The Cabin in the Woods Blu-Ray Review

The Cabin in the Woods is one of the best films I've seen this year. Co-written by Joss Whedon (The Avengers, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") and Drew Goddard (Cloverfield), it is a unique, unpredictable journey that breaks down genre barriers.

A stereotypical group of college friends head out to a mysterious cabin for the weekend, when mysterious events begin to happen. Behind the bloodshed is a group of technicians operating from the safety of a control room. And that's just the beginning...

The cast is great! It stars Kristen Connolly ("As the World Turns"), Chris Hemsworth (Thor, The Avengers), Anna Hutchison ("Go Girls"), Fran Kranz ("Dollhouse"), Jesse Williams ("Grey's Anatomy"), Richard Jenkins (Step Brothers), and Bradley Whitford ("The West Wing").

My major complaint with this Blu-Ray is the outer packaging. The front of the outer slipcase has a hologram that shows the theatrical poster, but when it is turned it reveals something else, which somewhat ruins the actual events of the movie. I'm really not sure why they would do that. If you're planning on buying it, avoid looking at the cover until after you watch it.

The Blu-Ray has a bunch of great special features:

-Audio commentary with Writer/Director Drew Goddard and Writer/Producer Joss Whedon

-"We Are Not Who We Are: Making The Cabin in the Woods" Featurette

-"The Secret Secret Stash" Featurette

-Wonder-Con Q&A with Joss and Drew

-"An Army of Nightmares: Make-Up and Animatronic Effects" Featurette

-"Primal Terror: Visual Effects" Featurette

-"It's Not What You Think: The Cabin in the Woods" Bonus View Mode (Blu-Ray Exclusive)

-Obligatory Digital Copy of the film

If you're sick of the standard horror movie fare, definitely check out this amazing, genre-bending film!

The Cabin in the Woods Blu-Ray deserves a 9 out of 10 Cabins!!

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Has the Cloverfield 2 Madness Begun??

Fan made or real first glimpse at Cloverfield 2?

What do you think?

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Cloverfield Sequel certain

Variety is reporting that scribe Drew Goddard and director Matt Reeves are in talks to bring us a sequel to the record breaking Cloverfield.

There's been chatter about telling the same story from other perspectives but hopefully they do something less obvious.

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Trailer Updates!

ComingSoon.net has given us some updates on the teaser trailers for three huge releases next year.

The Dark Knight teaser is expected to show in front of I Am Legend on December 14th. They've also confirmed that the first 7 minutes of the film will show in IMAX theatres prior to I Am Legend.

J.J. Abrams Star Trek relaunch is expected to have it's teaser premiere in front of the eagerly awaited Cloverfield on January 18.

Finally, the big enchilada Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull will have its teaser shown in February with an as yet unnamed film. Possibly The Spiderwick Chronicles but that's a guess for the time being.

February cannot come soon enough.

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Cloverfield Trailer

At last the full trailer for the JJ Abram produced "Cloverfield" formerly known as 01-18-08. It looks fantastic. Here's the trailer from dailymotion.

1-18-08 : New trailer - Cloverfield
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Or go here and watch the HD version.

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Monsterous?

I don't usually do the movie stuff, but apparently a site called "Cloverfield News" has pretty much scooped everyone with the first clear images of not only the poster for the mysterous 1-18-08/Cloverfield film, but also its real title found at some weird poster shop.



What you think? Fake? Photoshopped? Totally real?

Head on over there and check out their site and tell em the pop culture beast sent you!

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Trailer Round Up...

Rush Hour 3


The Golden Compass


10,000 B.C.


1-18-08/Cloverfield


The Spiderwick Chronicles

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