My wife watches THE CABIN IN THE WOODS for the FIRST time || Movie Reaction 

Was watching a behind the scenes and found out that Signoury Weaver loved the werewolf. She would ask every day if the wolf was there. She even held the wolf's hand when she finally encountered him. Love how much of this was practically shot.

I absolutely love this movie. I saw this in theaters going in completely blind. My family asked me to come and I didn't want to because "Cabin in the woods" sounded so generic lol. I hadn't seen any trailers for it so I had no interest in it. I'm glad I saw it because it's sooo good! The film is a meta-commentary on horror movie audiences, & the need for ever more gruesome deaths to appease them. Effectively, WE, the audience, are the "ancient ones" if we don't like how a horror movie is written we hate the movie, get upset, essentially the world ending in this meta horror movie. I also love how they got the personalities of the characters completely wrong, the guy they had as the jock was a rhodes scholar, the "smart" one was super athletic, the virgin was sleeping with her professor and the jester was a virgin. Now I heard about this but I don't know if it's true or not but apparently the stoner guy did not get in the water because they couldn't have him take his shirt off because he was actually buffer than Thor and the other guy.

The elevator scene when all the creatures and ghouls come out is iconic

This was an absolute blast in theaters. The audience ate it up. P.S. Movie is not directed by Joss Whedon, but Drew Goddard.

Lmao, Holdens chuckle before Hemsworth goes Evil Knievel into the wall is amazing.

LOL Holden trying to skirt around the "husband's bulge" and trying to keep the plot twists of the movie a secret was so funny.

Cabin and Tucker and Dale vs. Evil make the perfect horror-comedy double feature.

Not directed by Joss Whedon, it was directed by Drew Goddard who has an incredibly underrated film called Bad Times at The El Royale that I highly recommend

Fun Fact: Heather Langenkamp who played Nancy in Nightmare on Elm Street, along with her husband, did all the special makeup effects for the monsters in this movie under their special effects company AFX Studio

This film was actually directed by Drew Goddard, he said he wasn’t sure if he’d ever direct another movie again, so he wanted to have everything in the film that influenced him as a director and did stuff he always wanted to do. Although Whedon did help write it. But yea that’s a small portion of the reason why this movie is so insane and referential to past monsters and villains, while not using those exact characters Also I happened to watch this without seeing the beginning part or the force field, so I just assumed it was an average slasher film, only to be constantly whiplashed by the way the movie went from then Quite a way to experience it the first time to say the least lol Also despite Goddard saying he wasn’t sure if he’d ever direct again, he did end up making another movie with Chris Hemsworth called “Bad Times At El Royale”

I remember when this movie first came out, EVERY reviewer was pretty much "mum's the word just go see it." and it's amazing that still to this DAY people are like that with this movie. It's a movie best experienced for yourself. It's worth it.

This movie wasn’t directed by Joss Whedon. It was directed by Drew Goddard

Whedon wrote it and produced it, Drew Goddard directed it (who wrote Cloverfield, another favorite of mine)

This is one of those movies that gets better/more impressive with more viewings. You really see all the small foreshadowing situations that make certain things make even more sense.

Quick Correction This movie was Directed by Drew Goddard who brought us Bad times at the El Royale (which is a great movie that also stars Chris Hemsworth) and the now long cancelled X-Force movie. Otherwise amazing video and keep it up! Love you guys :)

Awesome Fact: Anna Hutchison who portrayed Jules in this movie also played the Yellow Jungle Fury Ranger Lily in Power Rangers Jungle Fury many years back😄

I love it when Jen makes that face, "Why can't you just tell me what's going to happen"

The meta commentary is that the Ancient Gods represent us, the audience, who expect the horror tropes in our movies to play out a certain way and the 'world will end' (or the movie franchise will get no more sequels) if they disappoint us. It's so funny, and its impressive how close they got to the big horror movie monsters without breaching copyright. Sawblade guy with his little box is a clear reference to Hellraiser, but there are too many to count. The merman always splits my sides when it shows up, and dude is right how many horror movies have you seen with a merman in it?.

The ancient ones are a metaphor or representation of us (the viewers), when horror movies don't go the traditional route or have the necessary trademarks of horror, more often than not, we wouldn't be satisfied.

I love the twists to this movie. Just so enjoyable and such a refreshing take.

This movie is amazing. I saw it late with no idea on what it was and was amazed on the twists and turns.

