The Cabin in the Woods meme is inspired by the 2011 meta-horror film of the same name. It specifically utilizes the scene featuring the facility's betting board, where employees wager on which supernatural creature or horror trope will be released to hunt the protagonists. Online, this template is used to categorize different choices, stereotypes, or chaotic events into a list of 'monsters.' It gained significant popularity on Reddit and Twitter as a versatile format for satirizing fandoms, political groups, or everyday annoyances by presenting them as horror entities to be selected.