The Cabin in the Woods is one of the rare movies that is able to simultaneously parody and exemplify a genre

I finally re-watched this movie and am amazed just how tactfully it handles the parody angle while also being a solid horror movie. It manages to bring laughs without destroying the tension required to make it legitimately scary, and be scary enough to keep the viewer tense without that getting in the way of the funny moments, and it does it all without coming across as too self-aware/self-congratulatory and breaking immersion. The only other movies I've seen that really hit this balance this perfectly are The Cornetto Trilogy movies (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and, to a lesser extent, The world's End). Can't recommend it highly enough...especially for the Halloween season.

Submitted October 05, 2021 at 02:02PM by Jack_Mackerel https://ift.tt/3uENryd