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| Fisherman's Warning |
Ed Swanson (left) and his father-in-law, Bob Griffin, were the last people to see the three student filmmakers before their fateful trek in the Black Hills. "I've heard the myth," scoffed Swanson when they interviewed him, while Griffin had unshakeable views of his own: "Anybody worth their salt around here knows that this area's been haunted by that old woman, for years, (you) darn fool kids will never learn."
Scenes like this are what The Cabin in the Woods was referencing when Sitterson (Richard Jenkins) explains the function of a Harbinger as a character that "practically wears a sign, 'YOU WILL DIE'" and the protagonists "have to choose to ignore..."
Granted Bob Griffin is not as theatrical as, say, Crazy Ralph in Friday the 13th, but he nonetheless serves as the final warning before Donahue, Leonard, and Williams venture into the Black Hills and disappear.
You got to have that final moment where the story asks the protagonists, "Are you sure you want to do this?" Before it can continue.
Because, as Sitterson and Hadley explained, if they don't transgress, they can't be punished.
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