History Awesome / TheCabinInTheWoods

%%** And beyond the stock horror movie monsters, there are several different and creative creatures, each of which could have been a fascinating horror movie star in its own right. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; like what, specifically?)

* Holden's football catch at the beginning of the movie.
* Marty's bong can actually be compressed to resemble a simple coffee mug to bypass cops. A very small example, but its pretty cool.
** His heroic return in saving Dana from the redneck zombie is also awesome in how he comes out of nowhere with the giant bong as triumphant music plays his reappearance (pictured).
* How Marty survives. He hacks apart the zombie with a trowel. Yes, it may have been offscreen, but still!
* The Japanese schoolgirls exorcise the spirit attacking them and turn it into a happy little frog. Not a single one of them dies. They're all ''nine''. And ''every'' other ritual ends in failure. Most of those failures apparently involve less PowerOfFriendship and more exploded buildings.
** Doubles as a [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming moment]]. Well, [[MoodWhiplash until]] Sitterson starts [[ClusterFBomb cussing]] at them.
** A shame that the ending ruined their accomplishment.
* [[BloodyHilarious The entire finale]]. Think of any monster you have seen in a horror movie. [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever Giant]] [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent snakes]], [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves]], [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghosts]], [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]], {{Giant Spider}}s, [[MonsterClown killer clowns]] and so forth (even [[{{Unicorn}} killer unicorns]]!). Now imagine them all onscreen at the same time. This is one of those instances where nightmare fuel also doubles as an awesome. The finale is pure genius.
** It's also noting that at first glance, pressing the '''SYSTEM PURGE''' button would be a stupid idea since it would release ALL the monsters, but Dana and Marty managed to remain hidden and not get caught by any of them. In fact, amidst the chaos, they get much farther after pressing it, so activating it might have prevented their lives from being cut short at the control panel. It might be one of the smartest moves in a horror film, ''period''.
-->'''Dana:''' [[IronicEcho Let's get]] [[LetsGetDangerous this party started]]... ''(System Purge button pressed)''
** Hell, just the fact that Film/TheCrawlingHand--'''''[[SoBadItsGood of all friggin' things]]'''''--gets the first kill in the facility.

** And beyond the stock horror movie monsters, there are several different and creative creatures, each of which could have been a fascinating horror movie star in its own right.
* Homage to ''Film/TheShining'' - the two dead girls, who appear in one of the elevator cells of horror. "Come Play With us....forever and ever and ever....." As well as one elevator just spewing blood.

** It's also noting that at first glance, pressing the '''SYSTEM PURGE''' button would be a stupid idea since it would release ALL the monsters, but Dana and Marty managed to remain hidden and not get caught by any of them. In fact, amidst the chaos, they get much farther after pressing it, so activating it might have prevented their lives from being cut short at the control panel. It might be one of the most smartest moves in a horror film, ''period''.

* Homage to ''Film/TheShining'' - the two dead girls, who appear in one of the elevator cells of horror. "Come Play With us....forever and ever and ever....."
** As well as one elevator just spewing blood.
* Meta-example - almost all of the monsters in the movie were actually created or people made up as them, with only minor CGI touch-ups. The only genuine exceptions were the ones that needed to fill up the screen when the directors felt there was empty space, such as the wailing wraith and the massive snake. Yes, they put together the Merman, and the werewolf, and made up a horse into a unicorn. Now that is awesome.
** Not only that, but the effects crew were only given 8 weeks to put everything together, and a crew of about 60 people (with a space loaded out by Warner Bros) managed to get it done and ship everything to the film site in Vancouver in time.
** Among the people who created those monsters is an actual, honest-to-God FinalGirl--Creator/HeatherLangenkamp Anderson, aka "Nancy Thompson" from the original ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984'', who co-owns and operates AFX Studio.

-->'''Dana: [[IronicEcho Let's get]] [[LetsGetDangerous this party started]]! (System Purge Pressed)'''

** It's also noting that at first glance, pressing the '''SYSTEM PURGE''' button would be a stupid idea since it would release ALL the monsters, but Dana and Marty managed to remain hidden and not get caught by any of them. In fact, amidst the chaos, they get much farther after pressing it, so activing it might have prevented their lives from being cut short at the control panel. It might be one of the most smartest moves in a horror film, ''period''.

* How Marty survives. He hacks apart the zombie with a trowel. Yes it may have been offscreen, but still!

** Doubles as a [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming moment]]. Well, [[MoodWhiplash until]] Sitterson starts cussing at them.

* How Marty survives. He hacks apart the zombie with a trowel.

