The theme of "Cabin in the Woods" is sacrifice, and pentagrams continue to appear around the theme of sacrifice.
Early human beings believed that all things were dominated by gods, and if the gods were slightly displeased, people would suffer a catastrophe, and when people wanted to ask the gods, they would often sacrifice their lives as a bribe to please the gods.
The mysterious symbol of "Cabin in the Woods" is one of the most representative of horror movies , the pentagram, a pentagram made up of five lines of standard isometric arcs. Because pentagrams can be drawn in one stroke and have the characteristics of equal parts and symmetry at the same time, they are given a lot of symbolic meaning.
In The Code of Da Vinci (Beauty: Dan Brown), Professor Langdon reads the pentagram: "The pentagonal amulet in witchcraft, one of the earliest symbols in the world, was used before the fourth millennium BC. A symbol of nature worship before the birth of Christianity... Early religions were based on the order of nature's divinity, with the goddess Venus and Venus being the same. Goddesses also have a place in the night sky, and the goddesses in the night sky have many names – Venus, Star of the East, Isita, Astati, etc., all of which are dynamic concepts closely related to nature and Mother Earth. ”
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Fashi said suddenly, "Mr. Langdon, the pentagon is obviously related to demons as well. Your American horror films make this clear. ”
Langdon frowned. Thank you so much, Hollywood.
(Excerpt above from The Da Vinci Code Beauty: Dan Brown)
Thank you, Hollywood, for turning what was originally a symbol of love and beauty into a "witch's cross", so as long as you see this symbol appear in horror movies, there is basically no good thing.
But then again, it's not the fault of Hollywood filmmakers, especially horror filmmakers. After all, horror movies are very embarrassing in genre movies, and even if they are made well and acclaimed, they can't take off the hat of "niche movies", which is really difficult to enter the mainstream film industry.
Taking the Academy Awards as an example, there have been 93 editions since its inception in 1929, and only 12 films have won some of them (including films in the genres of "thriller" and "suspense", cf. IMDb), namely:
1. Dr. Incarnate (1932): Best Actor
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
2. Rosemary's Baby (1968) Best Supporting Actress
Genre: Drama / Horror
3, The Exorcist (1973) Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound, it is worth mentioning that the film won the Best Picture / Director / Female Lead / Male Supporting / Female Supporting / Adapted Screenplay / Cinematography / Editing / Sound / Art Direction 10 nominations, this nomination is an amazing number, but also a miracle in the history of horror films.
Type: Horror
4. Jaws (1975) Best Editing, Best Sound, Best Original Music
Genre: Drama/Thriller
5. Omen (1976) Best Original Soundtrack
Genre: Horror/Suspense
6. Alien (1979) Best Visual Effects, Best Art
7. American Werewolf In London (1982) Best Makeup
Genre: Horror/Romance
8. Fly Changer (1986) Best Makeup
9. Alien 2 (1986) Best Sound Editing, Best Visual Effects
Genre: Adventure/Sci-Fi/Thriller
10. The Silent Lamb (1991) Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay
Genre: Crime/Drama/Thriller
11. Black Swan (2011) Best Actress
12. Escape from Desperate Town (2017) Best Original Screenplay
Genre: Suspense/Thriller/Horror
Horror movies are just so unpopular. The consequence of this kind of undesirable is that horror movies are basically B-movies, which is usually said to be B-grade films, that is, low-budget films (not film ratings), no money, can not afford big stars, can not shoot big scenes, then what popular to shoot what, as for whether the things made are rigorous, it is another to say, over time, B-grade films have formed their own set of popular culture.
Six images appear at the beginning of the film, which appear a bit blurry due to the addition of the blood soaking effect.
The first picture
The picture is in a very distinctly Egyptian style, with three people in the picture, one of whom is kneeling in the middle, naked with short hair; behind him stands a man holding a scepter and a small flag, short-haired and white- and white; and in front of him stands a knife-wielding man in a long wig fur dress.
As early as 3000 BC, the Egyptians placed great importance on death and the afterlife, and the sacrifice of the living was a very glorious event during that period, and the carotid artery was cut by the priests who were chosen for sacrifice. The Egyptians believed that Pharaoh was a god, and that it was an honorless honor to go with Pharaoh.
Second picture
I can't help but feel a chill when I see this creepy picture, which is "due" to the divine restoration of this bloody and cruel ritual in the movie "Apocalypse" (directed by Mel Gibson, 2006). The picture depicts the Aztecs' ritual of living sacrifice, in which the priest of the sun god would use a sharp dagger made of obsidian to insert it from the direction of the tenth rib under the heart, cut open the victim's chest, pull out the victim's still beating heart, and hold it high above his head, and the object of sacrifice in the Book of Revelation is called "Kukulkan", the widely believed feather serpent god in Mesoamerican, which is a god related to sowing, harvesting, and harvesting grain.
Third picture
Judging from the plot of the picture, this seems to be the story in the Book of Genesis in which Jehovah ordered Abraham to kill his only son, Isaac, as a sacrifice to himself in order to test his loyalty to himself. In this picture, you can see the pentagram pattern under the seat of the person who received the sacrifice sitting in the middle.
Fourth and fifth images
The two pictures are put together because the first three pictures may still have a source from the perspective of painting style, but the last two pictures are... Seriously suspect that this is the film to make up the original number. The picture still shows the theme sacrifice of the whole film, and it is worth mentioning that in the background of the fourth picture, there is a humanoid figure very similar to that in the film.
Sixth picture
It was written by Peter, an early representative of the Baroque school. Paul. Rubens' oil painting The Fall of the Reverse Angel.
After countless generations of inheritance, the ancient sacrificial site has been replaced by a high-tech base.
In the dialogue between the Alien Mother and the two survivors, it can also be seen that the ancient inheritance and sacrifice of the ritual is to appease the ancient gods to save all mankind, according to the logic of "The Cabin in the Woods", the mission fails... There seems to be no way for humanity to be saved.
How could this seemingly elaborate sacrificial plan fail?
Got the wrong object and order?
Allow me to reserve my opinion on this inference, but I don't know why the movie is so arranged, the logic of watching horror movies or B-grade movies is sometimes not so important, and the ultimate purpose of watching movies is entertainment, too serious is not fun.