Cabin In The Woods Analysis

Cabin In The Woods Analysis

Cabin In The Woods is a typical horror movie as it has the expected horror codes & conventions and has its its character types such as the dumb blonde, the intelligent, the 'innocent' virgin, the drug addict and the athletic person. This is to represent the teen stereotypes which means the target audience are teens and up. However, it's not what you would expect it to be and has a very unexpected twist at the end specifically. It is considered as a parody of horror movies in general

In the movie, you would see scientists watching the victims every move when the arrive at the cabin which is something I did not expect. This seems to be a metaphor for the people involved in the horror industry and are behind the works of a horror movie. Later on, you would see that they are trying to impress the Gods of their world (which represents the elites or the higher ups that no-one really knows about) but this idea has been exaggerated of course. Later on, you would see that everything is set up and that the characters deaths are premeditated.

Also, it blends some sub genres together such as supernatural, monster, splatter, slasher and many more. This is seen where all of the antagonists were released out of their cages and two of the main characters attempted to kill them all at the laboratory. You would see monsters such as massive snakes and you would see supernatural forces like ghosts and ghouls. The element of the splatter genre is seen when the  monsters get killed which leads to blood bath. This also proves that this is a play on horror movies in general.