There's no possible way to make sequels - even though they will - because they covered every possible base that they possibly could with this film. They didn't leave any horror trope unscathed.
Watched it on opening day. As a life-long fan of horror, and a reviewer of obscure/odd horror movies for years now, I loved every freakin' minute of it. I thought I was going to have to have plastic surgery to remove my smile upon leaving the theater. Best movie I've seen in a decade, easily.
My one gripe, and something I was hoping for once I realized what the ending was going to be, is they dropped the ball imo by not having (ending spoilers)
the 'angry god' be Cthulhu popping out at the end, somehow. I was soooo ready for a squid-headed god from beyond time to emerge, instead we get a ashy, fire-streaked hand right out of God of War. It was cool, but not nearly as cool as it could have been. But then, I have a half-sleeve tattoo of Cthulhu, so I may be biased.
My one gripe, and something I was hoping for once I realized what the ending was going to be, is they dropped the ball imo by not having (ending spoilers)
the 'angry god' be Cthulhu popping out at the end, somehow. I was soooo ready for a squid-headed god from beyond time to emerge, instead we get a ashy, fire-streaked hand right out of God of War. It was cool, but not nearly as cool as it could have been. But then, I have a half-sleeve tattoo of Cthulhu, so I may be biased.
Watched it on opening day. As a life-long fan of horror, and a reviewer of obscure/odd horror movies for years now, I loved every freakin' minute of it. I thought I was going to have to have plastic surgery to remove my smile upon leaving the theater. Best movie I've seen in a decade, easily.
My one gripe, and something I was hoping for once I realized what the ending was going to be, is they dropped the ball imo by not having (ending spoilers)
the 'angry god' be Cthulhu popping out at the end, somehow. I was soooo ready for a squid-headed god from beyond time to emerge, instead we get a ashy, fire-streaked hand right out of God of War. It was cool, but not nearly as cool as it could have been. But then, I have a half-sleeve tattoo of Cthulhu, so I may be biased.
Is there a list of all the tropes covered/deconstructed by cabin? I'm not a horror expert and I'm genuinely curious. The audience I was with laughed hard at a couple of scenes and I think they went clear over my head. Loved the rest though. The actual horror bits were pretty strong (to me, I'm a wuss in the theater - hence why I don't see many horror movies).. but it was a really funny movie.
This didn't bother me, actually. Lovecraftian horror is a fairly recent invention in the grand scheme of things. The concept of massive, evil humanoids roaming the earth is much older.
This didn't bother me, actually. Lovecraftian horror is a fairly recent invention in the grand scheme of things. The concept of massive, evil humanoids roaming the earth is much older.
i didn't know that. it makes sense then, but it would have been something else to see it. the whole movie was
about playing up to the cliches of horror movies that i thought they might do something radical at the end and go with something that hasn't been done before.
i hope they do a sequel that picks up a events a few months later or as others mentioned, a prequel would be good too.
This didn't bother me, actually. Lovecraftian horror is a fairly recent invention in the grand scheme of things. The concept of massive, evil humanoids roaming the earth is much older.
people would eventually stop the gods again and being anew with the sacrifices after the destruction. i do see what you mean though, i just want to see big giant gods wrecking stuff and maybe more of the angry molesting tree.
There's no possible way to make sequels - even though they will - because they covered every possible base that they possibly could with this film. They didn't leave any horror trope unscathed.
wasn't there something about them failing to appease the giant gods in 1998 as well? it wasnt referenced more than once, but it sounded like they had failed at least once or twice in the past.
wasn't there something about them failing to appease the giant gods in 1998 as well? it wasnt referenced more than once, but it sounded like they had failed at least once or twice in the past.
oh right. i really need to see this again as its obvious i didn't pick up on a lot of the subtext and commentary. i was just so into it, it's such an enjoyable movie. it's been a long long time since i enjoyed a movie as much as this.
oh right. i really need to see this again as its obvious i didn't pick up on a lot of the subtext and commentary. i was just so into it, it's such an enjoyable movie. it's been a long long time since i enjoyed a movie as much as this.
Look, I'm not saying it's impossible to find a way to write a sequel out of that story. I'm saying doing so would be against the entire point of every single facet of the film.
The entire point of the film was to skewer the current state of horror films as a whole.
How would any of those work?
Seriously, I'm not trying to be an ass here or anything, but the entire point of the movie was to comment on where the horror genre is now. It was not to satirize anything else. They didn't go "hey, let's make a horror film that satirizes other horror films". They were not satirizing one specific subgenre. They had a very clear idea that they wanted to convey:
that the current generation of horror films are shit, and to a lesser extent, we're shit for glorifying death
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It was a message movie.
I don't see how you can have a sequel to a message movie.
I might be thinking about the subtext too literally, but
if the gods (us) get angry and destroy the world when their demands are not met, isn't the takeaway that when everything is rebooted, the company (filmmakers) needs to make sure the same demands are met in order to not upset the gods again? If the gods were tired with the current crop of victims, they'd react by getting angry when they keep getting the same thing, not when it fails to happen.
