Hey look, it's another CABIN IN THE WOODS-themed funhouse! Why is that happening? I was just thinking that this weekend is just as good as last weekend to check it out! What's all this nonsense about horror fans going to see stuff the first week or not at all anyway? Get it together people! Now I can't guarantee you'll like CITW because I know a few who didn't, but part of the fun of movies is taking that risk and finding out for yourself. Give it a go. If you do like it, chances are it will be in a big way. Since CABIN has been out a full week I think I can leak a smidge of spoilage (ew.) and reveal that it loosely references many a famous fright flick. The image above is made of scraps of films that CABIN kinda sorta tips its roof to. Can you guess them all? If you do, you are the super king!
I see:
The Thing
The Shining
Evil Dead
Hellraiser
The Craft
It
The Ring
The Evil Dead
The Strangers?
Oh, and I wasn't able to last weekend, but I will be seeing CITW this weekend even if I have to abandon my family to do so. (Please don't tell Drew and Joss that I missed the opening weekend. I will be kicked out of the Buffy Fan Hall of Fame.)
Here's what I have
The Thing
Hellraiser
The Shining
House by the Cemetary
The Craft
?
It
The Brain DTV version (?)
Ring
The Strangers
Wolf Man
?
Evil Dead
Humanoids From the Deep
Is the "C" from Chopping Mall ?
I was about to ask where Cabin in the Woods references Humanoids from the Deep…THEN IT HIT ME and I almost slapped myself. That might have been my favorite part.
Let's see the ones that have been identified thus far!
T= The Thing
H= Hellraiser
E= The Shining
C= Chopping Mall
A= The Craft
B=
I= IT
N=
in= The Ring
the= The Strangers
WO= The Wolfman
o=
d= The Evil Dead
s= Humanoids From the Deep
The three left are pretty hard but it's early. Lets see what happens!
Taylor= Hahaha I love that part too. I made sure to say "loosely" based but I think that one fits!
I also see some big similarities between Cabin in the woods and the South Park episode "Imaginationland". Am I nuts?
DDD, your secret is safe with me! Btw: today I'm taking my 73 year old mother and 26 year old niece to see Cabin! Can't wait.
N is Innocent Blood
Ooooh ooooh oooooh – pick me!
o is Wrong Turn…..
O is Wrong turn!
That just leaves N and B. Here are some hints…
Innocent Blood was a good guess zombette but…
N is a giant snake movie and
B is a bigfoot movie…
N would be Anaconda then?
Slapping myself again…I have a Legend of Boggy Creek poster on the wall right by my living room TV, so I see it practically every day for at least a couple of hours.
(Btw, the B is The Legend of Boggy Creek)
Taylor, let me just say that is awesome you have that Boggy poster in your living room. I have It Came From Within in mine and get harassed weekly by hubby. Well done 🙂
N = Anaconda
B = LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK
I'm jealous of both the Boggy AND the ICFW posters!