In M. Night Shyamalan's "Knock at the Cabin," a couple and their young daughter take a trip to a secluded cabin. Their peaceful vacation is interrupted by a group of strangers holding deadly weapons. It feels like a familiar hostage horror movie until the shocking revelation that the family must make a devastating choice to prevent the apocalypse.
"Knock at the Cabin" is just one of many films to use the cabin in the woods trope. This sequestered locale buried in the vast, mysterious woods is often the site of violence, confrontation, and hidden secrets in films — particularly the horror genre. It is a space where characters are forced to be together, and there is nowhere to run when they face danger. The wild, remote setting forces protagonists to confront life-altering circumstances and events. Often, these films are intimate with a small cast trapped in the cabin setting.
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"Knock at the Cabin" is just one of many films to use the cabin in the woods trope. This sequestered locale buried in the vast, mysterious woods is often the site of violence, confrontation, and hidden secrets in films — particularly the horror genre. It is a space where characters are forced to be together, and there is nowhere to run when they face danger. The wild, remote setting forces protagonists to confront life-altering circumstances and events. Often, these films are intimate with a small cast trapped in the cabin setting.
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- 2/17/2023
- by Caroline Madden
- Slash Film
When the punishment fits the crime, there always seems to be a sense of kismet. Unfortunately, it happens all too infrequently. The good news is that we have a glorious instance of the punishment fitting the crime in the new short film Burn. Check it out right here, right now.
It's not too often we go out on a limb and guarantee you'll like a short film, but we feel safe in saying that Burn is well worth the five-minute time investment required. Burn was written and directed by Jerry Pyle and stars Tim Abell and Andrew Sheffield. The producer is Jessalyn Haefele with cinematography by Kyle Klütz and makeup/FX by Laura Doolin.
Burn won Best Thriller Short at the Atlanta Horror Film Festival and Most Shockingly Scary Short at Shockfest Hollywood. Do yourself a favor: Scroll down and check out Burn in its complete five-minute glory. You'll be glad you did.
It's not too often we go out on a limb and guarantee you'll like a short film, but we feel safe in saying that Burn is well worth the five-minute time investment required. Burn was written and directed by Jerry Pyle and stars Tim Abell and Andrew Sheffield. The producer is Jessalyn Haefele with cinematography by Kyle Klütz and makeup/FX by Laura Doolin.
Burn won Best Thriller Short at the Atlanta Horror Film Festival and Most Shockingly Scary Short at Shockfest Hollywood. Do yourself a favor: Scroll down and check out Burn in its complete five-minute glory. You'll be glad you did.
- 6/4/2012
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
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