THEN AND NOW: The cast of 'The Cabin in the Woods,' 10 years later

Dana was picked by the Facility — the unnamed corporation sacrificing her friends in order to appease a group of ancient evil gods to prevent the end of the world (yes, really) — as the "Final Girl," a classic horror trope. Of course, if you've seen the movie, you know it doesn't exactly go down that way.

Before "Cabin," Connolly had mainly been known for her work in soap operas like "Guiding Light" and "As the World Turns." She also had small parts in movies such as "Mona Lisa Smile," "Confessions of a Shopaholic," and "The Happening."

Connolly, 41, had her biggest role to date soon after "The Cabin in the Woods" when she played political staffer Christina Gallagher across 17 episodes of "House of Cards." She was on the show from 2013 to 2014.

After that, she starred in the CBS series "Zoo" from 2015 to 2017, played Stephanie Madoff (the daughter-in-law of Bernie Madoff) in the 2017 TV movie "The Wizard of Lies," and she currently recurs on the Paramount+ series "Evil" as Detective Mira Byrd.

Most recently, she had a small role in the Hulu thriller "Deep Water," which stars Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas.

It's arguably Curt's fault that all of this happened — he took his friends to his cabin for a weekend in order to escape their typical college lives. He was designated the Jock, as he was a football player and typical "himbo."

Of course, when "Cabin" was released in 2012, Hemsworth had already made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut as the Viking god Thor in a solo movie the year before, but he hadn't exactly rocketed to the top of the A-list ... yet.

Just a month after the horror film was released, "The Avengers" premiered in May 2012, kicking the MCU and its stars into Hollywood's stratosphere. Also in May 2012, he appeared in "Snow White and the Huntsman."

Before "Cabin" and "Thor," Hemsworth had only appeared in a few projects, like a small role in 2009's "Star Trek," a thriller "A Perfect Getaway," and the Australian soap opera "Home and Away" for three years.

Hemsworth, 38, is now one of the most famous people in Hollywood, boasting 54 million Instagram followers.

He's also been the center of multiple franchises; in addition to the MCU, he starred in the 2016 prequel/sequel "The Huntsman: Winter's War," the 2016 female reboot of "Ghostbusters," and the 2019 standalone "Men in Black: International."

Hemsworth successfully started his own franchise with 2020's "Extraction." The sequel recently finished filming.

He's also set to star in the docuseries "Limitless with Chris Hemsworth" on Disney+ in 2022, in addition to reprising his role as Thor in "Thor: Love and Thunder."

Jules and Curt are manipulated by the Facility's engineers into sleeping together, which every horror fan knows spells certain death for the two of them.

"Cabin" was only Hutchison's second film role. The Kiwi actress had mainly appeared on TV, with roles in "Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior," "Power Rangers Jungle Fury" as the Yellow Ranger, and New Zealand series like "Ride with the Devil," "Go Girls," and the Australian series "Wild Boys."

Hutchison, 36, became something of a "scream queen" after "Cabin," appearing in horror/thriller films such as "Wrecker," "Sugar Mountain," and "Encounter" in 2018 with her "Cabin" co-star Chris Hemsworth's brother Luke.

She also appeared in the third and final season of "Spartacus" in 2013, and recurred in "Anger Management" that year.

Most recently, Hutchison played Morag in the 2019 sequel to "Braveheart," "Robert the Bruce," which saw Angus Macfadyen reprise his role as Robert from the 1995 film.

Marty was seen as the group's Fool just because he was a stoner, but he was scrappy, and he noticed that things weren't what they seemed at the cabin pretty early on.

Kranz had appeared in small roles in films before "Cabin" like "Donnie Darko," "Training Day," and "The Village," but the easiest explanation for his casting in this film is that he had a relationship with screenwriter Joss Whedon.

Kranz starred in Whedon's cult-favorite series "Dollhouse" as Topher Brink from 2009 to 2010.

The same year as "Cabin," Kranz made his Broadway debut alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman in the revival of "Death of a Salesman." Hoffman was nominated for a Tony for his performance.

Kranz, 40, continued to work steadily in both film and TV after the release of "Cabin." He was in "Before I Disappear," "The Truth About Lies," "The Dark Tower," and "Jungleland," to name a few.

But you most likely saw Kranz's name in the news recently for his film 2021 "Mass," which was his directorial debut. He also co-wrote the drama, which starred Ann Dowd, Reed Birney, Jason Isaacs, and Martha Plimpton as two married couples who reconnect six years after a mass shooting that took the lives of both of their sons.

Additionally, Kranz can currently be seen on the HBO Max series "Julia," about the career of Julia Child. Kranz plays Russell Morash, a producer and director for PBS.

Williams played Curt's friend and fellow football player Holden, who was designated as the Scholar, which played out: In the end, it's he and Dana who figure out that their experience is being controlled by some unseen force.

At the time, Williams had already been playing Jackson Avery on "Grey's Anatomy" for three years. He had only made his film debut four years prior in the 2008 film "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2."

He'd also appeared in two episodes of "Greek."

Williams, 40, wrapped up his run as Dr. Avery in 2021 after 11 seasons and 270 episodes, an impressive feat.

