I’m still not entirely convinced that The Cabin in the Woods is actually going to come out, as advertised, on April 13; the film’s been rotting on a shelf at MGM for approximately 4,000 years. Directed by Buffy and Cloverfield writer Drew Goddard, the film stars Thor‘s Chris Hemsworth (Cabin‘s been sitting on a shelf since before Hemsworth was cast as Thor, to give you some idea of its age) and that kid who played Xander 2.0 on Dollhouse; at first, it looks to be yet another entry in the boring fictional-teenagers-get-slaughtered-for-real-life-teenagers’-entertainment genre.
HOWEVER. This trailer? It’s kind of badass and weird and surprising, and while I suspect it shows too much—this seems, already, like a movie that’s better the less you know going in—it definitely raises expectations. I’m really looking forward to this thing. Provided, you know, it comes out, and this isn’t all a particularly malicious prank on overly patient Whedon obsessives.
I wonder if they show too much in the trailer because the opening premise and setup is exactly the same as Tucker and Dale vs. Evil? Like they wanted to make sure it was far enough removed.
Wasn’t expecting the Cube element.