
Five college-kid archetypes are in for a hell of a ride in "The Cabin in the Woods."
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(Drew Goddard, 2012)
April 17, 2012
by Joel Crary
I rarely go to horror films these days. I know what I’m going to see. The well for ideas has run dry, so studios return to old properties with new technology. A few superficial updates to bring them into modern day, and they could coast on brand names well into this century. Before my screening of “The Cabin in the Woods,” a trailer ran for “Piranha 3DD,” a sequel to a remake. I probably won’t see it. “Piranha 3D” kind of answered every question I had about killer fish at a spring break resort. (Read the rest of this review…)