Synopsis:
When five friends go to a cabin in the woods for a weekend things take a bizarre twist after one of the group reads from the diary of young girl who was murdered by her overly-religiously family. Things then take a more bizarre twist when the friends realise their is something much worse out there than the zombies they've just unleashed.
Hey.... Hey
Hollywood... look over here.... this is what you call ORIGINAL! You
took your time but finally an original concept with big budget
funding has landed. To be honest, although I new of it's reputation
as a unique film, by the start of the film I was still worried the
characters where going to be generic horror movie stereo types but
eventually that becomes clear as an intentional part of the plot and
I thought that was a really nice twist. Do I think the cast was
strong enough to carry these roles? No, probably not. A couple of
stand out performances but nothing to write home about. But again I
don't think this film was trying to take itself too seriously.
I do find that a real
shame and missed opportunity really. Mainly because it was a comedy.
Maybe that's a mistake on my part to think this was going to be
scary. Unfortunately, it wasn't at all. A couple standard yet
predictable jumps, mixed with a decent amount of gore, but that was
literally it. I've seen films be both funny and absolutely terrifying
before though, Drag me to Hell and
The Evil Dead are both
great examples of this. Maybe Drew Goddard needs to sit down with Sam
Raimi get some advice. I actually feel that the trailer gave it a
very Evil Dead,
probably the cabin, and that's why I had such high expectations for
this film. Really should have put more effort into the scares, it
would have given it a much more lasting impact for it's audience.
But
where the terror may have come up short, the story was still this
films saving grace. To be fair, given the abstract big-brother
structure of the piece its difficult to truly scare the audience
because we are always going to feel slightly detached from our
heroes. So maybe it was best on their part to focus on the comedy
more than the horror. Anyway, the ideas allowed the creators to
really do something interesting here. I particularly enjoyed the last
couple scenes as our heroes fight against those who put them in this
predicament with a whole army of different terrors. I would have
loved to be in the creative department for this film coming up with
the different characters to put in. Despite it not really fitting in
with the Horror and Comedy genre, feeling a bit more action
orientated, it was still a visual treat. You'll find yourself fully
engaged too as it's just so fun! Again, although I personally would
have wanted more scares in this film, it really is very funny and if
they wanted to go for comedy, they've nailed it.
This
is kind of going to be spoiler now but I don't care because I'm sick
of it. Sigourney Weaver needs to stop cameoing left, right and
centre. I even turned to my girlfriend and was like “Oh my gosh,
it's Sigourney Weaver” at the same time thinking to myself,
“Actually, I'm kind of sick of seeing her in these random roles”
anyway, rant over.
Overview:
It's
great to see something so fun and unique hit the big screen but I
feel they JUST missed the mark here, but keep going you film makers,
you're heading in the right direction. Really in the mood for a new
and terrifying film now though.
Rating:
★★★★
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