THE HORROR? - The Cabin in the Woods - Group Reaction

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[@Thenormies]

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[@CrystalisQ]

lol, that ad was great! They should double whatever they paid you.

[@Buffy8Fan]

This is an incredibly small category, usually referenced as Horror/Comedy or Comedy/Horror. When one country fails another country has to succeed. If one country succeeds, it doesn't matter if any other country succeeds or even tries the sacrifice at all. All countries try so that someone will succeed, except in this movie no one succeeds. Every country failed. So, the end of the world happened. Also the whore (the girls that brags about sex and has it a lot and acts like a cheerleader from teen movis/TV), athlete (the guys who wear lettermans jackets and/or are acknowledged as playing sports), scholar (the smartest of the dumb horror movie characters), fool (usually ssmokes, drinks and does drugs to the point of being stoned and therefore acting "fool"-ish) and the virgin (the more innocent characters of these groups [not necesarrily someone who's never had sex) are archetypes of how teen '90's horror like _Scream_ and _I Know What You Did Last Summer_ did. The ritual that these five characters made up were the writers parodying how the '90's horror trope worked. Sigorney Weaver played a character called The Director. The movie itself was actually directed by Drew Goddard (also a writer in the Buffyverse), who also dual wrote it with Joss Whedon. Also, the blood oozing down the marked walls were from vials of blood that were broken so they could ooze down the walls. They weren't from the characters themselves who died. Ths movie was a movie where, when it came out, no one spoiled anything, and to this day, no one spoils. What people hear about it is the equivelant to a summary of the basics of many '90's horror films. People usually end said "summary" by encouraging those who haven't seen it to do so. They do have people to take these creatures down (that's who got taken out in the "most famous scene") as they have to do this year after year and clean up the site and get the monsters back in their boxes, but every monster released at once and down below (as opposed to above at the cabin) was unexpected. In terms of what monster I would want to see, there are too many on the list/board. And that probably isn't the full list. Just what they were and put the equivelant objects into the basement that year.

[@STAYSTAR_4ever]

plss react to death race the one with jason

[@sickleweed3270]

The score in the beginning reminded me of The Descent... another good movie for you guys to react to 😁

[@grdoxsme]

Guys, the Official List of Songs to compete in ln next May Eurovision 2024 Song Contest. Rana made you watch the 2021 I think and I LOOOOOOOOVED YOU GUYS LOVING Islandic Dadi Freir who is on USA Live Tour this year and his art is BEYOND. I was expecting your reaction to the years next but didn't come so here again to get you into it again. There's some really fun cool, unexpected and sparkly songs I know you mught totally dig. This one is always fun to watch... Jumpscares contest vs tension build faces on whats funnier. God Chris Thor Hemsworth is quite an actor, he takes chances on risk screnplays he chooses to act and delivers fine.

[@TriangularPrism]

Fun fact, Sigourney absolutely fucking loved that werewolf. According to the film crew, she was always asking when she'd get to see him, and she really wanted her character to be killed by him

[@riolkin]

I 100% trust her opinion of monsters on set. If she loves a monster design, I'm in.

[@RaptorNX01]

As i understand it, it actually goes further then that. that she literally only agreed to be in the movie if she got to see the werewolf. it was her one stipulation. just the idea of Signorney Weaver fangirling over a werewolf is amazing and hilarious.

[@dan7564]

Never picked Sigourney Weaver for a furry.

[@phousefilms]

Rana:"Smoke weed or be a virgin." Dana WASN'T a virgin though. Most of the characters didn't fit the archetype they were supposed to be. Kurt was the Scholar(he knew all the books that Dana should read in his introduction) Jules was not a whore or a slut, she was also intelligent, from what Marty said. Dana had been sleeping with her professor, meaning she wasn't a virgin. Holden was just as athletic as Kurt, with his introduction being catching the football that Kurt threw, even though he wasn't aware it was being thrown at him.

[@VanDavis]

​@@ghostlee6434It's their f***ing job... it's the point to a Reaction Video. If you'd rather they be quiet and catch everything, just go watch the movie. 🤷🏻

[@alecLogan]

@@VanDavis They can react _and_ catch subtle bits. It’s not absurdly difficult, and adds to the quality of the reaction.

