The Cabin in the Woods

(2012) dir Drew Goddard w/Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Fran Kranz, Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford, Amy Acker [95 min; 35mm]

Modern science is brought to bear on an ancient ritual in this hilarious and frightening horror homage. A group of friends find themselves falling into familiar slasher movie stereotypes when they visit an isolated cabin and become stalked by a family of inbred freaks. Unbeknownst to our heroes, they are being manipulated through high-tech gadgets to force them to play out these roles – all in service to a larger, even more sinister cause.