The Blackening (2022) and The Cabin in the Woods (2011) | Summer "Camp"

In this meta horror commentary edition of Summer "Camp" we are talking about The Blackening and The Cabin in the Woods!

Discussion points include how The Cabin in the Woods has aged over the past decade-plus and how we feel about its messaging now, The Blackening's unexpected hopefulness and positioning within both the meta-horror and the Black film spaces, and how both films take a classic, even cliched, horror premise and turn it on its head.

We also talk about this particular type of horror setting and why it's so pervasive in the genre, as well as our favorite types of horror settings.

And of course, we spend way too long talking about the things we've been watching, but this time we have two weeks to catch you up on!

Further Reading:

Postmodern nihilism in The Cabin in the Woods

Variety interview with DeWayne Perkins

The Blackening review

Horror references in The Cabin in the Woods

Join us for our final Summer "Camp" episode on Jupiter Ascending and Attack of the Clones! Follow us on Instagram if you dare.