The Cabin in the Woods

"Not since Scream has a horror movie subverted the expectations that accompany the genre to such wicked effect as 'The Cabin in the Woods'" 

"'The Cabin in the Woods' does have some genuine scares, but they're not really the point. This is like a final exam for fanboys (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" 

"Can you laugh and shriek at the same time? Yeah, baby. Scream proved that back in 1996. But Cabin goes deeper (...) Every cliché Cabin pitches is likely to come back and bite you in the ass (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)" 

"However smart and sophisticated this film is, it may disappoint those who, in their hearts, would still like to be genuinely scared (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)" 

"The laughs come easily, the screams not so much. It's as if the filmmakers got so wrapped up in the satire they forgot to include the intense sensation of rising dread that creates all the thrills and chills that are part of the attraction" 

"Whedon and Goddard bake their cake and eat it too. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)" 

"Novelty and genre traditionalism often fight to a draw (...) And despite the evident ingenuity and strenuous labor that went into it, 'The Cabin in the Woods' does not quite work." 

"Effects work is slick (...) It's just too bad the movie is never much more than a hollow exercise in self-reflexive cleverness that's not nearly as ingenious as it seems to think."