Last week I wrote about my displeasure with how readily available and blatant Warm Bodies' metaphors were. I think that there's a certain amount of authorial resistance or vagueness that actually adds depth to a piece by leaving open more interpretations by the audience. Warm Bodies was so blatant it was almost a metafiction, like Cabin in the Woods is. They two are really different though, since Cabin in the Woods is metafiction for comedic purposes but also to critique the horror genre and the audience, especially the male audience. I think they do a really good job poking fun at the horror genre (the dissappointed chemist who didn't realize that zombies and redneck backwoods zombie-freaks were different) and the audience (the males gawking at the young woman and one of the directors saying 'you have to keep the audience happy'). Metafiction is especially interesting in horror since it can be used to remove the audience from the story and relieve their anxieties and frights by adding comedic effect, or whatever else. Movies like Tucker and Dale vs Evil do both this as well and are a little less blatant than Cabin in the Woods. Metafiction itself is actually really interesting on its own, because its vaguely narcissistic, involving the audience for the sake of their entertainment. Metafiction seems to rarely exist for the sake of the story. I'm not sure if kids shows like blues clues which are interactive count as Metafictions but I feel like they should.
(If anyone actually reads this I really recommend you watch tucker and dale its on netflix for free and its hilarious)
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