[@wisewillowgames]

​@@VanDavis thats not there job, They have to react than discuss not ignore and talk threw not reacting at all bc there missing it

[@wisewillowgames]

​@@VanDavisto be at least not bad reactors that actually have to try and catch the info. If they dont there not reactors

[@Juxtaroberto]

​@@alecLogan great, where's your successful reaction channel where you do both? It's so easy right? Show us then. 😂 IDK what kind of brain dead take it takes to think you won't miss things in a movie if you have to regularly speak during the movie for copyright reasons but whatever you're smoking I'd love a hit

[@TheJerbol]

The ancients are also a metaphor for the horror movie audience and their demands to be entertained

[@bigpictureguys8415]

Yep. Good catch

[@lemmyelk]

@@bigpictureguys8415 I know right? I mean its the entire point of the whole movie pretty obviously. I guess that's why its called normies. Just oblivious.

[@kevinlaw6185]

"We're not the only ones watching." "Got to keep the customer satisfied."

[@TheJerbol]

@@lemmyelk not hate on something impossible %

[@lemmyelk]

@@TheJerbol Are you Yoda?

[@billwoods9302]

Arguably, the most 'meta' horror film ever made. It all makes complete sense once you understand that the ancient gods seeking those sacrifices is the audience that watches horror films with numerous expectations based on the genre's clichés and plot device tropes. In simpler terms, YOU are the ancient god they are trying to appease through sacrificial stereotypes. It's really kind of brilliant, and undoubtedly, one of the most original horror films ever made.

[@Theroadtoawe]

I know right! Joss Whedon is an inspiration!

[@gabrielcabutotan]

The fact that this movie technically can tie together every horror film ever made as connected

[@ochayethenoo]

I feel your comment is unfinished.

[@TheJerbol]

Yeah, Alien?

[@ApocalypseThou]

Well... every horror movie that came before this one, at least!

[@pieck5460]

Wish we got a sequel

[@TheJerbol]

@@ApocalypseThou ALIEN?!?

[@VBane]

A couple fun points. 1. Rana recognized Amy Acker from Angel/Dollhouse, but Marty was also a major character in Dollhouse (Topher) and you briefly see Andrew from Buffy (new guy in The Trio) in the party scene. 2. Mickey mentioned how them being drugged explains their dumb decisions and how the sacrifice archetypes matched slasher movie cliches, down to the virgin being the final girl. This could suggest/retcon that a bunch of old slasher movies were just past successful runs of this ritual , but we never got to see behind the scenes.

[@joeg8304]

Another fun point: there is a popular fan theory that this is the same world as FireFly and explains why they talk about "The Earth That Was". Humanity fled to the stars because Earth was lost to the Ancient Ones.

[@mathewdebol923]

@@joeg8304holy shit! You just blew my mind!!

[@nocturnenix]

​@@joeg8304 true, except for The Faculty. They mentioned this at the start of the film (the 1998 ritual that failed because of Chemicals Department).

[@PrinceIMC]

She does point out that Marty was in Dollhouse.

[@minuette1752]

There are numerous countries that take part but only one has to get their form of sacrifice to succeed. If they all fail then yep, the ancient ones rise and destroy humanity.

[@nilesstark]

With Cabin, There is no 4th wall. The themes are everywhere.

[@DrewDewitt]

Marty is ripped IRL thats why he has layered clothes, to look more stonerish. Also he was in always sunny, analyzing their poo sample "I just wanted to look at some poo!"

[@RoderickThe13]

"You got turd?" I never noticed it was that same guy

[@DrewDewitt]

@@RoderickThe13 lol u got turd...😄

[@r.j.9822]

@@DrewDewitthey man im just into poop.

[@Cafe.Cubano257]

Yeah I saw somewhere that he was supposed to be shirtless during the lake scene but because he is so ripped it wouldn't fit his character so they had him keep his shirt on

[@ener11454]

Since someone else brought it up already, Marty was also in Dollhouse. He was the programmer nerd.

