Comments on: “Don’t Read the Latin!” — ‘The Cabin In The Woods’ Is Serious Meta-fictional Fun http://lovecraftzine.com/2012/09/16/dont-read-the-latin-the-cabin-in-the-woods-is-serious-meta-fictional-fun/ A free online magazine featuring Lovecraftian horror and the Cthulhu Mythos Tue, 21 May 2013 12:35:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Erich Orser http://lovecraftzine.com/2012/09/16/dont-read-the-latin-the-cabin-in-the-woods-is-serious-meta-fictional-fun/#comment-9857 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 02:59:44 +0000 http://lovecraftzine.com/?p=5230#comment-9857 Oh, no debate on my end. Nyarlathotep is certainly the scariest of the entire pantheon, as he acts with malicious intent as opposed to some kind of alien need. He doesn’t appear to enjoy his job, knows it’s an eternal one, and he intends to take it out on mankind and the puny gods of men, and for that matter all creatures great and small. I mean imagine if your boss was Azathoth. Terrifying and completely unresponsive at the same time, and you might just be a dream he’s having, so you can never quit. That would put me in a pretty nasty mood, too, so yeah. Scary guy. No problem with the giant hand.

]]> By: Julia Morgan http://lovecraftzine.com/2012/09/16/dont-read-the-latin-the-cabin-in-the-woods-is-serious-meta-fictional-fun/#comment-9854 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:37:59 +0000 http://lovecraftzine.com/?p=5230#comment-9854 I’ve just ordered it in advance from Amazon Uk. Not from the above link as that’s in the US. I am looking forward to seeing it.

]]> By: martianmigraine http://lovecraftzine.com/2012/09/16/dont-read-the-latin-the-cabin-in-the-woods-is-serious-meta-fictional-fun/#comment-9846 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:57:32 +0000 http://lovecraftzine.com/?p=5230#comment-9846 Larry, AM1200 is an amazing film and the director is a complete sweetheart. He had no problem letting me screen his movie for my HPLs 120th Birthday Celebration & Cthulhu-riffic Cabaret in Victoria back in ’10. Even sent me a poster. It was a huge hit with the audience, that’s for sure. In many ways it’s actually *better* than Cabin.

]]> By: martianmigraine http://lovecraftzine.com/2012/09/16/dont-read-the-latin-the-cabin-in-the-woods-is-serious-meta-fictional-fun/#comment-9845 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:48:00 +0000 http://lovecraftzine.com/?p=5230#comment-9845 Hello. Scott here (I wrote the review)…

Ah, the Hand v. Tentacle debate! Consider the Masks of Nyarlathotep, reflect upon his many million forms. If the Crawling Chaos be the messenger and soul of the Old Ones (and the Outer Gods etc.) then clearly, we should not be troubled or disappointed when it is His mighty Hand that rises from the hell-pit beneath the Cabin. For within that comprehensible (to us) form festers every incomprehensible and foul shape possible. What bursts from the foetid earth in the final seconds of the film is not truly a mere hand… it is the Hand of Nyarlathotep, which is tentacles, feelers, 9-dimensional claws, and a thousand other manifestations of the principle of Grasping. It is the Ultimate Appendage, and I, for one, was pleased as punch to be fingered by It in such a clever manner.

Glad folks are digging the review and the film. I hear there are rumours of a sequel! Cheers!

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]]> By: Erich Orser http://lovecraftzine.com/2012/09/16/dont-read-the-latin-the-cabin-in-the-woods-is-serious-meta-fictional-fun/#comment-9837 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:20:53 +0000 http://lovecraftzine.com/?p=5230#comment-9837 Yes you do. Look below.

]]> By: chrisbaron42 http://lovecraftzine.com/2012/09/16/dont-read-the-latin-the-cabin-in-the-woods-is-serious-meta-fictional-fun/#comment-9801 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 04:33:33 +0000 http://lovecraftzine.com/?p=5230#comment-9801 This was a great movie, even outside of the realm of horror it is one of the best films of the year. We have here exactly what horror should be, a modern mythology that explains high ideals in gross details. I skipped this movie in theaters because it looked so average, but I decided to rent it after a coworker at Dish recommended it as being a smart movie. I added it to my Blockbuster @Home queue online, and it came in the mail yesterday. I was so surprised by what I got, and it instantly became one of my favorite movies released this year. I love renting what I think is a B movie and having it turn out to be something great. I think that that is even the feeling that they were trying to give with this movie, so if you haven’t seen it go out and get it now!

]]> By: Erich Orser http://lovecraftzine.com/2012/09/16/dont-read-the-latin-the-cabin-in-the-woods-is-serious-meta-fictional-fun/#comment-9766 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 04:31:15 +0000 http://lovecraftzine.com/?p=5230#comment-9766 Terrific review, Mr. Jones. My wife and I saw this at the cinema and couldn’t agree with you more. There was a giddy intensity that built throughout, and also a delight in blowing up cliches like an over-inflated party balloon, then releasing them to jet crazily all over the theater. Plus, the phone call from the Harbinger is classic.

]]> By: Larry http://lovecraftzine.com/2012/09/16/dont-read-the-latin-the-cabin-in-the-woods-is-serious-meta-fictional-fun/#comment-9747 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:36:07 +0000 http://lovecraftzine.com/?p=5230#comment-9747 Just bumped it up in my queue. Also, recently watched AM1200; which I found here, or maybe not. That was an awesome movie, I did have to buy it to see it though, I consider it an excellent addition to my collection

]]> By: Anastasia Pierce http://lovecraftzine.com/2012/09/16/dont-read-the-latin-the-cabin-in-the-woods-is-serious-meta-fictional-fun/#comment-9731 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:27:45 +0000 http://lovecraftzine.com/?p=5230#comment-9731 Completely agree with this review. I found this a refreshing new breath of air in the horror genre (and was secretly hoping for a different “big bad”) and loved every minute of it. Even my future psych major daughter found this a great movie. Now to add this to the collection.

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