The Cabin in the Woods Drinking Game Rules

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Use this The Cabin in the Woods drinking game to turn a smart horror night into a full group event. You get the cabin, the creepy cellar, and the classic teen choices, but the movie keeps flipping the script. You watch the ritual play out from two angles, with the kids above and the staff below pulling the strings.

Keep your drink nearby and settle in for 95 minutes of sharp scares and dark laughs. The fun comes from catching the big reveals, the control room chaos, and the moments that feel like a love letter to horror fans. Start the movie, stick with your pace, and let the rules track the mayhem.

The Cabin in the Woods Drinking Game Rules:

  • Take a sip when the group crosses the tunnel into the woods and the phone signal dies
  • Take a sip when the Harbinger at the gas station warns them to turn back
  • Take a sip when a control room tech talks about “the ritual” or “the betting pool”
  • Drink when someone goes into the cellar or the cellar door opens on its own
  • Drink when Dana reads from Patience Buckner’s diary or speaks the Latin out loud
  • Take a sip when Marty makes a weed joke or uses his travel mug
  • Drink when the Buckner family first appears and makes its first kill
  • Take a sip when the control room uses chemicals or gas to change someone’s mood or choices
  • Drink when a two-way mirror, hidden camera, or speaker reveals the cabin is wired
  • Drink when someone says a horror movie “rule” out loud (like splitting up or not going downstairs)
  • Finish your drink when Curt hits the force field on the motorcycle and the escape plan fails
  • Drink when the facility releases a new monster into the cabin area (watch for doors opening and alarms)
  • Finish your drink when the elevator doors open and the monster purge starts
  • Drink when a monster kills a facility worker in the control rooms
  • Finish your drink when the red button gets pressed and the Ancient Ones begin to rise
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About the Movie
Title
The Cabin in the Woods
Released
13 Apr 2012
Rated
R
Runtime
95 min
Genre
Horror
Plot
Five teenagers head off for a weekend at a secluded cabin in the woods. They arrive to find they are quite isolated with no means of communicating with the outside world. When the cellar door flings itself open, they of course go down to investigate. They find an odd assortment of relics and curios, but when one of the women, Dana, reads from a book, she awakens a family of deadly zombie killers. However, there's far more going on than meets the eye.
Language
English, Japanese