[@mastaovdafist3551]

Marty: I dare you to make out with that moose! Pat: That's a wolf! *later* *Warewolf appears* Pat: It's a gorilla!!! 😂😂😂

[@joshuacampbell7493]

Jesse Williams is the one play as Markus in Detroit Become Human.

[@alyssamichaela]

Yes! And he was in Grey's Anatomy as well.

[@carolinaperez2489]

*Jesse

[@osterro]

That's where I know him from!

[@DinkLover69]

This made me wanna rewatch their playthrough after all these years but they deleted it. x.x

[@BillsRule250]

Damn, Navi is DOWN when she plays truth or dare

[@TheAlexmanrique318]

They filmed this movie before they cast Thor (2011). Joss Whedon (who wrote this movie) brought Chris Hemsworth to MCU’s attention after Chris’ performance in this.

[@PrinceIMC]

Chris had already auditioned for Thor but didn’t think he got it. Joss Whedon tried to convince him to try out for Captain America and the director Drew Goddard convinced him to try again for Thor.

[@angelinaminchala8269]

This was recorded pre-Thor but it was released post the Thor movie

[@UryuCifer]

"This movie came out when we were children, 21-24" Rana has a weird definition of what children are 😅

[@jsmithers.]

Early 20s is still considered children by real adults in their mid 30s and 40s/50s. 🤡

[@anusaukko6792]

@@jsmithers. me when I miss the point

[@somerotter]

Joss did the monster breakout scene at the Initiative in Buffy; and thought “damn, I need to redo this with an enormous budget!”

[@stevenreyngold1166]

The saw blade head guy holding the sphere was a reference to the Cenobites (Pinhead and Friends) from the Hellraiser series. There the sphere is actually a puzzle box that opens doorways to hell. If you haven't at least seen the first two Hellraiser films, they would be an awesome watch for this channel. Outstanding practical effects similar to "The Thing" and one of the most interesting and terrifying demons I've ever seen.

[@insulaarachnid]

My perfect "cabin" double feature to watch would be Tucker & Dale Vs Evil, Cabin In The Woods.

[@MrSiriusAB]

Excellent choice 👏

[@VanDavis]

Evil Dead / Cabin in the Woods. The entire cabin and woods area is basically a recreation of the cabin from Evil Dead.

[@insulaarachnid]

But Tucker & Dale Vs Evil is hilarious! @@VanDavis

[@kimberlyjeanne9456]

Yessssss

[@ElProf]

@@VanDavis Omg this is why I keep mixing the two up in my mind. Gonna have to rewatch Evil Dead tonight now.

[@Idanuboy]

So weird seeing them excited about 'Fred' when I never saw their reactions to Angel due to the paywall. 😏

[@acidsupernova]

The Angel reactions will be coming to youtube. They announced that on Patreon recently but I don't remember when the reactions will come to youtube, I think later this year

[@Idanuboy]

@@acidsupernovaSweet, if true.

[@TheJerbol]

Pat- It's not a two-way mirror? Navi- That's a window...

[@diegopansini3152]

Pat smokes weed, he lost many neurons already 😂

[@jakewhite1760]

Me and all my friends have been smoking weed daily for well over a decade and are nowhere near as dumb as Pat, don’t give him the benefit of blaming his stupidity on weed lol

[@clash79]

It is a two way mirror, he just doesn't seem to know how they work

[@larryvos4377]

Pat, thank you for laughing at the Chris hemsworth death scene! I’ve always interpreted it as classic whedon comedy but so few reactors seem to laugh at it. That shit had me rolling in the theater

[@JamesWiseMagic]

I absolutely love this movie. I saw this in theaters going in completely blind. My family asked me to come and I didn't want to because "Cabin in the woods" sounded so generic lol. I hadn't seen any trailers for it so I had no interest in it. I'm glad I saw it because it's sooo good! The film is a meta-commentary on horror movies and horror movie audiences, & the need for ever more gruesome deaths to appease them. Effectively, WE, the audience, are the "ancient ones" if we don't like how a horror movie is written we hate the movie, get upset, essentially the world ending in this meta horror movie. I also love how they got the personalities of the characters completely wrong, the guy they had as the jock was a rhodes scholar, the "smart" one was super athletic, the virgin was sleeping with her professor, which I guess leaves the jester a virgin. Now I heard about this but I don't know if it's true or not but apparently the stoner guy did not get in the lake because they couldn't have him take his shirt off because he was actually even more fit and cut than Thor and the other guy.😅

[@traydonovan4819]

Marty was wearing so many layers because they were trying to hide the fact that he was jacked.

