The cabin in the woods

[JayBee74]

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Maybe I'm old school when it comes to horror flicks, but give me the same ol' crazed slasher cliche bit any day over this crazy stuff.

That's why I liked the movie. I'm not into old school, slasher cliche horror movies. This was different.

[Knight165]

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It was different.
I'll give it that.
Great?...not so sure on that.
Style points, yeah....but past that there were quite a few plot holes.
I'll give you the biggest one.

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Where were the whore, jock and "egghead" in the Japanese attempt? They made such a big deal of it at the end of the film...and when you watched the other attempts on the monitors...it was obvious that the "favorite" to do it....didn't even meet the requirements of "the Ancient Ones".

Boo.

M.K.
Knight165

[supremeslang]

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Excellent point Knight. I wondered about the samething after the movie was over.

[Wazzup36]

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It was different.
I'll give it that.
Great?...not so sure on that.
Style points, yeah....but past that there were quite a few plot holes.
I'll give you the biggest one.

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Where were the whore, jock and "egghead" in the Japanese attempt? They made such a big deal of it at the end of the film...and when you watched the other attempts on the monitors...it was obvious that the "favorite" to do it....didn't even meet the requirements of "the Ancient Ones".

Boo.

M.K.
Knight165

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Each country had a different set of rules for their attempts. Its based on the stereotype of each countries horror films. The whore/egghead/virgins in a cabin in the woods is an American horror staple. The whole ghost/school girls thing is a Japanese staple. Other countries had their own. Just so long as one country "completed" its sacrifice, the ancient ones would be appeased.

[Knight165]

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Each country had a different set of rules for their attempts. Its based on the stereotype of each countries horror films. The whore/egghead/virgins in a cabin in the woods is an American horror staple. The whole ghost/school girls thing is a Japanese staple. Other countries had their own. Just so long as one country "completed" its sacrifice, the ancient ones would be appeased.

I got that part of it...but it makes no sense IMO.

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They are shoehorning in modern film stereotypes into an ancient pagan sacrifice? Whaaa? What did they poll the "Ancient Ones" and ask them their favorite cheesy horror flicks?
Okay though.....
So....the chem dept. can come up with hair dye to slowly drug one girl, they can have a mist come up from the ground...another department can set the moonlight, create an impenetrable sphere around the place, but they didn't test that the drug they put in the potheads weed would be counteracted by the very weed that he was smoking?!!

I'm not trying to be "nitpicky" .....it's just that these were two very specific plot points that THEY put forth and both seem less than well thought out.(I'm not going to use the word plausible for a fantasy horror film )

M.K.
Knight165

[TMagic]

I think I may have completely missed it...but maybe one of you can help me out here...

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Why did the sacrifices have to be killed so maliciously by these fantastical creatures/monsters?

What point does that serve? I just didnt get why the sacrifices couldnt have just been shot or whatever.

Thats the only thing I really didnt get. Really enjoyed it though.


Oh and...

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I was laughing hysterically when the "athlete" slammed into that invisible wall. Dont know if it was suppose to be funny or not. But that was easily my favorite part of the movie. Lol

[LionsFanNJ]

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Each of the sacrifices are supposed to suffer as well as die. At least in the US anyway. They don't expand how Japan's sacrifices worked.

[TMagic]

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Each of the sacrifices are supposed to suffer as well as die. At least in the US anyway. They don't expand how Japan's sacrifices worked.

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But why monsters? Are there not more "human" ways to make people suffer, you know, like torture or something? And where did the monsters come from? Were they created in their lab? Lol

[Zer0xray]

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can anyone explain when marty was "killed", whos blood that was that filled those outlines of bodies? i get that it was a whole twist that he was still alive...but i thought it was obvious he died since it fulfilled that part of the ritual.

[LionsFanNJ]

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But why monsters? Are there not more "human" ways to make people suffer, you know, like torture or something? And where did the monsters come from? Were they created in their lab? Lol

Now that one i can't explain. I don't think it was ever said why it has to be that way in the movie.

Also. I was dying when i saw:

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Angry molesting tree

[Fresh Tendrils]

Re: The cabin in the woods

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can anyone explain when marty was "killed", whos blood that was that filled those outlines of bodies? i get that it was a whole twist that he was still alive...but i thought it was obvious he died since it fulfilled that part of the ritual.

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IIRC, they had already obtained blood samples from the "victims" and just released them when they were killed.

[Knight165]

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IIRC, they had already obtained blood samples from the "victims" and just released them when they were killed.

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That was a heck of a "sample" if so.

But IMO....just another poorly thought out plot line.

and...

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Since I guess the Ancient Ones picked monsters from their favorite movies .....in case you've never seen it that was a reference to the original Evil Dead.

M.K.
Knight165

[LionsFanNJ]

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Now that one i can't explain. I don't think it was ever said why it has to be that way in the movie.

Quoting myself because the answer WAS said in the movie once i saw the movie again.
This little bit of conversation that was had:

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[as they watch the monitors showing the Buckner family zombies in the woods]
Truman: They're like something from a nightmare.
Lin: No, they're something nightmares are from. Everything in our stable is from another world. Courtesy of, you know who.

basically saying the elder gods are the ones that got the monsters for them to use in the ritual sacrifices.

[jeremym480]

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I just watched this today. It was awesome.

[legendkiller5]

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I watched it twice. The second time I watched it online just for the last 10 or 15 minutes. I don't know, but it just made me laugh.

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The part where the elevator dings and all those creatures attack the SWAT team just made me laugh. Like, awkward silence, a quiet ding, and then all hell breaks lose. I don't know, just made me laugh

So, in regards to the end of that movie, I agree with Candyman: "All I can say is, WTF?"

I enjoyed it.