Then we have Crispian (AJ Bowen from House of the Devil 2009) the underwhelmed middle son who is introducing new girlfriend Erin (Sharni Vinson) to the family for the first time. Davison is a high strung neurotic, fearful of confrontation and desperately hoping for unity between her offspring. Davison works for a large defense contractor and is on the brink of retirement, and Mrs. ( The Purge being the most recent disappointing example) So let’s paint a family portrait: Mum and dad (Barbara Crampton from Re-Animator fame and Rob Moran) are typical upper crust American white folks, Mr. This is not to say that You’re Next is unoriginal, it’s subtext serves to elevate its resonance above that of other ‘wannabe’ home invasion movies. The film also owes a debt to Michael Haneke’s Funny Games (1997) which is fairly self-evident, it must be said that a large number of recent similarly styled films own the same debt. Dangerous secrets and family dynamics seem to be one of the preoccupations of Danish and Swedish cinema. You’re Next centers around a large family with a dysfunctional dynamic, in a sprawling house filled with secrets.
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You’re Next is directed by American film-maker Adam Wingard, but (in my opinion) is heavily influenced by Scandinavian cinema and film-makers such as Thomas Vinterberg, and Niels Arden Oplev (Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, 2009) I mentioned in my commentary on the trailer that Lions Gate released for the film that You’re Next looks, based on aesthetics and subject matter, as though it could be an American re-make of Festen (1998) (until the blood starts flowing) Watching the full film I found that this statement stands up.
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Under siege, family members must put differences aside to try and escape this high-stress situation alive, something which is easier for some than for others. After meeting girlfriends/boyfriends for the first time and pleasantries are out of the way, the family sits down to dinner where tensions and rivalries erupt into a full-blown argument which is only interrupted when arrows start flying through the window. We are then gradually introduced to a large grown-up family consisting of mother, father, offspring and significant others, who are all converging on the family’s isolated country house for a meal to celebrate their parent’s wedding anniversary. You’re Next starts with some nudity and a couple of gruesome killings perpetrated by a man with a white animal mask in a lonely house in the middle of nowhere. And its a slasher, when was the last time you saw a genuinely good slasher film? I’ll let you think about that one for a while.
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I had started to resign myself to the idea that I was only likely to see one genuinely well made scary movie every couple of years (it’s been a long decade) and then a film like this comes along and blows me away. You’re Next, and I can’t believe I’m saying this so close to my review of The Conjuring last week, is one of the most entertaining horror films I have seen in a long time. For the full experience listen to the tune below while you read, that is if you can stop yourself from getting up and dancing!