Easily one of my favorite horror movies because imo it changes the outlook of every horror movie ever made. Makes you think they are these "cliches" on purpose for them to feed these "gods" I really loved it.

Great reaction. I smirked literal a second before Holden started smirking right before the Chris-meets-wall incident. Also, please explain to Jen what "husband bulge" really means if she didn't figure it out already lol. One of my favorite movies ever. Not one of the greatest of all time, but it's highly entertaining and I love getting other people to watch it if they've never seen it before.

This movie released in an era of horror that I don't think we'll ever see again. This is right around the time zombies were absolutely massive, TWD was on it's 2nd season and going super strong, other shows like american horror story were starting out, and sequels to all of our favorite horror franchises were churning out regular content every year. That era kind of set our expectations for what a movie about a cabin in the woods would be. In fact, there was another movie called Cabin Fever that came out about 10 years before this one and many thought it was a remake / update to that movie, hence why the ending of this film is such a controversy.

Every monster in the climax is a reference to a monster from a horror movie. Chainsaw head is a reference to Pinhead from Hellraiser. The giant Cobra is a reference to Anaconda. The masked people is a reference to The Strangers. Merman is a reference to Black Lagoon creature. The clown is a reference to Pennywise.

Jen’s laugh is so infectious! ❤

A little fun fact: The blonde chick in this movie is played by Anna Hutchison who also played a yellow power ranger in Power Rangers Jungle Fury and the red ranger on Her season of Power Rangers is played by Jason Smith who has worked with Chris Hemsworth on the Australian soap opera Home And Away.

Wish more movies like this existed Love the lab type monster SCP type vibe of this movie

My new life goal is to make a movie which “Holden” as one of the characters’ names that you’ll react to just to see Jens reaction

God, I LOVE this film.

I remember vaguely watching this in theaters when it released and once I was out of that theater I've loved this movie ever since

Just watched this movie for the first time, so happy to see that you guys have watched it already, best feeling!

They really shouldn’t talk about how scary stuff is when they have the lights on and the speakers low enough it doesn’t mess with their mics

9:48 Jen really just called Holden out. lmao

Fun fact: you can see the witch,tank and boomer from l4d during the elevator scene with the monsters moving around in boxes

Underrated movie Especially when I learned this was supposed to explain where the monsters and all horror movies come from

You were right about “audience,” Jen, the “gods” are a metaphor for horror movie fans.

One of my favourite movies of all-time. I avoided it for years because of the generic title 'til I noticed that Joss Whedon was behind it. Was immediately blown away by its unexpected genius and original concept. Great reaction to a great movie. 👍🤘❤

Man, Jen's T-shirt game is high tier. Every week with a absolute banger. Holden's shirts are pretty good too. (don't cry)

I think Jen and Holden should sell shirts one saying Who's to say and the other saying Holden Thomas Hardman 😅😅

Oh my, Jens reaction to hearing holdens name was great, first I thought "oh no, he's in trouble." Then I realized, oh.. Nevermind

amazing movie. it took me a while to watch it, but when i finally did back in like 2016 i instantly fell in love

Great reactions to Cabin in the Woods, Holden & Jen!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽I do wish we had seen more of the creatures near the end. I have to agree with Holden and rate this an 8.

Holden's starting to look like Captain America with that beard

As a bit of a horror movie buff I really appreciate a lot they did with the story, the meta narrative and the delightful references to horror movie history.

One of my favorite movies! Love it so much! And no matter what, I always hold out hope they make it through the tunnel every time. (Also, not directed by Joss Whedon.) Also Also, all those other scenarios for the failed attempts at what happened in past ventures are... every horror movie ever made. This movie is saying all horror movies happen because of this explanation. It's just that this group found the secret. That's what makes the movie so strong. It's a sequel to an entire genre.

Cabin in the woods is like the template to my favorite kinds of horror movies. A perfect mix of comedy and gore. You should watch The Thing or Trick or Treat for Halloween!

I was lucky and saw a screening of this movie and have Fran Kranz’ autograph on a poster. It’s crazy because it apparently took years before they could distribute it.

Saw head man is a reference to Pinhead from the Hellraiser franchise. He's part of an otherworldly race called the Cenobites, that treat pain and pleasure as the same thing, and exist to give both at a level beyond human understanding.

I love this film. The first time watching is always a great surprise for people.

