Fans have speculated to have seen the Cyclops in the background during this scene.
The Cyclops is a humanoid Monster kept in the Facility. He was not listed on the whiteboard nor was he seen during the System Purge.
Physical Description and Attributes[]
Tall and presumably very strong, the Cyclops is a humanoid, male creature, originating from legends in Greek mythology.
Cyclops behind the floating leech.
It bears the resemblance of a stereotypical cyclops; he is bald, with one single large eye in the middle of his forehead, and a large mouth with two monster-like fangs on the bottom of its jaw. His ears are long and pointed, similar to an elf's. He wears ragged, pale green clothing with a brown leather belt with a piece of animal fur under it. His skin is very pale and has a green tint to it. Its possible the strength of the Cyclops makes it rivals to the Giant and Giant Woman, and could be considered very fatal if encountered by ordinary humans or if he were to be summoned to the cabin.
It is unknown what item in the Cabin's cellar summons him.
Appearances[]
The Cyclops is seen best in the Cabin in The Woods' Visual Companion; where he is seen pressing his hands up against the glass of his cube prison.
In the film, he is seen on several monitors, very briefly in his cube prison, once behind the Floating Leech Creature and also in the scene where Gary Sitterson and Steve Hadley are looking for Dana and Marty through the cameras.
Many fans have speculated to have spotted the Cyclops during the system purge- during the scene where the Unicorn is chasing a scientist, the Cyclops was said to have been seen chasing an employee of the Facility in the background. However, whether or not this was really the Cyclops is up for debate.
Inspiration[]
In Greco-Roman mythology, the Cyclops/Cyclopes were a primordial race of giants, sons of the gods Ouranos and Gaea, each with a single eye in the middle of his forehead. The name is widely thought to translate to "circle-eyed." Ouranos exiled them to the underworld because of their appearance, but they were freed by Zeus to help him conquer Mount Olympus.
There have been a few horror films to star a Cyclops as the killer monster such as "The Cyclops" (1957), The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) and "Cyclops" (2008). They were also a recurring alien race in the first season of the 60s TV series, "Lost In Space." Cyclopses were also in the The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.