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This 2012 film, a hybrid of horror film and dark comedy, shook up and skewered the genre much like "Scream" did in the 1990s! Now, revisit the horrifically funny action with our quiz!
Who directed "The Cabin in the Woods"?
J.J. Abrams
Drew Goddard
Joss Whedon was a producer on the film. He and Goddard worked together on "Buffy" and "Angel."
Marti Noxon
Joss Whedon
Where does the action begin?
in a college dorm
at the cabin
on the road
in a windowless corporate environment
The movie starts with two executives discussing their mundane domestic lives at a coffee machine. Goddard and Whedon hoped people would wonder if they'd walked into the wrong movie.
Who played the two executives, Hadley and Sitterson?
Anthony Stewart Head and David Boreanaz
Bradley Whitford and Richard Jenkins
These roles needed guys who were believable as upper-middle-managers, yet also likable and funny. Whitford and Jenkins filled the bill nicely.
Richard Jenkins and Woody Harrelson
Woody Harrelson and Matthew Modine
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Who is at college on a full academic scholarship?
Dana
Marty
Jules
Curt
Much of "Cabin" turns horror-movie stereotypes on their heads. Curt appears to be the "dumb jock" at first, but we learn he's a sociology major with a full ride on academic grounds.
Who played Curt?
Jamie Dornan
Henry Cavill
Chris Hemsworth
Joss Whedon has worked with Hemsworth on the "Avengers" movie as well. He often works more than once with favorite actors and writers.
Liam Hemsworth
What is Jules's major?
economics
pre-med
Jules, too, is implied to be brainy. Unfortunately, the secret facility's "chem department" is dumbing her down. Speaking of which ...
psychology
fashion marketing
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How does the chem department "slow cognition" in Jules?
through Marty's marijuana
through her sunscreen
through her hair bleach
The mind-weakening chemical agent will slowly soak in through her scalp. Sitterson and Hadley congratulate Lin, the chem representative, for playing into the classic stereotype: "the dumb blonde."
through her vitamins
Who played Lin, the chemist?
Amy Acker
Acker is part of Joss Whedon's core stable. She appeared in "Angel," "Dollhouse," "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." and his Shakespeare effort, "Much Ado About Nothing" before her turn in "Cabin."
Lucy Liu
Alona Tal
Kristen Bell
Who played the new guy, Holden?
Adam Driver
Jensen Ackles
Teddy Dunn
Jesse Williams
Williams was 30 when he took on the role. Fortunately, a youthful appearance helped him pass for a college student. (The same could be said of Chris Hemsworth).
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Which of the group is a virgin?
Dana
Holden
Marty
none of these
Dana, though, is the group's "technical virgin," for the purposes of the ritual. As the Director will later say, "We work with what we've got."
What does Marty's bong double as?
a chemistry beaker
a telescope
a flower vase
a travel mug
Since the movie's opening plays on popular stereotypes, Marty pulls up in an old Volvo filled with smoke. Of course, we soon learn there's a lot more going on upstairs than he initially lets on.
Why are the people of the facility arranging the horror-movie scenario?
for a reality TV show
for the entertainment of a sadistic billionaire
to keep "Ancient Ones" from rising
The audience will see the blood of the victims flowing into an underground chamber, which pretty much gets the point across. Making it clearer, Lin says apprehensively, "If the Ancient Ones rise ..."
it's an elaborate revenge scheme
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Which other nation is still in the running to complete its ritual?
Canada
Japan
Hadley and Sitterson watch on monitors as a classic white-faced, straggle-haired ghost menaces a group of Japanese schoolgirls. Evidently, every nation's ritual is based on its cultural ideas of horror.
Sweden
Mexico
By what other name is "Mordecai" known?
Esau
the Harbinger
The "Harbinger" is an old man working at a gas station who speaks in ominous terms about the kids' destination, the cabin. He doesn't literally tell them to turn back, but it's implied.
the Deacon
the Fool
What oddity do the characters find in the cabin?
a well in the basement
a one-way mirror between bedrooms
The mirror is between Dana and Holden's rooms. Marty jokes that in pioneer days, "people had to make their own interrogation rooms."
an altar in the living room
a TV that works with no power source
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Which of the five does not go swimming in the lake?
Dana
Marty
There's a story behind this. Fran Kranz, the actor, was actually as well-muscled as the other two. The director didn't want his physique to undermine his stoner-geek character.
Jules
Holden
What is Anna's dare in the truth-or-dare game?
to go in the basement
to jump in the lake naked
to make out with Dana
to make out with the wolf head
Anna rises to the occasion, flirting one-sidedly with the wolf before kissing it. In filming, the wolf's tongue was coated with powdered sugar to make it more tolerable for the actress.