[@kevinstanton5998]

One of the best horror movies! And it explains the dumb things in horror like splitting up

[@TheJerbol]

I struggle to call this an actual horror movie, the scares are minimal and it's hilarious

[@koyapol]

wasn't horror tho.

[@kevinstanton5998]

@koyapol it's clearly horror, and imdb agrees

[@TheJerbol]

@@kevinstanton5998 imagine going to imdb for the genre

[@jakewhite1760]

Yall gotta stop thinking that “oh just cause it didn’t scare me it’s not a horror then 🥸” that’s not how genres work

[@TheJerbol]

Rana killing me with the 'drains everywhere'🤣

[@THEWRESTLEDUDE]

So I have an interesting story about seeing this movie for the first time. It came out around my sisters birthday and so for her birthday our whole family went to go see it. My 3 sisters were excited to see it and me and my brother didn't care, we wanted to stay home and play video games. We went to go see it and when we came out the dynamic had flipped ! My sisters left saying it was stupid and didn't like it, meanwhile me and my brother thought it was awesome and bought it on DVD as soon as possible.

[@Thundernoob98]

There go the yaegerist cheering for the end of the world again 😂😂

[@karabomasibi2331]

Hahaha fun

[@Wertsir]

I maintain that this is the best SCP Foundation movie adaptation ever made.

[@rexibhazoboa7097]

is this truly part of the SCP foundation community?

[@Wertsir]

@@rexibhazoboa7097 Its a common meme that it is, due to the numerous similarities, but it is not actually canon. It’s kind of like how Event Horizon is the best Warhammer 40k movie. Things they have in common: 1) Anomalous objects and entities. 2) Said entities are contained by a clandestine organization operating globally. 3) Lesser anomalies used to contain greater anomalies. 4) Disposable D-Class taken from outside the organization to be sacrificed against their will to further containment. 5) Containment breaches resulting in mass death within the underground containment facility. 6) Advanced technology such as force fields being kept from the public. 7) The use of aerosolized mind altering substances to manipulate members of the public. 8) A K-Class scenario occurring as a result of a failure in the ritual containing several pluripotent reality warping pistiphages. 9) Emotional disassociation of the staff who have become so acclimated to the horror that they treat it like a casual joke, until the containment breach. And more. There’s definitely a large amount of overlap. I wouldn’t call it a copy, since not only does it do plenty of original stuff, but also because SCP Itself was playing off (or subverting) several horror/conspiracy tropes that predate both works, and Joss Whedon had an established history of using some of those elements (Compare, for example, The Watchers in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, who also share many of these traits). But there is enough of an overlap that you can easily imagine the movie as taking place in the SCP universe without really needing to stretch at all.

[@ShinyAvalon]

@@rexibhazoboa7097 - It might as well be!

[@tempzira]

So sad that no one have picked up the SCP materials. There's a lot of money to be made from those.

[@northwind2538]

They're not draining blood from the kills. When the first lever is pulled, a vial is broken. Could be blood from the sacrificed characters, could just be random blood.

[@RaptorNX01]

I always thought it was just supposed to "represent" the victim. but i suppose they could have gotten a sample of blood from somewhere. since they had enough access to change jules' hair dye and such.

[@OneAndOnlyOmar]

Everyone terrified in the thumbnail and Micky is just staring😂

[@cjames4478]

He be coolin 😎

[@GelatoGambino]

This movie was more of a comedy than a horror 😂😂

[@kolapse320]

Its actually scary because it gets realistic

[@TheZombiekill09]

Blind watchers "oh no"

[@MFBloosh]

Watching Hemsworth jump into the invisible barrier was way too funny.

[@mrrd4444]

Pat's so funny because some shows and movies he has no idea what's going on despite very obvious reveals and others he guesses everything 1000% correctly and makes deeply thoughtful observations the others don't. I'm never sure where his expertise lies because it seems weirdly random, but I've really come to love his presence because of it.

