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And the Winners of Movieline’s Cabin in the Woods Horror Haiku Contest Are…

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Thanks to all who played along in our epic Cabin in the Woods poetry contest! After careful deliberation over your many incisive and witty horror-themed submissions , Movieline’s editors have selected the five best haikus of the bunch; read the winning selections — all of which, yes, will receive that coveted Cabin in the Woods expanding bong — after the jump. Cabin in the Woods spoilers follow, so beware! Movieline pored over submissions from the comments section, on Facebook, and on Twitter, and selected one grand prize winner and four runners up to honor for their supreme sacrifices tributes to the horror haiku gods. The Grand Prize Winner, who will be receiving a prize pack including a Cabin in the Woods t-shirt, visualization “movie tie-in” book, the novelization, a signed poster, AND the official Cabin in the Woods bong, is… Andrew Myers ! Here’s Andrew’s winning submission — a clever takeaway from Cabin in the Woods and really, a lesson to us all. Ancient wisdom says: Go check out the basement, but Don’t read the Latin. Congrats also go to our four runners-up, who will be receiving t-shirt, a poster, and the Cabin in the Woods bong: Dan Kahan : On the prowl for love Faceless ballerina girl Danced into my heart Antonio : Ultimate horror Is not zombies or clowns, but Sigourney Weaver Jered : Werewolves stalk Big Ben One of them does not belong From across the pond Shane : Five teens in the woods. Sex? Drugs? Sure. But don’t forget Killer unicorns. Give all of our winners a high-five for their haikus. Put those prizes to good use, friends.

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Weekend Receipts: Hunger Games Slays Lukewarm Stooges and Co.

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

This is getting a little ridiculous: The Hunger Games claimed its fourth straight weekend box-office win on Sunday, mopping the floor with weak-sauce competition including The Three Stooges , Cabin in the Woods , and a brutally performing Lockout . Your Weekend Receipts are here. 1. The Hunger Games Gross: $21,500,000 ($337,070,000) Screens: 3,916 (PSA $5,490) Weeks: 4 (Change: -35.1%) Where will it end? One can only presume that Zac Efron and Nicholas Sparks will tag team to knock this off the top next week with The Lucky One , but I’m more preoccupied with The Hunger Games ‘ foreign tally — $194 million and counting, with late European markets (including Spain and Italy) still to come. Is a $650 million global take doable? $700 million? And can you believe how much money Gary Ross walked away from for the sequels? Oy. 2. The Three Stooges Gross: $17,100,000 (new) Screens: 3,545 (PSA $4,918) Weeks: 1 Speaking of “oy”… Not terrible, I guess, for recycled slapstick from the mid-20th century, though it clearly needed more nun-kini . 3. The Cabin in the Woods Gross: $14,850,000 (new) Screens: 2,811 (PSA: $5,283) Weeks: 1 I can only imagine the surprise of Lionsgate accountants this morning as they pore over their box-office spreadsheets, scroll down from the Hunger Games numbers, and quizzically exchange glances about this strange other movie their studio opened last Friday. I think is what they call “gravy” in Hollywood. 4. Titanic 3D Gross: $11,625,000 ($44,419,000) Screens: 2,697 (PSA: $4,310) Weeks: 2 (Change: -32.7%) No, wait — this is what they call gravy. Relatively slight drop, though, for a 3-D film, which could mean a surprising showing next week against top-five hopeful Chimpanzee . Also: I can’t believe I just wrote that sentence. 5. American Reunion Gross: $10,700,000 ($39,900,000) Screens: 3,203 (PSA $3,341) Weeks: 2 (Change: -50.3) Whatever. 9. Lockout Gross: $6,250,000 (new) Screens: 2,308 (PSA $2,708) Weeks: 1 And goodbye, Guy Pearce, action hero . We hardly knew ye. [Figures via Box Office Mojo ] Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .

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Write a Horror Haiku, Win a Cabin in the Woods Bong (and More) [UPDATED]

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

In honor of today’s horror extravaganza Cabin in the Woods , pen a masterful horror-themed haiku and you could win a bounty of Cabin swag! Included in the grand prize: A Cabin t-shirt, a signed poster, the visualization “movie tie-in” book, the novelization (so you can understand the twists and turns and surprises at hand), and your very own Cabin in the Woods expanding bong (to, um, help you expand your mind and grasp what writer-producer Joss Whedon and director Drew Goddard are doing in this ultra meta-horror send-up). [ UPDATE 4/16, 9:30 a.m. ET : The deadline has moved up! Read on for details…] Cabin in the Woods is best left unspoiled, but suffice to say it’s about a cabin… in the woods… where a group of unsuspecting coeds arrive one weekend, unprepared for what’s to come. (Read Movieline’s spoiler-free review here , or this spoilers-redacted SXSW report , for more.) Chris Hemsworth , Anna Hutchison, Kristen Connolly, Jesse Williams, Fran Kranz, Richard Jenkins, and Bradley Whitford star. The rules are simple: Submit an original haiku (using the 5-7-5 format) inspired by either Cabin in the Woods or your favorite horror classic , in the comments below or on Facebook / Twitter . One grand prize winner will receive the following prize pack: (1) Shirt (1) Bong (1) Visualization “Movie Tie-in” Book (1) Novelization (1) Signed Poster But wait! FOUR runners-up will win a t-shirt, a poster, AND the coveted Cabin in the Woods bong. That’s five chances to get your hands on the best (and arguably most useful) piece of movie swag to come along in a while. So hop to it, folks! Get your horror haiku on now . [ ED. NOTE : Due to site maintenance (including a commenting outage) Monday morning PT/afternoon ET, this contest will close earlier than originally expected. See details below.] Contest closes Monday, April 16 at 5pm ET/2pm PT 12pm ET/9am PT . Entries must include an email address for contacting winners. Winner must be located in the U.S. Only one submission per person.

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Write a Horror Haiku, Win a Cabin in the Woods Bong (and More)

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

In honor of today’s horror extravaganza Cabin in the Woods , pen a masterful horror-themed haiku and you could win a bounty of Cabin swag! Included in the grand prize: A Cabin t-shirt, a signed poster, the visualization “movie tie-in” book, the novelization (so you can understand the twists and turns and surprises at hand), and your very own Cabin in the Woods expanding bong (to, um, help you expand your mind and grasp what writer-producer Joss Whedon and director Drew Goddard are doing in this ultra meta-horror send-up). Cabin in the Woods is best left unspoiled, but suffice to say it’s about a cabin… in the woods… where a group of unsuspecting coeds arrive one weekend, unprepared for what’s to come. (Read Movieline’s spoiler-free review here , or this spoilers-redacted SXSW report , for more.) Chris Hemsworth , Anna Hutchison, Kristen Connolly, Jesse Williams, Fran Kranz, Richard Jenkins, and Bradley Whitford star. The rules are simple: Submit an original haiku (using the 5-7-5 format) inspired by either Cabin in the Woods or your favorite horror classic , in the comments below or on Facebook / Twitter . One grand prize winner will receive the following prize pack: (1) Shirt (1) Bong (1) Visualization “Movie Tie-in” Book (1) Novelization (1) Signed Poster But wait! FOUR runners-up will win a t-shirt, a poster, AND the coveted Cabin in the Woods bong. That’s five chances to get your hands on the best (and arguably most useful) piece of movie swag to come along in a while. So hop to it, folks! Get your horror haiku on now . Contest closes Monday, April 16 at 5pm ET/2pm PT . Entries must include an email address for contacting winners. Winner must be located in the U.S. Only one submission per person.

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