These films take cabin fever to a new, terrifying level.
Here are our picks for the best horror movies that center the action in a cabin in the woods.
However, once they become disoriented, they are hunted by a ravenous, man-eating bear.D.S.
Bruce Campbell in ‘Evil Dead II’; Chris Hemsworth in ‘The Cabin in the Woods’; Kip Weeks in ‘The Strangers’.Credit:Everett Collection; Diyah Pera/Lionsgate/Courtesy Everett Collection; Universal Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection
Where to watchThe Strangers: Max
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But soon, a group of preppy teens misidentifies them as murderers in a comedy-horror send-up of the genre.D.S.
Where to watchTucker & Dale vs. Where to watchWhat Keeps You Alive: AMC+
Mackenzie Davis in ‘Always Shine’.Everett Collection
Willem Dafoe in ‘Antichrist’.Everett Collection
Missy Peregrym in ‘Backcountry’.IFC Midnight
Cerina Vincent in ‘Cabin Fever’.Everett Collection
Fran Kranz, Chris Hemsworth, and Anna Hutchison in ‘The Cabin in the Woods’.Everett Collection
Burt Reynolds in ‘Deliverance’.Warner Bros/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
Kelly Reilly and Michael Fassbender in ‘Eden Lake’.Everett Collection
Bruce Campbell in ‘The Evil Dead’.Everett Collection
Bruce Campbell in ‘The Evil Dead II’.Everett Collection
Dick Wieand in ‘Friday the 13th: A New Beginning’.Everett Collection
Michael Pitt, Naomi Watts, and Brady Corbet in ‘Funny Games’.Everett Collection
Bojana Novakovic in ‘The Hallow’.IFC Midnight
Kate Siegel (front) and John Gallagher Jr. in ‘Hush’.Netflix
Riley Keough and Christopher Abbott in ‘It Comes at Night’.A24
Riley Keough in ‘The Lodge’.Thimios Bakatakis
Kathy Bates in ‘Misery’.Everett Collection
(From left to right) Sam Troughton, Rafe Spall, Arsher Ali, and Robert James-Collier in ‘The Ritual’.Vlad Cioplea/Netflix
Johnny Depp and John Turturro in ‘Secret Window’.Everett Collection
(Clockwise from upper left) Gemma Ward, Kip Weeks, Laura Margolis, Scott Speedman, and Liv Tyler in ‘The Strangers.Everett Collection
Alan Tudyk and Tyler Labine in ‘Tucker and Dale vs. Evil’.Everett Collection
Brittany Allen in ‘What Keeps You Alive’.IFC Midnight