[@karabomasibi2331]

Pat is so crucial to this team. He's "The tenth man", I don't remember where I learned this but basically in a team of 10 people, you need at least 1 person with a completely opposing opinion, just to keep the majority in check and ensure they didn't miss anything. I need Pat to stay himself and not change

[@ElProf]

@@karabomasibi2331 Could it be from World War Z? the 10th man rule was also mentioned there.

[@RedCornerMovies]

Nah

[@karabomasibi2331]

@@ElProf Yes, that's it, World war z

[@genaiofficialmusic]

My favorite genius thing about this movie is the fact that every horror movie archetype applied to the characters were incorrect and them trying to force those stereotypes on who they thought looked correct for the role instead of playing on their already present personalities led to their demise. Holden was given the Scholar but he was The Athlete (he’s absolutely ripped and caught a football from 3 stories down) Curt was given the Athlete but he was the Scholar (he’s a sociology major and the books Dana had in the beginning were ones he read and could recommend to her) Jules was given the Wh*re but she was actually the Fool (she had a very performative personality as you could see from her dare and her lap dance which she was only being hyper-sexual due to her hair dye) Dana was given the virgin but she was actually the Wh*re (having an affair with her teacher and naturally standing in front of a wide open window and around her friends while in her underwear) Marty was given the fool but HE was the Virgin, the one who survived, the one who (even beyond his drug use) made the right logical decisions to make it to the end of the “movie”, the one who wanted to prioritize the safety of the group rather than just having fun. It’s such an awesome concept and Marty is one of my favorite final boys ever.

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

1) The system of the sacrifice is a collection of the typical tropes that are expected in western horror movies. The archetypes of those various characters (the jock, the fool, the ho, etc.) are those you meet in every single western horror movie. The "virgin" is the final girl. Sometimes she dies, sometimes she doesn't. But she's the one who remains until the end. It *HAS TO* be like that, otherwise "the Ancient Ones" will be unsatisfied. And Sigourney Weaver... the Director... is literally a movie director. 2) The archetype of Japanese horror are probably different. And the scene from Tokyo was reminding of the most famous Japanese horrors (the Ring, the Grudge, etc.). They mention that Japan and the USA are the only ones to have had constant wins in the past, saving the day for everyone. It's a reference to popularity of horror movies produced in the USA and Japan, which both have a big tradition. 3) They also reference a debacle in '98. I have no idea what they're talking about, but it's probably a reference to some horror movie that failed in '98. Either that, or they're talking about the ending of Buffy season 1, and maybe about how it was critiqued at the time. I dunno. 4) The Ancient Ones, with their very human looking hands coming down to crash the hopes of everyone, are *THE AUDIENCE.* Specifically, horror movie fans. "We're not the only ones watching, kid." "Gotta keep the client satisfied." The deaths, the horror tropes and even the sex scenes are there to placate these unsatiable, cruel, abominable monsters... sitting in the movie theatre. "In 8 minutes, the sun will rise, and they will rise up wailing" (or something, I don't remember the exact quote). 8 minutes later, the movie ends, the light go up in the theatre, and horror fans will start complaining that they weren't satisfied (as they always do). 5) "What is Dollhouse"???? Guys. 😒 Dollhouse reaction. Now. Go! 🤣

[@AZDfox]

For 3: 98 is referencing The Faculty, a horror movie from 1998 where a mind control drug was beaten by the teens doing drugs. Hence it being a failure on the part of the Chem Department.

[@MrDarkSidius]

You also can see Boomer, Tank and Witch from Left 4 Dead in elevators

[@Mauther]

They reference a precious failure due to the Chemistry department. This is alluding to The Faculty (1998), an body snatchers movie where the mind control is beaten by teenage drug use. So frankly they should have seen this coming.

[@bemasaberwyn55]

Bloody BRILLIANT 😂😂

[@Tremain]

Fun bit of trivia, during the lake scene where they are all swimming Marty does not join in because the actor playing him was actually more ripped than Thor and the other guy. You can kinda notice it in some of the action scenes.

