The Cabin In The Woods

Marianna's favorite horror movie. Kyle and Seth's most complicated relationship with a film this year. Cabin in the Woods doesn't fit neatly into any box — and that's exactly the point.

This week we're digging into Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon's 2012 genre-bending masterpiece, a movie that somehow functions as a straight-up horror film, a loving send-up of every horror cliché you've ever seen, and a genuinely sharp piece of social commentary — all at the same time. We debate whether it actually works as horror, why the corporate facility subplot might be the most interesting thing in the movie, and what it means that ancient gods demanding blood sacrifice is played for laughs and it works.

We also get into the production chaos — this thing sat on a shelf for three years and still landed — and why Bradley Whitford might be low-key the MVP of the whole thing.

Fair warning: this one gets a little philosophical. When a movie is about horror more than it is horror, where does that leave you as a viewer? We have thoughts. Lots of them.

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