The Cabin in the Woods

by Susanne Kord

The Cabin in the Woods (2012), directed by Drew Goddard and co-authored by Goddard and Joss Whedon of Buffy-fame, was famously described by co-author Whedon as his 'loving hate letter' to horror. Interviews with Whedon reveal that his struggles with modern cinematic horror are not merely emotional, but intensely philosophical.

This book is the first to read Cabin as a philosophical metatext that asks what horror offers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 180085644X
• ISBN13: 9781800856448
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 128 Pages