The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

The Cabin in the Woods rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7/10· 489K votes

Rotten Tomatoes92%

Metacritic72%

TMDb6.648/10· 9K votes

With 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7/10 on IMDb and 72/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About The Cabin in the Woods

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.

Cast of The Cabin in the Woods

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  Kristen Connolly

  as Dana Polk

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  Fran Kranz

  as Marty Mikalski

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  Chris Hemsworth

  as Curt Vaughn

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  Jesse Williams

  as Holden McCrea

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  Anna Hutchison

  as Jules Louden

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  Richard Jenkins

  as Richard Sitterson

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  Bradley Whitford

  as Steve Hadley

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  Amy Acker

  as Wendy Lin

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  Brian J. White

  as Daniel Truman

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  Sigourney Weaver

  as The Director

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  Tim DeZarn

  as Mordecai

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  Tom Lenk

  as Ronald The Intern

The Cabin in the Woods facts

Budget

$30M

Box office

$71M

Our take on The Cabin in the Woods

Drew Goddard's 2012 feature takes the familiar setup of five friends heading to a remote cabin and turns it into a sly, self-aware experiment. Blending comedy, horror and mystery, it rewards viewers who know the genre's rules well enough to enjoy watching them dismantled. The dread builds slowly as the weekend curdles into something stranger, and the film keeps asking what exactly is pulling the strings. It suits anyone who likes their scares laced with wit and misdirection rather than pure gore, and who appreciates a story that questions its own conventions. Come for the cabin, stay for the trick beneath it. Best watched knowing as little as possible.