silence of the Lambs and the "changed" one from Death Proof.
Generally, I give a synopsis, and perhaps I can give a general onefive youths, all stereotypical Breakfast Club molds and usually found in these "cabin in the woods" horror films, travel to said cabin to party, but things aren't gonna be easy and they might have listened to the old, tobacco spitting gas attendant warning them to go no further. Sound familiar?
Oh, GOD, if it were that simple, it would turn most away. I, however, LOVE those types of films – and had wished the early 2012 release of Don't Go in the Woods would have been a 1/10 of that. But, I digress, that movie wasn't and this is dozens of times more fun, original, intelligent, scary and hilarious – namely I loved the character of Pothead Marty who delivered the funniest and surprisingly deepest lines. It surely nourished all I craved growing up and so much more.
I can see the reviewer's POV of giving away spoilers, despite their wrong-doing. This movie is almost 97.5% impossible to describe without spoiling anything the trailer didn't provide. But, like that remaining 2.5%, it can be done and suffice to say: This is the best new movie I've seen in 2012 and should be seen by all horror (and horror-comedy) fans, especially ones like me – who grew up with horror all the way from the late 70s through to the 1990s horror.
It was so good that any down time that's usually in the (honestly and I'm afraid) overused "Cabin in the Woods" horror story lines was filled with interesting, funny and fresh approaches. You cannot pinpoint pacing as a fault here or unoriginal ideas, EVEN with the same 'ole plot that's actually presented here.
Summing this all up: if you're a horror-comedy fan, a (typically 1980s) "cabin in the woods" horror buff, you will love this fresh, exciting and bright approachdespite how dark it can be.
Oops, I hope I didn't SPOIL anything there.