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Post #633300

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xhonzi
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11-Apr-2013, 5:11 PM

The other day, I heard someone say that there were 3 types of people in the world: Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, and Army of Darkness.  Clearly my lovely wife is none of these, but I am squarely Army of Darkness.  A little less so ED2, and even less so ED.  I don't know how the remake factors in.

Speaking of Evil Dead, I just watched Cabin in the Woods.

*Spoiler free comments*

I liked it!  I don't generally go out for horror flicks, but if it has a decent hook, then I may go in for it.  The Rubicsy Cabin on the poster had me interested and the trailer sealed the deal.  My reaction to Whedon is very mixed, so I didn't know whether this would be a hit or a miss.  But I really enjoyed it.

*Spoilers follow*

I was a little shocked how quickly the cast started to bite it.  This started to tip me off about how much of the movie would take place post-cabin.  Though I had seen the trailers and read more spoilery stuff than I should, I was still not sure how far the ending went.  Heck, they show you quite a bit of the underground stuff as the movie starts. 

I found it a delightful subversion of a genre that I don't really enjoy.  I heard Whedon call it his love/hate letter to horror and I understand exactly what that means.

*End Spoilers*