[@thatKONNORguy]

While Whedon co-wrote and produced this, gotta give the props to Drew Goddard! He was the main writer and director of this, as well as the creator of the Netflix Daredevil show, executive producer of the Good Place, writer of The Martian, and writer/director of Bad Times at the El Royal. He’s one of the best creatives working today!!

[@Square-ow7oq]

Inmean you can dislike this movie but the intention is pretty clear from the get go. It's a metaphor for making a Horror movie. The writers have to create archetypical characters and they make them chose irrational decisions so they entertain us, the gods. It's not that complicated.

[@NerdsPsychoticInterlude]

yooo this is one of the most iconic horror movies ever imo, some people put alot of emphasis on that title being exclusive for older movies but i think this one really influenced alotttt in the genre moving forward for more "modern set" horror movies

[@MavenCree]

This movie was filmed in the 00s, but it's original company shut down, so it got released after Thor came out. Ironically, this movie is the reason Chris Hemsworth got the role of Thor. Originally it was Liam who was the lead choice, but then Joss mentioned to the producers that he'd worked with this other Hemsworth brother who would be perfect. Caused a bit of a riff between the brothers for a few years.

[@endless013]

This movie was filmed 2 years before Thor and then it was shelved, if Thor didn't blow up I doubt we would have ever gotten this movie but Thor did blow up and the studio saw a chance to capitalize on Hemsworth's sudden fame

[@CapnLubeHandles]

the reason our stoner friend is wearing so many layers is because the actor is absolutely shredded. they didnt want the stoner being more ripped than the jock lol.

[@Skeezer66]

One of my Top 10 favorite Horror films!! I love how it takes all the tropes, ties them together, and empowers the kids to fight back!! The world ending? Oh well!!

[@MisterPunch19]

The other Fan theory about this film, is that the Puppeteers are a division of Wolfram and Hart from Buffy/Angel and that the release of the Antient Ones is why Humanity abandons Earth, which leads to Firefly. Basically this movie is the thing that connects the rest of the Whedonverse.

[@pauldourlet]

There are 2 Buffy veterans in this movie . Amy Acker who played Fred in Angel. And Tom Lenk was Andrew of the Trio in the 6th season plays one of the technicians who bet in the betting pool

[@diegopansini3152]

In case you haven’t figured it out, this whole movie is a meta joke! The Ancient Ones are a metaphor for us viewers of horror movies, and the classic horror tropes we expect to see and be entertained by

[@DANTE83100]

I don't think they did. If I'm being honest, I've not seen many (if any) reactors who didn't understand the meta commentary. This I believe is the first time I've seen people not grasp it.

[@05hundredlive]

They said earlier that that the plot was sold over and over and Marty wasn’t killed that hacking sound was Marty killing the zombie with a trowel.

[@MrRobeStern64]

YESSSSS I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS MOVIE AND HOW ITS SO UNDERRATED

[@slamdance100]

You will NEVER forget the ending to The Mist. Polarizing movie but I loved it.

[@Bread_Bauru]

Fun fact about production This movie was filmed before Chris Hemsworth was Thor, so he wasn't as famous The Wolf make out scene used a fake wolf head, because: 1-Duh, and 2- where they filmed it was illegal to use actual animal heads; but the SFX team put sugar on its tongue, so it wasn't as bad for Jules' actress Everyone was quite chill and having a great time in the set, including the monsters, they tried to make the movie as practical as possible The big monster cube zoo scene had many shootings and combined with an AI that wouldn't make the boxes not collide, the boxes had everything and every size, for an example, for giants they just made a smaller box, like a giant centipede was in a teeny tiny box, making it huge in concept, there were a lot of cool tricks involved in this Sergoine Weaver only accepted this part because the Werewolf was radical to her, and every day she was like "is the Werewolf here today?" Like a little kid

[@SyntheticDivine]

Imagine it like this. The ancient ones are watching a series of different tv shows. Each show is a different country. The ancient ones have laid out “These are the ways we want the different shows to play out, and this is how we want each show to end. We’ll tolerate you screwing most of them up, because what else do you expect from tv these days, but if you don’t get at least *one* of them right, and give us the kind of show we want, we’re gonna be really pissed.”

