Cabin in the Woods, The

The Cabin in the Woods

Credits
Title:	The Cabin in the Woods
Director:	Drew Goddard
Writers:	Joss Whedon; Drew Goddard
Producers:	Jason Clark; John Swallow; Joss Whedon
Composer:	David Julyan
Cinematography:	Peter Deming
Editors:	Lisa Lassek
Production
Distributed by:	Lionsgate Mutant Enemy Productions Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Released:	December 11th, 2011
Rating:	R
Running time:	95 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
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The Cabin in the Woods is an American independent feature film of the supernatural thriller genre. It was directed by Drew Goddard with a screenplay written by Goddard and Joss Whedon. It was produced by Lionsgate, MGM and Whedon's studio, Mutant Enemy Productions. It was first screened at the Butt-Numb-A-Thon Film Festival on December 11th, 2011. Due to difficulties with the studios, a wide national U.S. release was delayed until 2012. The film won several awards at the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards in June, 2013. The movie stars Kristen Connolly as Dana, Chris Hemsworth as Curt, Anna Hutchison as Jules, Fran Kranz as Marty, and Jesse Williams as Holden.

Cast[]

Actor	Role
Kristen Connolly	Dana
Chris Hemsworth	Curt
Anna Hutchison	Jules
Fran Kranz	Marty
Jesse Williams	Holden
Richard Jenkins	Sitterson
Bradley Whitford	Hadley
Brian White	Truman
Amy Acker	Lin
Tim DeZarn	Mordecai
Tom Lenk	Ronald the intern
Dan Payne	Mathew Buckner
Jodelle Ferland	Patience Buckner
Dan Shea	Father Buckner
Maya Massar	Mother Buckner
Matt Drake	Judah Buckner
Nels Lennarson	Clean man
Rukiya Bernard	Labcoat girl
Peter Kelamis	Demo guy #1
Adrian Holmes	Demo guy #2
Chelah Horsdal	Demo girl
Terry Chen	Operations guy
Heather Doerksen	Accountant
Patrick Sabongui	Elevator guard
Phillip Mitchell	Lead guard
Naomi Dane	Japanese floaty girl
Ellie Harvie	Military liason
Patrick Gilmore	Werewolf wrangler
Brad Dryborough	Chem department guy
Emili Kawashima	Japanese frog girl
Aya Kurukawa	Japanese school girl
Maria Go	Japanese school girl
Serena Akane Chi	Japanese school girl
Abbey Imai	Japanese school girl
Marina Ishibashi	Japanese school girl
Miku Katsuura	Japanese school girl
Alicia Takase Lui	Japanese school girl
Jodi Tabuchi	Japanese school girl
Sara Taira	Japanese school girl
Alyssandra Yamamoto	Japanese school girl
Richard Cetrone	Werewolf/Merman
Phoebe Galvan	Sugarplum fairy
Simon Pidgeon	Dismemberment goblin
Matt Phillips	Dismemberment goblin
Lori Stewart	Floating witch
Gregory Zach	Fornicus, Lord of Bondage & Pain
Sigourney Weaver	The Director

Appearances[]

Protagonists

Antagonists

The Director
Father Buckner
Fornicus
Hadley
Judah Buckner
Lin
Mathew Buckner
Mordecai
Mother Buckner
Patience Buckner
Sitterson

Other characters

Grady daughters
Ronald
Truman

Locations

Japan (On a video monitor only)

Honshu
Kyoto

Sweden (Referenced only)

Stockholm (Referenced only)

Creatures

Items

Vehicles

Vocations

Acts of violence

Explicit content

Miscellaneous

Notes & Trivia[]

The tagline for this film is "If you hear a strange sound outside... have sex".

Cabin in the Woods, The Cabin in the Woods, and The Cabin in the Woods (2011) all redirect to this page.

Production on The Cabin in the Woods began on March 9th, 2009. Principal filming concluded on May 29th, 2009. The movie was filmed primarily in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The cabin itself was shot at Secret Cove Cottage in Half Moon Bay.

The world premiere of the film took place at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas on March 9th, 2012.

The Cabin in the Woods grossed $14,743,614 over its opening weekend. It ranked #3 in top-opening at the box office. It grossed $42,073,277 in the United States and $24,412,803 in non-US countries for a combined worldwide gross of $66,486,080.

At its widest release, The Cabin in the Woods was screened in 2,811 theaters.

The Cabin in the Woods closed out of theaters on July 12th, 2012. It had been in release for a total of thirteen weeks (91 days).

The Cabin in the Woods was released to home video in Blu-ray and Region 1 DVD formats on September 18th, 2012. They include audio commentary by director Drew Goddard and writer/producer Joss Whedon.

A Q&A session with the creative team for this film was held at WonderCon in 2012.

This film marks the directorial debut of Drew Goddard.

There are several cast & crew call backs to the Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchise in this film. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and its spin-off series Angel were created by Joss Whedon, who is a screenwriter and producer on this film. Director Drew Goddard wrote multiple episodes of Angel. Actress Amy Acker played the role of Winifred Burkle on Angel. Actor Tom Lenk played the role of Andrew Wells on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

The cabin is intentionally designed to resemble the cabin from The Evil Dead.

This movie premiered on the same day that Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance was released theatrically in the United States.

One of the imprisoned monsters in the facility cells are the Grady daughters from the 1980 film The Shining.

Recommendations[]

Angel
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Evil Dead
Ring, The
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil

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