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S hort version:   Teenagers/victims go into woods to  party. They  pass a small burial ground  purposefully   de stroying   it. K urt  becomes  possessed. Kurt  shows signs and  Clara  asks if  he's  okay then take to walking him home. They 'get busy' before  Kurt  strangles her  to  death. Wade  Terrence  and  Alyssa  find the body then split up to find  Kurt  (see if  he's  okay/alive). Alyssa passes burial area discovering a key necklace attached to tree ( unlocks box in the hollow of the bottom of the tree ) Terence decides to kill Wade using a beer bottle. Terence tries to dispose body but is found by  Kurt  and killed by knife to the throat. Alyssa returns and sees  Kurt  over wade and  Terence's  bodies. She and Kurt fight. She kills him with the fire poker through his  nec k . Her body then becomes  possessed  making there no final girl resulting in an  open  end.   Long version:   A small group of teenagers - Alyssa, Clara  , Luca

I n The cabin in the woods one of the themes raised in the film is teen punishment. The first piece of evidence for this is that the gamblers say "they don’t transgress" , "they can't be punished". This raises the idea that if  the characters didn’t participate in:   sex, alcohol , drugs  or violence then they would be spared. However at the end it is shown that they would die regardless. The sub text to this is as they are teenagers they were going to die due the control of outside forces other than their own   and considering the adults were in  charge , that the adults  should have been punished in the end. This is also shown when patience (the last redneck zombie) bypasses Dana on the stair case and instead kills the woman in charge of the  sacrificial ritual to 'the old ones' . Another theme that is raised is gender and sexuality. In some parts of the film such as the beginning when Holden witnesses Dana changing outfits.  i nstead of giving  in and

In 'the cabin in the woods' the film uses the conventions of different sub-genres. The film does this initially by introducing five stock characters seen in the horror genre – Dumb blonde, jock , fool , nerd and the virgin or final girl they distort these characters by giving them unusual traits. They synthetically made the blonde less cognitive in her thinking. The jock is also smart as is the stoner. Cross cutting is used to show the buildup of the film. One scene in which the controllers of the gamble say "they don’t transgress" "they can't be punished" suggests that the film is not about teen punishment ( this is also linked to how the 'virginal' character is not a virgin but is still the final girl). The film also uses conventional locations – a secluded cabin. Which is typical of the slasher genre, however the aggressors are at first the zombies. The zombies are also shown to be unconventional as they do not bite their victims; instead tort

1. Religious Symbols    Used to show good versus evil and good versus evil. Can be used to show man playing god or fighting inners demons.  Religious  artifacts show belief in something greater than humanity.   2. Symbols of Death –  shown by   representative objects, such as coffins, gravestones, skeletons, angels of death, and so forth. C an show  confusion between life and death,   so objects can help symbolize who is on which side.    3. Light –  Light can symbolize many things, such as hope, transition, escape, and even death  Candles, lanterns, and flashlights are common sources of light in horror, as the light can only be cast so far .   4. Colors –  Many films use color to symbolize themes and the powers of good and evil.  I.E.  Red is often associated with evil,    5. Weapons –   . Weapons have phallic symbolism that suggests masculine power and the woman that outsmarts the villain essentially castrates him.it  is most powerful when it r