[@kennethbryant5819]

It's like the year Hereditary then the series Haunting of Hill House came out and we were all like "hey, these are actually OK. Don't need to start the apocalypse anymore."

[@miketurner2943]

She says, "I'm not a virgin" and SW says, "we do the best we can"

[@EchanteDante]

So before this movie came out there wasn’t any hunger games the closest thing we had was The Matrix.. so not many people knew what they were getting into with this movie. And didn’t immediately assume there was some sort of simulation thing going on.

[@stevenrod100]

It still amazes me how few people realize that we are the ancient ones. We the real life audience are the ones watching them get killed, and as much as we hope they all live, if nobody dies than we hate the movie. Sigourney Weaver is the director and all the techs are the studio and production crew. All the questions asking why can't we do this or that to save everybody is just us trying to convince ourselves we didn't walk into a movie hoping to see some gore.

[@Mr_Top_Hat_Jones]

37:02 “No fucking way.” “Marty lives.” *AND THEN WHAT?* 😂😂😂

[@VanDavis]

You guys HAVE to watch The Mist

[@Reedstilt]

Based on the dismissive reaction to just the name, they are NOT prepared for The Mist.

[@Depth217]

Ah, I love the way this movie lampoons horror movie culture. I adore how smart it is and how it’s NOT the movie it’s advertised as. One of the most pleasant surprises I’ve had with a movie.

[@bobisuncanny2760]

Ah yes the SCP Foundation movie

[@RaptorNX01]

So, about the Unicorn. its never been confirmed officially, but its possibly a Terry Pratchett reference. In Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel, "Lords and Ladies", a group of witches try to prevent an invasion of evil, psychotic Elves from an alternate reality. one of the harbingers of that invasion is a portal opening up and the Queen Of The Elves' pet unicorn escaping into the Discworld. and the first thing it does when it arrives is impale a man with it's horn. I dunno when or why some marketing company decided to start putting unicorns on little girl's clothes and toys, but in mythology, they could be quite vicious creatures in some stories, sometimes even being carnivorous. the only real common thread being they could only be controlled by virgins, which lead to them sometimes being a symbol for purity. which i guess could explain the little girl thing, but who knows.

[@Posihasheart]

in the commentary track someone (Fran Kranz maybe?) mentions that the thermos bong prop did indeed actually work, and it was tested by some cast and crew.

[@CheckersMcGavern]

Great reaction! I hope yall get a chance to see The Mist, it's one of my favorites. :)

[@goonanhate101]

I always attributed the blood from each of the vials that they break when someone dies as, these people had already infiltrated their lives and a lot of the sacrifices seemed like genuinely good people before the insanity starts. How much do you want to bet they were all active blood donors so all the organization had to do was find out the places where they gave at and made sure those packs ended up with them for the ceremony. That was always my head canon at least.

[@NikkiiB186]

"Is that a saw?" "Yeah very rusty" BAHAHAHHAHA I love you guys

[@pauldourlet]

Dark and twisted, a great horror movie. And very funny.Whedon reportedly told Kenneth Branagh, who was going to direct Thor, that he had his Thor in his movie.

[@WelshAmethystGirl087]

Fun fact the coffee cup bing was a real working prop and cost 20,000 to make

[@WayneQuashie-qe7xd]

"Army of nightmares, huh?.... LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED!!!!" - Dana

[@alyssamichaela]

Love this movie so much!! You guys are in for a hilarious treat ♡

[@TheDoctor2nd]

32:50 Okay, why do they even HAVE that button??

[@bemasaberwyn55]

😂😂😂. Yzma designed it?

[@user-blob]

You guys were fun. The guy on the left nailed it with this film 😊

[@kpednault]

The "bondage and pain" guy was clearly to represent Hellraiser

[@hhcdfhngdzjjbf579]

8:55 Navi's "thats a window" made me laugh so hard for some reason 😂😂

[@sickleweed3270]

Rana's "no offense to the elderly and shit" also had me crying 🤣🤣

[@CortexNewsService]

The Mist? THE MIST? The ending of that will leave you scarred.

