25 Greatest Easter Eggs From The Last 20 Years Of Horror
6. Cabin In The Woods
The sheer breadth of horror movie monsters, murderers and genetically-mutated animals witnessed during one scene of mass carnage in Cabin In The Woods has been analysed a lot. If theres one example to epitomise the notion of easter eggs and hidden messages its Drew Goddards meta-twisting scarefest.
A list of the beasties is seen inside the control room on a whiteboard behind Sitterson (Richard Jenkins) as he rallies his co-workers to bet on which monster will be selected to kill the five college kids. The inevitable breaking loose of hell later on means every one of the big bads gets the opportunity to slaughter and the audience gets chance to spot how many figures they recognise from the genre.
There is one thats not included on the board seen on screen for a fraction of a second, that fans of writer Joss Whedons Firefly will recognise. A reaver can be spotted briefly before the shot switches to the room its attempting to enter where inside a woman blows her brains out. Another reference to a similar fate for a character in the Firefly movie, Serenity, who takes exactly the same action.