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The Cabin in the Woods
2011
· Movie
· 95 min
B
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2264
- IMDb #2106
- Google retired #3547
- Rotten Tomatoes #1292
- Metacritic #1262
- Letterboxd #2685
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #718
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2212
- Metacritic Critics #1266
- Metacritic Audience #1311
- Criticker #1277
- Douban #1003
- Kinopoisk #3454
- AlloCiné #3350
- Trakt #1983
Every rating
54–92
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 54, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 92. Critics average 82, everyone else 68.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Five friends travel to a remote cabin for a weekend getaway. They discover the cabin is rigged with deadly traps and are attacked by a family of undead killers. Unbeknownst to them, their actions are being manipulated by a mysterious organization for a sinister purpose.
Details
- Director
- Drew Goddard
- Writers
- Drew Goddard, Joss Whedon
- Studio
- Mutant Enemy Productions
- Released
- 12 April 2012
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $30.0M
- Box office
- $71.0M
- Awards
- 9 wins, 11 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 20 →9 wins from 20 nominations across 15 ceremonies
| Bram Stoker Award 2013 | Best Screenplay | Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard | Winner |
| British Fantasy Award 2013 | Best Screenplay | Joss Whedon Drew Goddard | Winner |
| Empire Awards 2013 | Best Horror | Nominee | |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Award 2013 | Best Wide-Release Film | Winner | |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Award 2013 | Best Makeup/Creature FX | David LeRoy Anderson | Winner |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Award 2013 | Best Screenplay | Drew Goddard Joss Whedon | Winner |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Award 2013 | Best Supporting Actor | Fran Kranz | Winner |
| Hugo Award 2013 | Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form | Drew Goddard Joss Whedon | Nominee |
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Fangoria Chainsaw Award
4 nominations, 4 won
| Best Makeup/Creature FX | David LeRoy Anderson | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Drew Goddard Joss Whedon | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Fran Kranz | Winner |
| Best Wide-Release Film | Winner |
Golden Trailer Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Horror TV Spot | Winner | |
| Best Standee for Feature Film | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Horror or Thriller Film | Winner | |
| Best Writing | Drew Goddard Joss Whedon | Nominee |
Bram Stoker Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard | Winner |
British Fantasy Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Joss Whedon Drew Goddard | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror Film | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Most Promising Filmmaker | Drew Goddard | Nominee |
Detroit Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay | Drew Goddard Joss Whedon | Nominee |
Empire Awards
1 nomination
| Best Horror | Nominee |
Hugo Award
1 nomination
| Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form | Drew Goddard Joss Whedon | Nominee |
Motion Picture Sound Editors
1 nomination
| Best Sound Editing – Music in a Feature Film | Clint Bennett (supervising music editor) Tony Lewis (music editor) Julie Pearce (music editor) | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Joss Whedon Drew Goddard | Nominee |
Phoenix Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Overlooked Film of the Year | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Drew Goddard Joss Whedon | Nominee |
Toronto Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best First Feature | Drew Goddard | Nominee |