'The Cabin In The Woods' heads into cinemas on general release tomorrow (April 13, 2012) buoyed by the good will and generous praise of critics, who've largely flocked to the horror film, penned by Joss Whedon, that takes the tried and trusted method of putting five people in a remote surrounding and letting them fend for themselves among various unhinged atrocities.

Time Magazine leads the charge, stating "Cabin goes beyond the parody of the Scream franchise into darker, richer territory," with Time Out commenting "It's ... remarkable to see a mainstream movie touch on so many fascinating, powerful ideas without losing sight of its prime directive: to scare the socks off its audience." Empire Magazine meanwhile points to the fun aspect of the film, stating that the Lionsgate produced flick is "For horror hounds who love a larf, and those of us who always wondered exactly what that dry-ice stuff that rises out of the forest-floor moss is," while Variety went further, saying "Not since Scream has a horror movie subverted the expectations that accompany the genre to such wicked effect as The Cabin in the Woods."

However it hasn't all been positive for 'The Cabin In The Woods' with the Village Voice ranting "More than anything else, Cabin feels like the endgame of so-called fanboy culture in the way in which it is first and foremost about itself, interested only in a fundamental adherence to rules of its own devising and fenced off from the world at large."