One of the funniest meta Horror Comedy Films ever! It was going to have a 2009 release date but was pushed to 2011 as MGM was filing for bankruptcy at the time. Also my birthday is Sunday! I'll be 32 this year! So let's sit back and enjoy the ride

I love that this movie just goes all out in the end and everyone dies. There’s no survivors, it’s just chaos and blood flying

The subscribe button over the naughty bits killed me

The movie is a metaphor: the "Old Gods" are us, the viewing audience. The people making the scenes are the people behind the camera, creating these films. All of the tropes are things we want/expect in a horror movie, for better and for worse.

I watched it when it was on dvd i was like maybe 16 or 17 i didnt really understood it the first time but i watched it more times and its one of my fav movies

This is an awesome underrated flick. Big ties to the Buffy and Angel t.v. shows. There's also a subtle reference to Wolfram and Heart.

It’s fun pausing on the betting board and seeing all the options. Also in the elevator scene some of the monsters are from the Left For Dead video game

Love this movie, alongside Tucker and Dale vs Evil. Both movies flip the horror tropes and provide a funny yet refreshing take on the genre.

So the reason why the Ancient Ones were angry and shaking the facility when the team signalled that the Fool had died (when Marty was taken the first time), is because they had assigned each of the group their roles instead of actually doing their research and seeing who was who. Marty was actually the Virgin, and like they said, the Virgin doesn't have to die so long as they die last. The rumble was a warning to them which they ignored. Curt wasn't the Jock, he was the Fool, Jules is the Scholar as she is a nursing student, Holden is a quiet football star so he's the Jock, and Dana is the Whore because she had an affair with her professor. The Foundation fucked the whole thing up by assigning them roles rather than seeing which one was actually which :P It's definitely also got overtones similar to the SCP Foundation, which if you have not checked that out, you should. The Foundation secures and contains anomalous objects, beings, and events to protect the general public, which is similar to all the monsters being held in the cubes and being used to avert an XK-class End of the World scenario :P

This movie was originally supposed to tie in with Valve’s ‘Left 4 Dead’ game. There was even supposed to be a DLC in-game with the Cabin map (and I might be forgetting other details). I forget what caused the deal to fall-through, but you can still see a few “Special Infected” from the game, in the shot with all the monsters in their respective boxes, you can see; A Boomer A Tank and a Witch

It’s been fun watching you guys do scary movies and combing them with “my husband watches” or “my wife watches” please continue these 😊. Could you do more of this but with holiday stuff in mind?

the south park "yea you don't wanna go down that road" KILLED ME

i loved cabin in the woods, i didn't like it at first but then later on i gave it another shot and i enjoyed it alot.

That subscribe button placement caught me off guard 😂 brilliant

Hot Take: The Gods shouldn't have destroyed the Earth at the end because the Fool ended up dying. Sigourney Weaver was the Fool for underestimating Marty

Nothing is funnier than when Kurt hits the invisible wall😂

They should’ve scraped the bird flying into the fake background and made it to where Thor rode into it which his dirt bike for the big reveal

It’s funny you mention Chris Hemsworth doing an American accent because the woman playing his girlfriend, Anna Hutchison, is a New Zealander also doing an American accent.

A movie where a Power Ranger almost gets down with Thor? I love this one, honestly.

One of my favorite guilty pleasure films ngl, jusy so much fun and so many easter eggs. The ending is divisive, but it was set up early. "Society needs to crumble, we're just too chickenshit to let it"

22:22 In the script, this part is described as: There is caos on every screen.

fun fact: during filming Marty was actually in such good shape they had to put him in oversized clothes for the stoner part to be a bit more beliable. (would never be me lol)

There’s a theory out there that says “The Faculty” is the one time that they failed with chemistry department being the issue. May Jen can watch it and pretend since she wanted to see other “scenarios”.

That Star Wars shirt is dope I've never seen that one b4

Mr Hardman may also find it interesting to learn the main character of The Expanse series is named James Holden but goes by Holden

Everytime I watch you're guys channel and I see holden he reminds me of my friend Aaron mostly because of the beard lol but I remember watching this movie at the theaters with a few friends fun time lol

Yeah, this film really kinda explained like all past horror movies, not only from America but even horror genres from other cultures like Japanese horror. The "100% success rate" bit is hilarious given how good Japanese horror cinema is regarded to be.

I love this movie so much. My single and ONLY big gripe with it would be that showing the force field in the beginning is a letdown for when Curt tries to jump across the gap. I know that their intent is to clue in the audience that the main group isn't just being watched, but also the entire TRIP is set up, I just think it could've been done with cameras built into the rocks or something. If we didn't know that the force field was there, Curt's death would've been way more shocking, hopeless, and 10x more hilarious!

