10 Movies That Turned Out Nothing Like You Were Expecting
4. Cabin In The Woods
Those who approached Cabin in the Woods with their expectations in check were richly rewarded when it revealed its true nature. Just when the audience were rolling their eyes at the slasher cliches before them, the movie mutated into one of the most original horrors of its generation.
Stereotypical teens and done-to-death backdrops quickly make way for force fields, a chamber of horrors containing every monster pop culture has ever dreamed up and sacrifices to appease the Dark Gods of Old.
The Cabin in the Woods trailer only hinted at the tip of the iceberg, positioning the film as a generic slasher movie with a trick or two up its sleeve. Who'd have thought it was hiding a full black magic emporium up there?
The age-old adage about judging books by their covers definitelyapplies here. It's just a shame Cabin in the Woods didn't embrace one horror cliche by spawning sequels.