“Genre Type A with just the right mix of Genre Type B, and the twists of Genre Type C.” Cabin in the Woods (2012) is just this type of genre melting pot, ranging multiple horror subtypes (teen, monster, zombie, slasher,) while even still spanning other genres (thriller, mystery, comedy.) Staiger argues that film genre cannot be “pure,” and never has been, as, the organization of genre study is excessively subjective, and that there is too much variety present in Hollywood. Moreover, what the studio sees is vastly different than what the audience sees, and that until “everyone—from the authors to the distributors and exhibitors to the audiences and critics—agrees on how to categorize films, no hope exists for genre study” (Staiger 188). Although