This is a collection of films that have the 'cabin in the woods' story. A group of kids get together to go camping or get a flat tire or take a 'wrong turn'. Somehow, this group of incredibly stupid people end up at a cabin in the woods where most of them (if not all) die terrible, horrible deaths. So, in honor of the upcoming film 'Cabin in the Woods' from Joss Whedon, here are the films that were the stepping stones for the sub-genre.
Antichrist (2009)
PLOT: A grieving couple retreats to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
ACTORS: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg
PLOT: A grieving couple retreats to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
ACTORS: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg
The Burning (1981)
PLOT: A janitor at a summer camp is accidentally burned severely from a prank. Years later, he is released from an institute, and returns to the camp with a pair of hedge clippers to take revenge on the campers.
ACTORS: Holly Hunter, Jason Alexander
PLOT: A janitor at a summer camp is accidentally burned severely from a prank. Years later, he is released from an institute, and returns to the camp with a pair of hedge clippers to take revenge on the campers.
ACTORS: Holly Hunter, Jason Alexander
Cabin Fever (2002)
PLOT: A group of five college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a horrifying flesh-eating virus, which attracts the unwanted attention of the homicidal locals.
ACTORS: Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd
SEQUELS: Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009)
PLOT: A group of five college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a horrifying flesh-eating virus, which attracts the unwanted attention of the homicidal locals.
ACTORS: Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd
SEQUELS: Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009)
Cabin in the Woods (2012)
PLOT: Five friends go to a remote cabin in the woods. Bad things happen.
ACTORS: Chris Hemsworth, Amy Acker and Jodelle Ferland
PLOT: Five friends go to a remote cabin in the woods. Bad things happen.
ACTORS: Chris Hemsworth, Amy Acker and Jodelle Ferland
Dead Snow (2009)
PLOT: A group of medical students decide to spend Easter vacation in a secluded cabin amongst the snowy mountains of Norway. After a late night visit from a mysterious stranger, they soon find themselves confronting an unspeakable horror; Nazi Zombies.
ACTORS: Jeppe Laursen, Charlotte Frogner
PLOT: A group of medical students decide to spend Easter vacation in a secluded cabin amongst the snowy mountains of Norway. After a late night visit from a mysterious stranger, they soon find themselves confronting an unspeakable horror; Nazi Zombies.
ACTORS: Jeppe Laursen, Charlotte Frogner
Dog Soldiers (2002)
PLOT: A group of soldiers, on a training mission in the Scottish Highlands, are lured to a cabin only to find that they are the bait being used to capture a pack of werewolves.
ACTORS: Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd
SEQUELS: Dog Soldiers: Fresh Meat (2014)
PLOT: A group of soldiers, on a training mission in the Scottish Highlands, are lured to a cabin only to find that they are the bait being used to capture a pack of werewolves.
ACTORS: Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd
SEQUELS: Dog Soldiers: Fresh Meat (2014)
The Evil Dead (1981)
PLOT: Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.
ACTORS: Bruce Campbell
SEQUELS: Evil Dead II (1987), Army of Darkness (1992), The Evil Dead (2013)
PLOT: Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.
ACTORS: Bruce Campbell
SEQUELS: Evil Dead II (1987), Army of Darkness (1992), The Evil Dead (2013)
Friday the 13th (1980)
PLOT: Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to re-open a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.
ACTORS: Kevin Bacon, Betsy Palmer
SEQUELS: Friday the 13th Part II (1981), Friday the 13th Part III (1982), Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985), Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986), Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988), Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989), Jason Goes to Hell (1993), Jason X (2001), Friday the 13th (2009)
PLOT: Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to re-open a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.
ACTORS: Kevin Bacon, Betsy Palmer
SEQUELS: Friday the 13th Part II (1981), Friday the 13th Part III (1982), Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985), Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986), Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988), Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989), Jason Goes to Hell (1993), Jason X (2001), Friday the 13th (2009)
Sleepaway Camp (1983)
PLOT: Slightly disturbed and painfully shy Angela Baker is sent away to summer camp with her cousin. Not long after Angela's arrival, things start to go horribly wrong for anyone with sinister or less than honorable intentions.
ACTORS: Felissa Rose
SEQUELS: Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988), Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989)
PLOT: Slightly disturbed and painfully shy Angela Baker is sent away to summer camp with her cousin. Not long after Angela's arrival, things start to go horribly wrong for anyone with sinister or less than honorable intentions.
ACTORS: Felissa Rose
SEQUELS: Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988), Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989)
Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)
PLOT: Tucker & Dale are on vacation at their dilapidated mountain cabin when they are attacked by a group of preppy college kids.
ACTORS: Taylor Labine, Alan Tudyk, Katrina Bowden
PLOT: Tucker & Dale are on vacation at their dilapidated mountain cabin when they are attacked by a group of preppy college kids.
ACTORS: Taylor Labine, Alan Tudyk, Katrina Bowden
Wrong Turn (2003)
PLOT: Six people find themselves trapped in the woods of West Virginia, hunted down by "cannibalistic mountain men grossly disfigured through generations of in-breeding."
ACTORS: Eliza Dushku, Jeremy Sisto, Kevin Zegers
SEQUELS: Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007), Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead (2009), Wrong Turn 4 (2011)
PLOT: Six people find themselves trapped in the woods of West Virginia, hunted down by "cannibalistic mountain men grossly disfigured through generations of in-breeding."
ACTORS: Eliza Dushku, Jeremy Sisto, Kevin Zegers
SEQUELS: Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007), Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead (2009), Wrong Turn 4 (2011)
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