The Final Girls Horror Trailer - Cabin In The Woods meets Scream

[LineSkiCat14]

Big horror movie fan so I've been following the production of this for a while. Probably more than any movie.

Supposed to be a very self-aware slasher that throws the horror genre on it's head. Tons of classic Horror gore, cameos, and genre-specific laughs, surrounded by a stellar cast (as far as Horror movies go, anyways). Getting great reviews so far, and people are saying it's "Cabin in the Woods meets Scream", which is very high praise. CitW was one of the best Horror movies of the last decade.

Anyways, trailer got released today. Figured I'd share it and see what people think. Don't see how this isn't an insta-classic for the genre, so if you like Horror, definitely check it out.

 

[electricdreammachine_rivals145615]

I'm not sure I'd call this a horror movie. Looks like a comedy to me.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

It's a hybrid for sure. Hard to say what it will be in the end. But there's lots of slasher/gore throughout, along with jump scares. Very self-aware.

 

[WildcatfaninOhio]

It's a hybrid for sure. Hard to say what it will be in the end. But there's lots of slasher/gore throughout, along with jump scares. Very self-aware.

That's the first thing I look for in a movie. It has to be self-aware.

 

[TransyCat09]

Maybe too campy. It Follows was a great horror movie that played with the genre conventions without being over the top

 

[_Chase_]

I only watched about half of the trailer, but this is just a horror parody, no? Basically Scary Movie for white people?

 

[LineSkiCat14]

It Follows was a great movie, but because it was an original idea and very "back to the basics". It was more of a nod to the horror movies of the 80's. For instance, they really never let on to what era it took place. You assume it's modern day, but many of the cars were older. Writers really wanted that sort of "throwback".

CitW, Scream, The Final Girls, and to a more goofy respect Scary Movie are more about flipping the genre upside down, throwing in laughs..

I will say, and should have said this from the start, that I wasn't particularly thrilled with the trailer. They gave away too much, and some of the ideas weren't that original, some even transparent.. The second they introduced the "heroin", you knew she was getting killed in the next 10 seconds..

 

[kybobcat_rivals185207]

If you're a horror film buff, this might be interesting to you.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Kind of. It's going to fall somewhere between Friday the 13th and Scary Movie. It won't be too serious and scary like Ft13th, but won't be one giant joke after another like SM. The best comparison will be Cabin in the Woods, which I highly recommend. Can't give anything away in that movie, but it definitely laughs at itself, scares you, and makes dozens of nods to the horror genre.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Watched The Witch trailer last week. Looks to be really well-done. But these "old spooky haunting stories" have been really played out. I will watch it anyways, might even love it, but I'm skeptical.. especially with quotes like this:

"Feels like watching something we should not be seeing"... really? Sounds like someone whose last horror movie was Psycho.. For horror movie fans that's a tall statement, that very few movies live up to.. like.. A Serbian Film..

 

[Ron Mehico]

I saw a couple of minutes of the trailer, looked like a comedy to me.

 

[Stonewall12]

The op's trailer and the witch both look awful and not scary at all.

 

[JHB4UK]

nah OP, I'm not feeling that trailer that the movie would be entertaining & special, certainly not scary at all.

Reminds me too much of that awful Toby Maguire/Reece Witherspoon one where they transported themselves into a black & white 1950's wholesome show & corrupted it. Shouldn't be mentioned with Cabin in the Woods, which had ironic funny moments but was not a blatant Wayens-level stupid gross out comedy.

 

[elwood_blue]

Horror comedies are awful for the most part. Anybody remember Student Bodies? [sick]

 

[LordEgg_rivals16573]

as much as i try, i think I've just outgrown the horror genre (at least in its current popular form). when something like the exorcist shows up again...ill be back. will say the babadook was great, but was more than typical horror.

 

[electricdreammachine_rivals145615]

as much as i try, i think I've just outgrown the horror genre (at least in its current popular form). when something like the exorcist shows up again...ill be back. will say the babadook was great, but was more than typical horror.

I kind of agree, occasionally a decent horror movie will pop up, seems now a days it's all special effects or blood and gore. To me, the 70's and 80's were when the best horrors were made. The original Halloween was great and never even showed any blood. I did think the Halloween and Texas Chainsaw Massacre remakes were very good, just a different style now.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

I want to believe Horror is back on the up-swing now, I really do. And there's evidence to suggest this. Cabin in the Woods, It Follows, The Babadook, You're Next. Then you have some great slashers for the gore-hounds like Chrome Skull and the Hatchet series. Not top mention at least another dozen or two horror movies over the last few years that were definitely solid.

The 90's and the 2000's got lazy. Obviously there are classics. But also some awful "made-for-TV"-esque movies. Now you're getting almost a mini-revival from some great directors.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

The 2000's and into the 2010's were especially bad. How many haunted house/creepy children/ghost stories that are freaking PG13 can you make?? Hollywood beat this theme to death, all the while we had really only one GREAT slasher film in Hatchet. I don't even think those ever hit theaters. Yet the same year we have to watch Josh Jackson with a spooky camera or some re-hashed possessed exorcism movie.