JC Reviews THE CABIN IN THE WOODS

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/13/12 at 3:51pm

THIS. MOVIE. IS. FVCKING. AWESOME.

-J.C.
4/13/12

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 4/13/12 at 5:35pm

What a great review. I smell Pulitzers.

(And I agree!)

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/13/12 at 5:46pm

It's the finest review I've ever written as well as the most accurate.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 4/13/12 at 5:51pm

I want to see that.

[Jane2]

Posted: 4/13/12 at 7:11pm

Yep, this is one movie I want to see. And I haven't said that in years.

[clever name]

Posted: 4/13/12 at 9:19pm

This movie trailer intrigued me..but now that Jordan gives his approval I really need to see it!

[tazber]

Posted: 4/13/12 at 9:42pm

It's a really good movie. Not flawless, but incredibly clever and surprising.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 4/13/12 at 9:46pm

Does Jesse Williams take his shirt off? That's the only way I'll go see it.

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 4/14/12 at 12:14pm

I always feel bad for Joss' staff--Marti Noxon was the best headwriter on Buffy, and Angel which I found to be ther better show was barely touched by him, Yet this movie (which is GREAT though not scary and I wish it were) is beingsold on his name.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 4/14/12 at 12:40pm

That's show biz, kid.

Josh has a name and a following. No one has ever heard of the others, so why would the studios use them as a selling point?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/14/12 at 2:11pm

I think I'd put this film in the same camp as DRAG ME TO HELL (which was "scarier" than this one) but theyre both technically horror yet tremendously funny and more satisfying in the horror genre than 98% of what's been put out in the past 5-10 years. And there were some genuinely cringeworthy moments in this. The "truth or dare make out scene" make me squirm in my seat, for one.

But it's the films third act that takes it over the top to that special "I'm ready to preorder you on Amazon RIGHT NOW so I can own you forever and ever".

[eatlasagna]

Posted: 4/14/12 at 4:17pm

just saw it! seriously... the last 20 minutes or so were just uproariously awesome... funny and scary...what i loved about this movie is that everyone is pretty much so damn likeable.. even the "villains" who had some of the best laughs... Bradley Whitford was awesome! and i guess it's a cameo or whatever so i won't ruin it.. but my audience kinda cheered for the director when she appeared.. haha... and i was happy too

oh and jesse williams reminded me of Wentworth Miller... and yes.. he did take his shirt off.. that whole mirror scene was pretty funny

and yes... that make out scene also made me squirm but it was so freaking hilarious!
Updated On: 4/14/12 at 04:17 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/14/12 at 4:30pm

Seriously, when I heard the voice of "The Director" before she appeared I got giddy. Like kid on Christmas morning kind of giddy and when she actually appeared I wanted to scream with excitement.

And that "I learned it from watching you!!" joke at the beginning almost made me pee I laughed so hard.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/14/12 at 11:08pm

***SPOILER***




I was just sitting here and burst out laughing thinking about the unicorn.

[eatlasagna]

Posted: 4/15/12 at 1:37pm

that Unicorn was HILARIOUS!

the whole thing with the little Asian girls and the guy's reaction to them was just awesome!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/15/12 at 2:53pm

HOW HARD IS IT TO KILL 9 YEAR OLDS?!?!

[Lavieboheme3090]

Posted: 4/15/12 at 3:46pm

Audible gasps for the cameo at the end. Great movie!

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 4/15/12 at 5:34pm

Loved it! Didn't care that it's not technically all that scary. It's awesome and that's enough.

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/15/12 at 5:38pm

Just saw it. More Science Fiction + Thriller + A lot of camp than horror. But it was so entertaining - I wish most horror movies were this engaging.

[Kad]

Posted: 4/17/12 at 1:07am

Loved it.

Wouldn't say it's a horror film, per se, but it's hilarious and engaging. The last half hour alone is worth admission.

[violet72]

Posted: 4/17/12 at 8:28am

Question I want to see this but was going to wait to rent it because I am not a big fan of the "newer" horror movies(ie Saws, Hostel, all the torture porn movies). So my question is how gross is it? Is it like Psycho, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm St, Aliens esque or torture porn esque

[ErikJ972]

Posted: 4/17/12 at 10:03am

Saw it last night and also loved it! Can't wait to see it again.
Violet...it's nothing like Saw or Hostel. Most of the violence is more tongue in cheek than actually disturbing. The first kill is a little gruesome (but nothing more gruesome than something out of the original Friday the 13th) but if once you make it through that you'll be fine.

[Kad]

Posted: 4/17/12 at 10:46am

The gore is along the lines of an 80s horror film, I suppose, but even then I wouldn't consider it especially gory.

[violet72]

Posted: 4/17/12 at 11:55am

ok Thanks...going to go see it this Friday

[StockardFan]

Posted: 4/17/12 at 12:59pm

Now I'm really dying to see it!