Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Drew Goddard

The series also spawned a handful of spin-off titles, including a Tales of the Vampires follow-up and one-shots focusing on Willow and Riley. The series was originally supposed to consist of about 25 issues, but eventually expanded to a 40-issue run. The series was followed by Season Nine in 2011. It is produced by Joss Whedon, who wrote or co-wrote three of the series arcs and several one-shot stories. The series serves as a canonical continuation of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and follows the events of that show's final televised season. Art by Jo Chenīuffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight is a comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics from 2007 to 2011. He shaped so much of my aesthetic that it’s been fun for us to work together.Trade paperback cover of The Long Way Home.

So I came to our relationship as a person who revered Joss Whedon, so much so that I managed to weasel my way into getting a job working for him. It was like someone was finally making this television show that I’ve always dreamed about. Buffy came on air when I was in college, and when I first saw it, it was like a bomb went off. What is it about your chemistry that keeps bringing you back together?ĭG: I think we have similar worldviews and similar aesthetics in terms of what we like. MM: You and Joss previously worked together on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. The stress becomes much more about logistics, in terms of ‘How do we pull this off?’ But in the course of making Cabin, I never once questioned the story itself. When you have that security in something, it definitely alleviates all of that stress. When Joss first pitched me the basics of Cabin and the three-act structure, I knew it was solid and that we wouldn’t have to change it. I’ve now been around for over 100 story breaks on episodes, and you know when the fundamentals of a story are strong…That’s always the hardest part, getting the story. Were there any moments where you second-guessed yourselves and thought that things might not work out the way you originally planned?ĭG: The thing I learned from TV is that you know when you’ve got a good structure.

Thinking about those issues definitely inspired The Cabin in the Woods.

Certainly horror movies became an extension of that, at least in my view. Joss and I talked about how a lot of our myths in general – depending upon who’s in charge at the time – end up being end up being these morality tales to make youth feel bad about themselves. Since the beginning of time, in terms of humanity, there has been this need to marginalize and compartmentalize the youth of any generation and make them feel bad for rebelling against the norms and punish them for it. It’s not just horror movies or slasher movies.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Drew Goddard