In terms of actual horror, it's maybe 6/10. In terms of comedy, it's maybe, 7/10. In terms of creativity and timing and accessibility and sheer fun, it's 8/10. It's just a great movie that most people can enjoy for what it is. Having a vast repertoire of horror movies under your belt certainly helps you appreciate the subtle and not-so-subtle nods to the movies that inspired it, but it also stands on its own well enough. Fran Kranz was brilliant and subtle, as he is in everything he's done, and seeing Sigourney Weaver make an appearance is never a disappointment (although, having grown up watching the "Alien" movies, I recognized her voice before I saw her face).

Drew Goddard is a close collaborator of Joss Whedon and he worked on both Buffy and Angel (and even the comic book continuations) so it can easily understood how one could mistake this for a Whedon picture. He did executive produce and co-write it tho.

I never wanted to watch this, cuz I thought it was just another "in the woods" horror movie, but once I did I was sooo happy. I love to have some comedy in my horror, and this was such an original idea, and the casting is amazing.

I love the meta-ness of this movie in the sense that we the audience are the Old Gods hence why the ground rumbled when Marty "dies" considering he's both written and played to be the "fan-favorite" -- his death would tilt the audience (see: Jess) and in-verse his death is false which would (lore wise) anger the gods that seek sacrifice. It's a witty little movie all things considered.

Probably one of my favorite horror comedies. it's right up there with Shaun of the Dead, happy Death Day and Cockneys versus Zombies.

this video was an instant click, i love this movie so much

This movie is one of my favorites

This is one of my all time favorite movies, such a good spin on horror movies, Sigourney Weaver needs to direct more films.

From you, ok! I learned it by watching you! Yeah. My sister & I am old. We were the only ones rolling at this joke in the theather

XD The tracking on the booba subscribe was perfect. Lol

I love this movie! Love that you guys are watching! Have y’all seen the original ‘Child’s Play’ yet? Would love to see a reaction to that and at least the two sequels. Here’s hoping!! 🫰

This is directed by Drew Goddard not Joss Whedon. Drew and Josh wrote the script together though. Drew was a writer and director from Buffy and Angel. His episodes where some of the best in both series. Super dark with amazing character development. Very complicated and unique. He also wrote for Alias on some of the best episodes.

If somebody's a Buffyverse fan you'd recognise certain set pieces of this, such as the Monsters holding cell and attack on the army. Also the whole 'appease the old ones' concept. But then Whedon and Goddard worked on both.

I saw this on the theater before of course

Never realized until now, since saw _Cabin in the Woods_ so long ago, but I recognize Holden (the movie character, not our host) from _Detroit: Become Human_ Sure enough; Jesse Williams is the voice, and clearly the model, for Markus.

I forgot about the deets of that final segment in the lab area where all the monsters are killing everyone. It's like SCP containment breach.

Both of you do such Amazing work in making these Fun movie 🍿 Reactions. The scene where Dana is on the docks originally they showed her being attacked by the zombie was to be intercut with the party the studio told them to cut her scenes out cause they it was too brutal of her being beaten up that’s why the party scene is longer the Director wanted to keep it in. Keep Safe and making Fun Videos

Fun fact: the dude who plays Marty the stoner guy was RIPPED, much more than Chris Hemsworth at the time... Which is why he always wears baggy clothes. And the actor who plays Holden's namesake, later would play one of the lead roles on Detroit: Beyond Human, one of the coolest narrative games in the last five years. Edit: Another fun fact, this movie had a tie-in with Left 4 Dead, which had the facilities in the end as a level. At the same time, in the "money shot" where we see every monster in those shifting containers, supposedly there's a Bloater from the same game (I've never found it though).

Love these horror reactions ! I would love to see a reaction video to scream or friday the 13th, you can pick which one as some suck and some are good

Can't wait for the next comment of the day where is just "Josh Whedon didn't direct this, it was Drew Goddard" and then Holden hopefully just dead pans into the camera and says "whoops" and moves on with the video.

So, to Jen's comment that she wishes we saw more instances of this happening. It's supposed to imply that every horror movie, this is what's behind it. It even references there being an incident in 1998 where none of the sacrifices died due to an issue in the chem dept. Which is a direct reference to The Faculty, where none of the teens died because of a drug that one of the main characters created. Also, to clarify. We, the audience, are the evil gods that need to be entertained by these sacrifices every year.

omg. I want Jens Foo Fighters shirt