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Cabin in the Woods - Conventions of Horror and Sub-genres
Cabin in the Woods is a horror which features a combination of the typical conventions from a variety of subgenres. These subgenres include, slasher, zombies, monsters, werewolves and splatter. The film uses the iconic stock characters of a slasher. The film features 5 teenagers who indulge in certain activities such as drugs and sex. The teenagers are killed as a sacrifice to the Gods, however they do not know this until the end. Their killings are controlled in a technical lab underneath the cabin which is run and controlled by adults who are making the sacrifice. They are killed by the order of adults for their youth and therefore this can be viewed as teen punishment. The teenagers include the blonde slut who is typically the first to die for being promiscuous, therefore supporting this common convention. It also features the final girl, the virgin who survives. However this convention of a slasher is challenged as another male character survives too. However, unlike a us...
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