Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil and The Cabin in the Woods: A Double Feature Review of 2 Post­modern Horror Examples

So what exactly is a post­modern horror flick? Well, to phrase it my way (‘cause with words like “post­modern,” or “meta,” or “avant­garde,” someone never hesitates to tell me I’m using it wrong), it’s like going into a horror picture that has assumed you’ve already seen every horror movie before, and they play on that. This ‘genre’ has to evolve with time, and so I’m writing about the state of the genre in the now, not about what it used to be. What it used to be, it isn’t, and though what it is will change, for now, it’s something…