10 Horror Movie Mistakes Directors Refused To Fix Because The Acting Was Too Good
3. Merman Malfunction - The Cabin In The Woods
Drew Goddard's The Cabin in the Woods ends with a giant hand shooting out of the Earth to initiate the apocalypse.
This is what we call in the business "going over the top", and it turns out that excess is hardwired into this movie's DNA.
During one of the highlights of the film, the part where all the caged monsters escape and run rampant throughout the Facility, technician Steve Hadley meets his horrifying end.
After banging on all movie about wanting to see the "Merman" in action, Hadley ends up getting eaten alive by, you guessed it, the Merman! How exciting for him!
In a really nice visual, the Merman starts ejecting Hadley's blood via its blowhole. And then it keeps ejecting, and ejecting, and ejecting...
What had happened was the pump inside the prop had broken, causing it to spew the red viscous liquid continuously. It was only when the fake blood tanks started to run out that the crew finally intervened.
This blunder was so gory and so in-keeping with the film's mad nature that it was kept in the final cut. Feel sorry for whoever had to mop those floors though.