Cabin in the Woods

     Cabin in the Woods reminded me very much of all of the zombie stories we've read. Not in the literal zombies that appear in the movie in the form of the Bucknards, but rather, how uncanny the, for lack of greater clarification, government workers are. While they are in fact, humans, their personalities are rather inhuman. The opening scenes show quite a fair bit of human interaction. We can see the friendship bonds between the two main government workers, who gripe about their home life, talk about life outside of work, and rib their coworkers. In these aspects, they are distinctly human. However, as the movie progresses, their lack of compassion becomes more and more clear. They make jokes about people dying while watching their deaths in stark clarity. They talk casually about suffering, express anger over the survival of sacrifices in other countries, and take bets on the ways in which the sacrifices will die. Worst of all, with the supposed success of the program and the deaths of all five people impending, the government workers bring out bottles of alcohol and celebrate. In these regards, these people area starkly inhuman. They exhibit little sense of morality and compassion, aspects that are largely definitive of humanity. For these reasons, I believe the government workers to be good examples of the uncanny, because of their clearly human form and personalities coupled with their seeming complete lack of actual humanity.