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Variously listed as a horror, comedy and fantasy film by different websites, one thing is certain: Cabin in the Woods, by Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon, defies easy labelling. Is this a send-up of the horror genre in the style of Scary Movie? Is it a rumination on choice and self determination? Or does it want us to ask complex ethical questions about the value of a person’s life set against the value of the whole human race?
Throw in an exploration of stereotypes and we think it is a little of all the above. And we’re here to tell you why. Buckle in because we’re going to redneck zombie land.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Scream
- Scary Movie
- Halloween
- Alien
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- The Ring
- Dororo (2019)
- Watchmen
- Machiavelli
- The Belgariad
- Terry Pratchett
