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Cuban In The Woods

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Cabin in the Woods is about a group of five friends who travel to a cousin’s cabin for the weekend. Once there, they quickly release a horde of zombies upon themselves and chaos ensues. Despite the typical beginning, this movie attempts to put a fresh spin on the classic horror model and somewhat succeeds. Along with the group of friends, several workers appear to be directing the action from behind the scenes. They provide a sort of unneeded comic relief from the disaster occurring above them. The humor and drastic change of scenery takes the viewer away from the horror landscape and draws them out of the engaging and scarier story in the cabin.

The first narrative at the cabin is easy to follow, as it is a straight forward, typical horror movie plot of zombies killing …show more content…

The second in the underground work area is more complicated, but also more original and intriguing. These two narratives together manage to add some originality to the film and keep the viewer interested in what would otherwise be a basic horror film. The monsters are constantly cloaked in darkness, difficult to spot and sneaking up on their victims unexpectedly. This method provides many good jump-scares and keeps the suspense high as the viewer is never sure if they are safe, even in an otherwise quiet, comforting scene. There are, however, also several scenes with weaker jump scares. One such example is in the beginning of the movie when the title is suddenly plastered onto the screen with a loud blast of music. Cheap jump scares like this take away from the feeling of horror found other places in this film.

At what seems like it would be the end of the movie,

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