There is more than wood in the woods!

Fede Alvarez's EVIL DEAD and Drew Goddards THE CABIN IN THE WOODS are back on our big screen. Two huts in the woods, two directorial debuts, twice post-modern modern horror with surprising plots and the worst gore effects and jump scares. People with weak nerves must stay at home!

The fan world was more than skeptical when the still inexperienced director Fede Alvarez from Uruguay as his first work, of all things, a remake of EVIL DEAD should turn. An entire generation of horror fans had brown marks in their underpants when they saw TANZ DER TEUFEL, the German title of the first EVIL DEAD film, in the 80s. Despite fresh underpants, many have assumed that a remake must at least go down the drain. But it didn't work. With the help of Sam Raimi (if you have to Google the name, you'd better keep that to yourself), Alvarez has created an independent film and breathed a new dimension of horror into the classic. With fantastic effects and a tank truck full of blood (the press reported over 260,000 liters), he succeeded in something that otherwise never actually works: to create a cult film himself from the remake of a cult film.

‍THE CABIN IN THE WOODS appeared at a similar time and surprised the audience in a similar way. Storylines should not be revealed at this stage. Anyone who hasn't had the pleasure before should experience the same moments of surprise in the cinema as I did back then. THE CABIN IN THE WOODS is an homage to forest cabin horror and a nod to the horror genre itself, but with some unexpected twists. A magnificent collection of WTF moments, delivered on a decent budget, solid cast and pretty effects. Only one question remains unanswered: Why aren't there more of them?!