Here on Out

This was fun. It's a bit of a slow burn, but I enjoyed it. It takes the cabin in the woods concept and flips it, then turns it on it's side. Solid acting, good production values for the budget. It has flaws - know how many batteries a gasoline powered car takes and that it won't crank without one - but I can overlook that. Recommended.

Cabin In The Woods Movie. So immediately you must score it against the best Cabin In The Woods movies, Cabin In The Woods? Or Scary Movie 5? Gotta Admit, the Snoop Dogg Cabin in the Woods bit was great.

This movie....really never grabbed me. It was boring. And when it was over I was asking what was the point of it? 4/10.

The story is standard with some hint of sypernatural possibility around 5 young adults being on the edge moving into adulthood responsibilities. Secrets, spooks, and the weird neighbor nect door. These don't add up well, as too much exposition and backstory take up much of the time to allow for any scares fully develop. Then there are a couple of twists that don't have much weight and tend roward being lame. Sigh. The young actors aren't bad and fairly decent with their depictions. Too bad there wasn't more for them to do.

Why are the rankings so high? This movie is boring! The phones in a bag thing is played out. No one in real life would do that, especially not kids their age. The characters are 1 dimensional, especially the over the top black character. The movie did its job as background noise as I did other things.

Most ~90 minute horror flicks all follow the same recipe, so I had low expectations going into this. Man was I wrong! This movie rocked my world! Nicole Brighton Bloom deserves an Oscar, I felt her pain as if I was the one getting rejected from numerous journalism internships. Then at the cabin, who knew that a Clapper switch could invoke such fear and suspense! Right when I thought my heart couldn't beat any faster, the neighbor makes an appearance. Then, what's a horror movie without some sexual tension? The "will they/won't they" of the characters keeps everyone on the edge of their seats. The insane action scene at the neighbor's house was almost too much for me, I had my finger on the pause button in case I needed to take a couple deep breaths. In the end, as the camera slowly pans away, I think we all learned a lot about ourselves. Meryl Streep herself would feel inferior to the quality of acting in this film. 10 stars!!!!