It's not a good idea to spend a weekend in the cabin in the woods

It was February when The monkey It arrived in our theaters to invite us to a wild party of chain deaths: for fans of Final destination It served as the perfect prelude to the final installment of the saga, which would arrive three months later. With this new film—the third in less than a year and a half—director Osgood Perkins doesn't abandon the supernatural horror that characterizes his work, but he does move away from the comedic tone of his previous film, inhabiting a chilling setting that will appeal to fans of the genre. folk horror as to those who enjoy stories about witches.

By sketching a description of the characters and the space built on close-ups and with the prominence of an almost hypnotic silence—rarely broken by the force of crystal-clear river water that seems to carry more than just sediment—Perkins draws the viewer into a state of unease. Malcolm's cabin in the woods, the mysterious man she's been dating for a year.

The real and the imaginary blend in this sinister fable about vampiric relationships that recalls the atmospheric hostility of the Austrian duo Franz-Fiala (especially in The lodge). Likewise, Perkins seems to want to replicate the terrifying mechanisms of J-horror in the construction of their creatures. If to Longlegos He once challenged us to list demons; here he takes us on a journey through a bucolic nightmare filled with terrifying traps.