10 Films That Make You The Bad Guy

10. Cabin In The Woods

Cabin In The Woods follows the inner workings of a shady organisation who sacrifice teens to a pantheon of mysterious gods. So far, not a particularly believable scenario. However, the film slaps on whole new levels of meta-commentary as it becomes increasingly clear exactly who these mysterious gods are: us.

It's not enough that the chosen teens are slaughtered - the gods, known as the Ancient Ones, want to be entertained. It just so happens that their favourite form of entertainment is a trope-heavy slasher flick.

Throughout the film, we see the five main characters manipulated into behaving like five horror movie archetypes: the whore, the athlete, the scholar, the fool, and the virgin. The Ancient Ones watch as one by one, they get killed off by a variety of classic movie monsters, rumbling the earth to show their approval. When the teens realise what is going on and put a stop to it all, the Ancient Ones are so upset that they destroy the entire planet.

The Ancient Ones are an obvious analogue for the audience watching, demanding sex, violence, and scenes of a very graphic nature from the onscreen characters. This movie dares to ask the question: how many more fictional teens have to die before we've got our fix?