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April 11, 2012 Film » Film Reviews

Funny Games with the Horror Movie

by Henry Stewart

The Cabin in the Woods Directed by Drew Goddard Opens April 13 In The Cabin in the Woods, writer-director Drew Goddard and writer-producer Joss Whedon unpack, then dismantle, and finally unbind the horror movie, liberating all its archetypes from the punishing confines (and confining…

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