Very entertaining but don't expect greatness

Rating: 7/10 (17 April 2012)

Cabin in the Woods is a very entertaining movie but it's not a great movie. Based on the reviews and the rating you might be led to believe that you will experience brilliant acting, engaging dialogue and plot full of twists and turns. You will not get any of that out of this movie. No matter how you look at it, it's a teenager horror movie with a familiar premise: a group of teenagers go to an isolated location where they are haunted by some evil. What sets the movie apart is that it's aware that the audience have seen all the horror movie clichés a thousand times. So what it does is it puts a slightly different twist on everything. The dark humour, the gory deaths and random sexual scenes feel very fresh and entertaining. Also, the special effects are pretty awesome. There is really not much else to say about it.
So relax and enjoy the movie for what it is. Don't expect any thought provoking dialogue.