They descend into the lab and discover a large collection of different monsters locked in cages. Marty saves Dana and takes her to a hidden elevator he discovered. The lab employees, seeing that Dana is the only survivor, celebrate the success of the rite, but are interrupted by a phone call from "The Director", revealing that Marty is still alive. As they try to escape in the RV, Holden is killed by a zombie, and Dana is attacked once the RV crashes into the lake. Holden and Dana realize that their experience is staged and controlled. Curt attempts to jump a ravine on his motorcycle to seek help on the other side, but crashes into a force field and falls to his death. Curt, Holden, and Dana attempt to escape in their RV, but Sitterson triggers a tunnel collapse to block them. The lab workers learn that the rite in Japan has also failed, meaning that the American rite is "humanity's last hope".
Marty discovers concealed surveillance equipment in his room before being dragged off by a zombie. They are attacked by the zombies and Jules is decapitated while Curt escapes. Hadley releases pheromones to induce Curt and Jules to have sex outside. Dana recites incantations from the diary and inadvertently summons the zombified Buckner family. In the cabin's cellar, the group finds bizarre objects, including the diary of Patience Buckner, a cabin resident abused by her sadistic family. The lab departments take bets on what kind of monster will attack the students and discuss the failures of international operations. From the lab, Sitterson and Hadley remotely control the cabin and manipulate the students by intoxicating them with mind-altering drugs that have effects such as hindering rational thinking and increasing libido. In an underground laboratory, engineers Gary Sitterson and Steve Hadley discuss plans for a mysterious ritual, after a similar operation in Stockholm has just ended in failure.Īmerican college students Dana, Jules, Curt, Holden, and Marty are spending their weekend at Curt Vaughan's cousin's cabin in the forest. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its screenplay, tone, and performances. The film premiered in December 2011 at the Butt-Numb-A-Thon film festival in Austin, Texas and was released in the United States on April 13, 2012, grossing over $66 million worldwide. In 2011, Lionsgate picked up the distribution rights. The film was originally slated for release on February 5, 2010, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and United Artists, but was indefinitely shelved due to financial difficulties. Filming took place in Vancouver, British Columbia from March to May 2009 on an estimated budget of $30 million. The special effects, monster costumes, special makeup, and prosthetic makeup for the film were done by AFX Studio. Goddard and Whedon, having worked together previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, wrote the screenplay in three days, describing it as an attempt to "revitalize" the slasher film genre and as a critical satire on torture porn.
The plot follows a group of college students who retreat to a remote forest cabin where they fall victim to backwoods zombies while technicians manipulate events from an underground facility. The film stars Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins, and Bradley Whitford. The Cabin in the Woods is a 2011 American horror comedy film directed by Drew Goddard in his directorial debut, produced by Joss Whedon, and written by Whedon and Goddard.
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