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human
[Cabin in the Woods] Does this movie encourage the idea that all/most horror movies happen in the same reality as appeasement for the old gods?

At least the relatively generic horror movies involving Woods and a cabin of whatever potential outcome the simulation allows.

It would certainly explain consistently stupid behavior in most horror films.
gpt
That's the basic idea, but it's not just cabin stories.  The Japanese sacrifice (which failed) involved kids in a school and a creepy long-haired ghost.  Presumably the other ritual sites had things inspired by (or the inspiration for) the horror tropes of their own cultures.