[@gloomygloomstalker3878]

This is stall absolutely one of my favorite horror satires ever, and Micky hitting the nail on the head with the we are the customers line that got overlooked was a really good observation. But I love all the horror subversions and how they play with the tropes while paying respect to them.

[@Foetoid2k6]

This has always been one of my fav horror movies. I’ve seen it a dozen times. I love that you guys have seen it! Now i just need a reaction to Predestination and The Mist and i’ll be complete.

[@heavyrain4485]

YES! Great movie!! Glad yall react it

[@VolatileSupernova]

Four people together in a bright room jumping at everything lol, awe

[@PrinceIMC]

This movie is so meta. Think of the ancient Gods as the audience, the people in the bunker as the filmmakers and the kids as the characters in a horror movie. They’ve got to make an interesting story for the sacrifices to keep the ancient ones/audience happy.

[@spiraljumper74]

Even if it’s considered passé to cite a “best of” album as your favorite, The Cabin in The Woods is such a fantastic horror pastiche that it’s honestly one of my favorite horror comedies. It’s right up there with Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil.

[@koryeasterday5164]

One of my favorite horror/comedies. Fun twists, creative kills and creatures. Plus commentary on society, movies, and fans to boot!

[@nilesstark]

Fun Fact: Cabin in the woods was one of many films that had delayed release. A fair amount of films were shot in 2007, but for some reason, they were released later.

[@alexanderthealright]

hmm, what could have possibly happened around 2007-2008 that could have negatively affected the film industry? 🤔

[@carlosriveraauthor]

There are no blood drains, they show when they break a blood vial when they pull the lever. Once each of them dies they pulled the lever it breaks the vial which fulfills that sacrifice.

[@LordInsidious]

Ayyyyyy look at my boy Micky rockin the gray! Lookin like the most distinguished of sirs over here, I see you🙏🏾😁

[@RomLen1001]

Need more horrors from you guys

[@thedernboy]

52 mins of Pat being a scared baby excellent!!!

[@visualartsbyjr2464]

I’m a simple man… see Navi I click on vid. 🤷 This is a great movie, lost count of how many times I’ve watched it in order to spot all the Easter eggs.

[@TheLiamster]

I’m the same when I see Rana

[@samuelberson8202]

lmao so creepy, ew

[@DCComicsGamer]

The moment where this movie turns into EVERY HORROR MOVIE EVER is when it becomes an all-time classic for me.

[@timchark.6495]

You finally found out why this is a cult classic

[@LiquoriceGold]

"No offense to the elderly and 💩💩💩!" TOTALLY ME! 😅😅😅😅

[@alec8485]

If yall are doing a series on "horror" movies, aint no way tucker and dale isn't getting voted soon (assuming its on the list).

[@SmokinDroFrayser]

A two mirror is a window was so funny

[@jordandavenport5784]

Should definitely watch Tucker and Dale vs Evil

[@dapprligtnin98]

Cabin in the woods!? Amaaazing!

[@TheGeekofAllTrades8]

Amazing satire of the horror genre.. this is a great one and done type movie I'm glad it hasn't been remade or made into a sequel

[@killianlpc]

Whedon done a really good job here as Producer and Co-writer with Director Drew Goddard, who also wrote many episodes of BTVS and Angel in their final seasons. Kinda like a more gory Scream in the sense all the Horror Film Tropes are used here to great effect. A couple of Buffyverse actors thrown in here Tom Lenk who was Andrew in BTVS and Angel and also played Cyrus in BTVS too, and Amy Acker, Fred from Angel and Dr Claire Saunders in the most underrated Whedon show Dollhouse, we also has Fran Kranz here as well who was Topher in Dollhouse. A really good concept here with some crazy scary monsters, and great special effects as we never know where the film is really going. The killings are very graphically brutal, but work well within the story. All in all a good entertaining film.

[@tvftw1]

"I'm drawing a line in the fucking sand here: DO NOT READ THE LATIN" - Most sensible horror movie character

[@bemasaberwyn55]

Marty is a BAMF

[@cjames4478]

Love this movie! Enjoyed this reaction. This is a good reaction line up. You can tell they clique but have distinct personalities.

[@owenjimmie3424]

The controller grips ad at the start was wild 😂