With M. Night Shyamalan's Knock at the Cabin now in theaters, we rank the best horror films set in a cabin in the woods.
There’s nothing more frightening than being trapped alone with an unstoppable evil force. As a result, many horror filmmakers have set their stories primarily in a small, lonely cabin in the woods, where the protagonists have little chance of escaping from their uninvited guests, who range from knife-wielding murderers to supernatural entities.
While there isn’t a supernatural monster creating havoc in this film, at least not one that’s visible, the story subverts expectations by making fear and paranoia the real monsters. It Comes at Night is a harrowing and suspenseful tale about two families who slowly tear each other apart as an invisible force threatens to infect them all. The film only became more relevant due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the chaos it wrought.
5. Hush Modern horror master Mike Flanagan presents a unique kind of thrillr with this underrated Netflix gem. Hush follows a deaf and mute writer who is hunted by a crossbow-wielding killer throughout her secluded cabin. Much like Don’t Breathe and A Quiet Place, this film crafts great scares and suspense using the protagonist’s inability to hear and speak.
Director Rob Reiner’s movie also keeps the audience invested as Sheldon fights to stay alive in Wilkes’ mountain home, all while spending most of the film in a bed or a wheelchair. It’s a cabin horror movie that draws its scares from the cold hard fact that the monster isn’t a demon, but rather a fan who takes her love for her idol way too far.
2. The Evil Dead This classic film from director Sam Raimi very much started the trend of cabin-based horror movies. When five friends stay at a creepy old house in the woods, they discover a tape translating the Necronomicon and inadvertently awaken an ancient Kandarian demon.
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