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The Cabin in the Woods

You think you know the story.

6.7(8,908)20121h 35m19

Five friends set out for a weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, expecting nothing more than fun and relaxation. As night falls, they discover that something far more unsettling is at work and that nothing about their getaway is what it seems.

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Status
Released
Budget
$30M
Box office
$71M
Language
English
  • halloween
  • giant snake
  • school party
  • motorcycle crash
  • abandoned house
  • woods
  • marijuana
  • cabin
  • apocalypse
  • zombie
  • werewolf
  • creature

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Drew Goddard

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • IndiaIN

    • Theatrical1 Jun 2012
  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereButt-Numb-A-Thon Film Festival11 Dec 2011
    • TheatricalR13 Apr 2012
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1513 Apr 2012
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalMA 15+14 Jun 2012
  • CanadaCA

    • TheatricalR13 Apr 2012
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical6 Dec 2012
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical7 Sept 2012
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical162 May 2012
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1626 Oct 2012
  • BulgariaBG

    • TheatricalD13 Apr 2012
  • CroatiaHR

    • Theatrical3 May 2012
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1510 May 2012

Frequently asked questions

The Cabin in the Woods was released on 12 April 2012.

Audience reviews

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    Andres Gomez

    11/6/2012

    8/10

    Hilarious and frightened: shaken, not stirred. Great movie, one of the best in this "genre" for quite a while.

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    LastCaress1972

    8/11/2013

    Finally got around to The Cabin in the Woods. 8/10, great fun. A Joss Whedon-(co)written (also co-written and directed by Drew Goddard, who wrote Cloverfield) take on an old horror staple in which 5 stereotypical teenagers (an academic, a jock, a stoner, a slut and a "nice" girl) venture out into the woods for a dirty weekend. It's no spoiler to say that these unfortunate young naïfs appear to have been cherry-picked…

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    Dark Jedi

    2/27/2018

    5/10

    This is another one of those movies where I cannot understand why so many people give it so high scores. Sure it’s not a really bad movie but, personally, I found it only moderately good. I’m not sure whether the movie was intended to be scary or funny or both. It wasn’t very funny though and only moderately scary. It has been presented as a not-your-usual-teenage-slasher-horror movie. Well, it sure has an interesti…

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    Gimly

    5/19/2020

    9/10

    **The following is a long-form review that I originally wrote in 2012.** Jesus Christ. What just happened to my brain? I was worried that _Cabin in the Woods_ was gonna be a letdown, ‘cause I had built it up so much in my head, and it seemed such a ridiculous concept that it would have been nearly impossible to pull off flawlessly. And maybe it won’t go to join the ranks of my favourite films in existence, but …

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    Dean

    8/23/2026

    4/10

    *The Cabin in the Woods* (2012) attempts to deconstruct traditional slasher tropes, but stripped of any real suspense or dread, it ends up feeling largely hollow. The underground facility controlling the scenario is meant to add a layer of mystery, yet it only succeeds in removing any real stakes or tension from the characters' survival. Rather than building a grim, atmospheric narrative, the plot relies entirely on …

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