He's set to appear in the 2022 superhero film "Secret Headquarters" alongside Owen Wilson, Michael Peña, and Walker Scobell, and the rom-com "Your Place or Mine" with Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher.

In March 2022, he made his Broadway debut in the revival of the play "Take Me Out" in the leading role, Darren.

Jenkins was one of the Facility's employees who tries desperately to kill the five friends via various monsters and horror-movie tropes. As all good villains do, he gets an epic death — he's slaughtered by the Kraken.

Jenkins was one of the most established members of the cast. He already had an Academy Award nomination under his belt for his performance in the 2008 film "The Visitor," and a SAG nomination for his performance in the HBO series "Six Feet Under."

You may also know him from "Step Brothers," "Flirting with Disaster," "Cheaper by the Dozen," "Me, Myself & Irene," "Dear John," and more.

Jenkins, 74, received another Academy Award nomination (along with Golden Globe and SAG noms) for his performance in best picture winner "The Shape of Water."

In 2014, Jenkins won an Emmy for his role in "Olive Kitteridge," his first TV role since 2002.

Recently, he's been in movies such as "Spotlight," "LBJ," "Kong: Skull Island," "The Humans," and "Nightmare Alley," which saw him reunite with "Shape of Water" director Guillermo del Toro.

Whitford played the other main technician, Steve, who gets his neck bitten by a merman. RIP, Steve.

Whitford, at the time, was best known for playing the lovable Josh Lyman on "The West Wing" from 1999 to 2006, a role that saw him nominated for three consecutive Emmys (winning one in 2001).

He had also appeared in films such as "Philadelphia," "The Client," "Billy Madison," and "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," as well as the TV series "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip."

Whitford, 62, is still winning Emmys for his TV roles — he won in 2015 for his role in "Transparent," and again in 2019 for his role in "The Handmaid's Tale." He was nominated twice more in 2020 and 2021 for the Hulu series, as well.

He also starred in the sitcom "Trophy Wife," the dark comedy "Happyish," and the musical-comedy series "Perfect Harmony." Whitford additionally recurred in "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" and "Mom."

Cinematically speaking, Whitford had a memorable role in the 2017 horror film "Get Out," and he also appeared in "Godzilla: King of Monsters." Most recently, he appeared as the legendary lyricist and composer Stephen Sondheim in "Tick, Tick ... Boom!" in 2021.

White's character Truman might be a sly nod to "The Truman Show," another movie about a person who is unknowingly filmed and kept inside a false bubble to control him.

The actor was best known for his roles in "The Family Stone," "The Game Plan," "Stomp the Yard," "I Can Do Bad All By Myself," and the TV series "Men of a Certain Age" before appearing in "Cabin."

White, 46, has continued to work steadily in the intervening decade. He had recurring roles in series like "Scandal," "Mistresses," "Chicago Fire," and "Ray Donovan." White also starred in the CW series "Beauty & the Beast" for one season.

In 2019, he starred in the OWN series "Ambitions" with Robin Givens and Essence Atkins.

Currently, White is starring on two shows on the Urban Movie Channel: "Monogamy," which dropped its third season in 2021, and "Bronx SIU," which earned White two Daytime Emmy nods.

Acker plays Wendy, another employee at the Facility who helps the story run steadily.

It's more of a nod to any Joss Whedon fans who loved Acker as Fred on "Angel," the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" spin-off, from 2001 to 2004, as well as playing Claire on Whedon's series "Dollhouse" alongside costar Fran Kranz.

Acker also starred in the fifth season of "Alias" from 2005 to 2006.

Acker, 45, starred in "Person of Interest" from 2012 to 2016. She also appeared in episodes of "Once Upon a Time," "Suits," "MacGyver," "Grey's Anatomy," and "9-1-1: Lonestar."

She reunited with Joss Whedon and his brother Jed on the ABC series "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." for one episode in 2014.

But her most recent series-regular role was on "The Gifted" alongside Stephen Moyer. The two played parents of mutants in a reality where the X-Men were never formed. The show was canceled in 2019 after two seasons.

Weaver, of course, is one of the most famous Final Girls of all time due to her legendary performance as Ellen Ripley in the "Alien" franchise, which saw Ripley go up against a shady mega-corporation (which didn't get a name until "Aliens") hellbent on gaining absolute power no matter the cost ... which explains why her cameo in "Cabin" as the director of another shady unnamed mega-corporation was just so delightful.

Weaver was also famous for her roles in "Galaxy Quest," "Ghostbusters," "Working Girl," "Dave," "The Village," "Gorillas in the Mist," "Avatar" ... the list goes on.

Weaver, 72, is set to appear in this year's "Avatar" sequel, as well the next two, though it's unclear who she's playing — her character died in the 2009 original.

She's also continued to appear in some of the most high-profile nerd culture universes. She played the big bad of Netflix's Marvel universe in "The Defenders," reprised her role as Dana Barrett in both 2016's "Ghostbusters" and 2021's "Ghostbusters: Afterlife," and had a voice role in the Netflix series "The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance."

Next up, Weaver will also be in Paul Schrader's drama "Master Gardener" alongside Joel Edgerton.