Released in 2012 (though filmed earlier), The Cabin in the Woods is a American meta-horror film co-written and directed by Drew Goddard, with a screenplay by Joss Whedon. The movie starts like a typical slasher: five college students head to a remote cabin for a weekend getaway. But soon, the film flips the genre on its head by revealing a massive underground facility that controls every horror trope—from zombies and werewolves to mermaids and a murderous zombie redneck torture family.