The Cabin in the Woods: Press reviews

'The endearingly playful, dazzlingly unpredictable movie that follows (...) shows Hollywood at its best.'

'All I'll say is it's funny, disturbing, utterly insane and completely brilliant.'

'It's the funniest horror film since ‘Evil Dead 2', the smartest since ‘New Nightmare' and surely one of the most breathlessly entertaining, original movies of the year.'

'Delightedly playing with expectations, conventions and stereotypes, the film never lets us invest in the characters or believe in their plight.'

'Clever meta-horror, with plenty of hyuks to match the yuks.'

'Fans of rip-roaring horror films like "The Evil Dead" will have a field day with this ingenious sendup'

'a fiendishly clever genre autopsy'

'Whedon and Goddard are pretty good at making us chortle'

'follows the rules and examines them in terrific twists and turns'

'A super-entertaining, super-slick love/hate letter to horror with a final 20 minutes that's stunningly bonkers'

'A fun ride — but not quite a Scream.'

'does not quite work'

'not a radical overhaul: guilty of pandering, not above exploitation, and good for a few jolts and giggles – while it still lasts.'

'however smart and sophisticated this film is, it may disappoint those who, in their hearts, would still like to be genuinely scared.'

'Cabin is not a reboot or a satire or an attack – it's the odd giggle'