This idea of horror being meta is very visible, particularly in this weeks screening of The Cabin in the Woods – self reflexivity within the horror genre has been something I feel horror has been doing for as long as I have been watching. Growing up watching Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer etc. were all very self aware of genre conventions and how the audience perceived them. Though what is interesting within the newer films such as Cabin in the Woods is the idea of toying with the modern technologies of today’s society.  The fear of being watched, the need to publicise everything – an overall paranoia. This kind of portrayal is what I find most intriguing about genres – is there ability to clearly reflect the time and culture of their production. On the psyche of the times. This consciousness of being engaged with technology and using that to incorporate into the horror genre is an excellent example of when we see a tension between honest feelings and reflections of our society, intertwined into films. This is what makes them so priceless as artefacts.