I might be thinking about the subtext too literally, but
if the gods (us) get angry and destroy the world when their demands are not met, isn't the takeaway that when everything is rebooted, the company (filmmakers) needs to make sure the same demands are met in order to not upset the gods again? If the gods were tired with the current crop of victims, they'd react by getting angry when they keep getting the same thing, not when it fails to happen.
That's why filmmakers have to keep upping the ante constantly. "Remember when you could just throw a girl in a volcano?" If we believe everything the office crew is telling us (and I'm not sure that we should), these tropes have developed out of a need to keep the gods (the audience?) entertained, and that has translated into bigger, more gruesome spectacles of violence on screen over the years
This works better if you think of the gods as the audience, not the studios.
Exactly what was in the cellar and what it related to, I only caught a couple:
Music box - creepy faceless ballerina
Shell - kickass merman
Mask - strangers people
Diary - redneck zombie torture family
Puzzle ball - hell raiser guy
Necklace - some bride zombie?
Also the painting of the girl that looked like patience do we presume that was also for the rednecks? Reminded me of the creepy kid from a film I saw but couldn't place it, the kid has pyscich powers and makes bad stuff happen is all I remember
Edit: the film is case 39 and holy shit it was the same girl, I thought it was from the painting in the cellar
Also the painting of the girl that looked like patience do we presume that was also for the rednecks? Reminded me of the creepy kid from a film I saw but couldn't place it, the kid has pyscich powers and makes bad stuff happen is all I remember
Edit: the film is case 39 and holy shit it was the same girl, I thought it was from the painting in the cellar
Stupid movie. Not even a horror, more of a comedy. If you have been watching horror's for 40 years and this is a fresh twist on things then I can understand. Otherwise, no.
Stupid movie. Not even a horror, more of a comedy. If you have been watching horror's for 40 years and this is a fresh twist on things then I can understand. Otherwise, no.
The film is directly satirizing the current crop of horror that popped up in the late 90s and has only snowballed. You're like one of my hallmates in college that hated Adult Swim because the references were old.
Stupid movie. Not even a horror, more of a comedy. If you have been watching horror's for 40 years and this is a fresh twist on things then I can understand. Otherwise, no.
Watched it on opening day. As a life-long fan of horror, and a reviewer of obscure/odd horror movies for years now, I loved every freakin' minute of it. I thought I was going to have to have plastic surgery to remove my smile upon leaving the theater. Best movie I've seen in a decade, easily.
My one gripe, and something I was hoping for once I realized what the ending was going to be, is they dropped the ball imo by not having (ending spoilers)
the 'angry god' be Cthulhu popping out at the end, somehow. I was soooo ready for a squid-headed god from beyond time to emerge, instead we get a ashy, fire-streaked hand right out of God of War. It was cool, but not nearly as cool as it could have been. But then, I have a half-sleeve tattoo of Cthulhu, so I may be biased.
all the different monsters wouldn't make much sense either (and yes I know some of you are joking) because the point was that they're mostly monsters we've seen before. And then, even with stuff like the Merman, the point the film tried to make is that an idea isn't good just because it's never been done. The Merman ended up being hurtful.
Stupid movie. Not even a horror, more of a comedy. If you have been watching horror's for 40 years and this is a fresh twist on things then I can understand. Otherwise, no.
saw this last night and absolutely loved it. I almost want to go see it again, and I never, ever do that. probably my favorite horror movie since Trick 'r Treat.
I'm also a bit surprised, especially given Whedon's involvement, there weren't any
overt torture porn references, like Saw or Hostel. Maybe there was one on the monitors and I missed it. Seems like a missed opportunity. Maybe they wanted to restrict the monsters to sentient creatures.
I'm also a bit surprised, especially given Whedon's involvement, there weren't any
overt torture porn references, like Saw or Hostel. Maybe there was one on the monitors and I missed it. Seems like a missed opportunity. Maybe they wanted to restrict the monsters to sentient creatures.
Stupid movie. Not even a horror, more of a comedy. If you have been watching horror's for 40 years and this is a fresh twist on things then I can understand. Otherwise, no.
I thought that was a reference to "The Strangers" - especially because they weren't just lighting the room on fire, they had several people tied up and were dousing them in gasoline.
No, for it to be Torture Porn, it has to be Torture Porn, not just kids having a cat and mouse with monsters.
The movie has to be about the people getting tortured.
A good parody of Torture Porn is Funny Games. It's a parody because the killers break the fourth wall all the time, even going as far as to reverse time with a remote control they pick up from their victim's TV in order to make sure their victims don't fuck the plan up. Even the title of the film itself is a reference to the situation (in fact, I'm 100% certain that the title sequence in Cabin is a direct reference to that film's title sequence).