*** Hey, at least they ensured that there's one more happy frog left to inherit the Earth once we're all dead.

** His heroic return in saving Dana from the redneck zombie is also awesome in how he comes out of nowhere with the giant bong as triumphant music plays his reappearance.

* [[BloodyHilarious The entire finale]]. Think of any monster you have seen in a horror movie. [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever Giant]] [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent snakes]], [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves]], [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghosts]], [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]], {{Giant Spider}}s, [[MonsterClown killer clowns]] and so forth (even [[{{Unicorn}} killer unicorns]]!). Now imagine them all onscreen at the same time. This is one of those very rare instances where something awesome also doubles as nightmare fuel. The finale is pure genius.

* How Marty's bong can actually be compressed to resemble a simple coffee mug to bypass cops. A very small example, but its pretty cool.

* [[BloodyHilarious The entire finale]]. Think of any monster you have seen in a horror movie. [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever Giant]] [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent snakes]], [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves]], [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghosts]], [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]], {{Giant Spider}}s, [[MonsterClown killer clowns]] and so forth (even [[{{Unicorn}} killer unicorns]]!). Now imagine them all onscreen at the same time. The finale is pure genius.

* Homage to The Shining - the two dead girls, who appear in one of the elevator cells of horror. "Come Play With us....forever and ever and ever....."

* The reveal that Marty's bong can actually be compressed to resemble a simple coffee mug to bypass cops. A small example, but its pretty cool.

* The reveal that Marty's bong can actually be compressed to resemble a simple coffee mug to bypass cops. A small example, but it's pretty cool.

** His heroic return in saving Dana from the redneck zombie is also awesome in how he comes out of nowhere with the giant bong as triumphant music plays his reappearance.]]
* The Japanese schoolgirls exorcise the spirit attacking them and turn it into a happy little frog. Not a single one of them dies]]. They're all ''nine''. And ''every'' other ritual ends in failure. Most of those failures apparently involve less PowerOfFriendship and more exploded buildings.

** While most of the Facility staff]] die fairly easily, not all the soldiers do. While they do of course die, when the Purge begins, the first group of soldiers react ''immediately'' and are shown to have hit some of the monsters. Truman even manages to pull a TakingYouWithMe ''while being torn apart''.

* How Marty [[spoiler:survives. He hacks apart the zombie with a trowel.]]
** [[spoiler:His heroic return in saving Dana from the redneck zombie is also awesome in how he comes out of nowhere with the giant bong as triumphant music plays his reappearance.]]
* The Japanese schoolgirls [[spoiler:exorcise the spirit attacking them and turn it into a happy little frog. Not a single one of them dies]]. They're all ''nine''. And ''every'' other ritual ends in failure. Most of those failures apparently involve less PowerOfFriendship and more exploded buildings
** Doubles as a [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming moment]]. Well, [[MoodWhiplash until]] [[spoiler: Sitterson starts cussing at them]].
** A shame that [[spoiler: the ending ruined their accomplishment.]]
*** Hey, at least they ensured that [[spoiler: there's one more happy frog left to inherit the Earth once we're all dead.]]
* [[BloodyHilarious The entire finale]]. [[spoiler: Think of any monster you have seen in a horror movie. [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever Giant]] [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent snakes]], [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves]], [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghosts]], [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]], {{Giant Spider}}s, [[MonsterClown killer clowns]] and so forth (even [[{{Unicorn}} killer unicorns]]!). Now imagine them all onscreen at the same time. The finale is pure genius.]]
** Hell, just the fact that [[spoiler:Film/TheCrawlingHand]]--'''''[[SoBadItsGood of all friggin' things]]'''''--[[spoiler:gets the first kill in the facility.]]
** While most of [[spoiler:the Facility staff]] die fairly easily, not all the soldiers do. While they do of course die, when [[spoiler:the Purge]] begins, the first group of soldiers react ''immediately'' and are shown to have hit some of the monsters. [[spoiler:Truman]] even manages to pull a TakingYouWithMe ''while being torn apart''.
** The brief cameo in [[spoiler:the cells of the Special Zombies from ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''. We don't see them in action, but how cool is it just that they're in the film at all?]]
* Homage to [[spoiler: The Shining - the two dead girls, who appear in one of the elevator cells of horror. "Come Play With us....forever and ever and ever....."]]
** As well as [[spoiler:one elevator just spewing blood.]]

** Among the people who created those monsters is an actual, honest-to-God FinalGirl--Heather Langenkamp Anderson, aka "Nancy Thompson" from the original ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984'', who co-owns and operates AFX Studio.