The cellar door and basement are a nod to which classic horror movie?
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Evil Dead
More than any other film, "Cabin" seems to wink at "Evil Dead." On the "monster board," alert audience members will see "Deadites" and "Angry Molesting Tree" -- both horrors that were featured in Raimi's film.
Halloween
Friday the 13th
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What are the secret facility's workers betting on?
who will die first
who will survive
what kind of monster will attack the kids
What kind of monster attacks depends on which artifact in the basement the young people activate. It's Dana who reads from the diary of "Patience Buckner," thus awakening the Buckner family of killer zombies.
the exact hour and minute the mayhem starts
What monster does Hadley bet on and want to see?
a kappa
a merman
Hadley's perpetual bet is a merman, but he's disappointed. Sitterson consoles him: "The clean-up on 'em is a nightmare."
a vampire bride
a werepanther
Which is not an artifact one of the friends picks up in the basement?
conch shell
music box
puzzle box
abacus
The conch shell would have summoned a merman, the puzzle box a "Pinhead"-like figure, and the music box a killer ballerina. We would have liked to see some of these in action!
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Who wins the bet?
Hadley
Sitterson
Ronald the intern
the maintenance department
both #3 and #4
Tom Lenk played "Ronald the Intern." Some viewers will remember him from late seasons of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" as a nerdy would-be supervillain.
Who seems to have ethical qualms about the horror scenario/ritual?
Lin
Truman
Truman watches the events on the screen with detached distaste. But he never rebels against his role, and in the end, he dies trying to defend the facility from all the unleashed monsters.
Hadley
Sitterson
Who is the first to die?
Marty
Jules
Jules has to die first because, according to America's version of the ritual, she's the "whore." She's not, of course: Marty has noticed that her flirtatious, sexy behavior is out of character.
Holden
Curt
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Who finds the surveillance camera?
Curt
Dana
Holden
Marty
Hadley and Sitterson panic at the sight of him peering directly into the camera lens. His chemically-enhanced marijuana was supposed to keep him stupid and docile, but it didn't.
How does Marty die?
stabbed through the throat
dragged off by a Buckner
drowns in the lake
he survives to the end
Marty is dragged off by a Buckner, but triumphantly returns to rescue Dana at a critical moment. Given the film's ending, though, this is only a delay of the inevitable.
Why do Curt, Holden and Dana nearly escape?
the force field fails
the tunnel isn't caved in
The "hatch" idea isn't too far off -- later, Marty will discover the elevator that brought the Buckners to the surface. But that's after the three nearly make it through the tunnel that Demolitions failed to cave in.
they find a hiking trail leading out
they find a hatch into the underground facility
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How does Curt die?
decapitated by a Buckner
he drowns in the lake
he rides his motorbike into the force field
This was a heroic moment turned comic. Curt is preparing to jump the river gorge and go for help, only to unceremoniously hit the invisible wall. It's this moment that causes Dana to realize that Marty was right: they're in a giant trap.
he dies in the tunnel collapse
How does Holden die?
stabbed through the throat by a Buckner
Holden's is the third death, representing "the scholar." We'll have to take the filmmaker's word for it -- he doesn't seem any brainier than Curt the sociology major.
dragged underground by a Buckner
he falls in the river gorge
Dana accidentally shoots him
When Marty and Dana take the secret elevator down, where do they end up?
in the operations command center
in the Director's office
in a maze of cubicles holding all the unused monsters
Marty and Dana eventually unleash all the monsters on the security forces. This helps them evade capture -- for a while.
in the maintenance workshop
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How does Hadley die?
he's eaten by the monster ballerina
he's attacked by a merman
Hadley always wanted to see the merman in action. Now he gets to do so, up close!
he's strangled by the Angry Molesting Tree
he's killed by the cenobite-like figure
Who played the Director?
Gene Hackman
Angelina Jolie
Bill Pullman
Sigourney Weaver
The Director appears near the end to encourage Dana to kill Marty, thus saving humanity. She also explains the five archetypes the friends represented: The Whore, the Athlete, the Scholar, the Fool and The Virgin.
How does the Director die?
Dana shoots her
Marty shoots her
a werewolf attacks her
In a more conventional movie, the Director would be the final sacrifice, and Marty and Dana would go free. That's not what this dark comedy has in mind, though.
she falls into the abyss and Ancient Ones eat her
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What do Marty and Dana do while waiting for the world to end?
make love
smoke a joint
Frankly, if we were were Dana, we would've shot Marty and saved eight billion people. Heck, we would've done it for four billion.
fight monsters
try to prevent the rise of the Ancient Ones
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