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Drew Goddard’s horror comedy, The Cabin in the Woods, joins the likes of Evil Dead II and Scream as a genre send-up that actually works - it’s as funny as it is scary, and it’s the most entertaining film of the year.

Ingeniously deconstructing something as familiar as a horror movie, The Cabin in the Woods turns the genre on its head by introducing a supernatural element of puppet-mastery, giving the power of manipulation over a group of five artificially exaggerated sterotypes to corporate middle management. It’s a devilishly clever concept, but one that never gets in the way of the film’s thesis: horror movies are supposed to be entertaining. The Cabin in the Woods never holds back, in terms of both its humour and its horror.

But then the best send-ups are the ones that wholeheartedly embrace their roots - The Cabin in the Woods does just that.