The plot (or as much as can be revealed here with a massive spoiler spill) is thus: A group of five college kids — Curt the jock (Chris Hemsworth, pre-Thor), his girlfriend Jules (Anna Hutchinson), stoner Marty (Fran Kranz), good girl Dana (Kristen Connolly), and brainy nice guy Holden (Jesse Williams), head out to
an isolated cabin in the woods for a nice weekend's debauch.
And instead of the lost - weekend framework (contra Whedon, kids don't road - trip to creaky old
isolated cabins quite like they used to), Alvarez sets his crew of good - looking archetypes escaping
in the
woods in order to monitor the detox of Mia (Jane Levy), a recovering junkie with a family history of mental illness.