For some reason all people in horror movies are idiots trying to get slaughtered as easy as possible. In this movie as well. The idea of people being locked in a house being terorrized by a group of masked is not quite original either. Not sure why anyone would call this a good slasher. The acting and images are good though.

Or so the saying goes. This film is a perfect example of that.At first we're led to believe that the people attacking this family are masked strangers, but we soon learn that this is a money grab attempt. We have Paul and Aubrey Davison, two successful people who have done well for themselves and their children. They are kind, generous, loving folks who welcome their now grown kids as well as their significant others into their home to celebrate their wedding anniversary.Personally, the blood and gore are nowhere near as gut-wrenching (pun intended) as the premise. Children who grew up with privilege and with warm, supportive parents, yet lack their talent and charisma and are failing miserably at life. It's absolutely sickening to me that these now adult children went so far as to plan these murders ahead of time in the hopes that the police would believe the killers were random strangers so that they would inherit their parents' money.These children lack so little humanity, it's difficult to believe they weren't adopted. After they murder their sister's boyfriend and then their sister, they brutally murder their own mother in her bed while she's devastated over her daughter's death.After they take out their father, the inevitable happens: They turn on each other. Not surprising after the way these grown men behaved before the killings. Spoiled and whiny, generally unlikable people which leads me to wonder what Erin ever saw in Crispian.So we have a group of wonderful people gathered together in what is supposed to be an enjoyable family event, but they are cut down in their prime by those they trusted most. For greed. All in all, I really enjoyed this film and its deeply troubling theme that leaves you wondering who you can trust when those you love turn on you. Coupled with the extremely satisfying ending where Erin delivers some much overdue justice, I give this film an 8 out of 10. The characters are very believable and the actors did a good job in their execution (pun intended). It had enough suspense and the element of surprise to keep me on the edge of my seat and I love the complexity of the villains, instead of the cookie cutter slashers of many films in its genre. I think what gets me the most about this particular film is that there is no tragic backstory on the villains' part. No catastrophic events that brought them to this point. It's simply the deeply flawed nature of the human condition.

I have no clue, something about this movie just always sticks with me! I think it lost some realisticness towards the end, but everything leading up to the.. ummm.. events (lol) was believable. Also the plot twist at the end. Loved what a bad ass the lead female character was, and they did a good job of mentioning how she knew what she did. The ending had me dying!!! I was so pissed!!! hahahhaha But still satisfied.

In the perfect mood for some mindless violence and some gruesome humor, a slasher always seem the obvious choice. Not being a big fan of the genre for the difficulty of making a believable film that brings a real sense of fear, I let myself be guided by the critics and reviews and finally fall for 'You're next', the umpteenth genre redefining movie.Soon I discover that I've been tricked not one, but twice by the siren voices and the empty promises of reviews as little realistic as the film they refer to. The unsavory déjà vu of the dinner scene is a clear reminder that I had seen the movie before, and for good reason not seen it through.Decided to make it to the end credits this time, I give Adam Wingard and his 'You're next' an undeserved second chance. One that would only confirm suspicion that the whole film never gets to achieve a sense of continuity and real threat. What should have -given by how the story unfolds- been a cold blooded, efficient mass murder ends up as some senseless one on one assassinations even amidst the crowd within the mansion. Even the foreseeable plot "twist" mid-film does nothing but kill the little suspense and tension the previous footage had managed to grow.But ultimately, it is the complete absurdity in every character's actions that kills the little effect the film could have produced. From characters standing alone on a room with a corpse even after everyone has left and running out in panic seconds later only to get easily killed; to people standing carelessly right in front of windows or opened doors just minutes after being the target of a hail of crossbow bolts; all through the real and genuine Crocodile Dundee of the film, the expert in survival who goes locking downstairs glass windows - some of them already broken- to prevent bad guys from entering or leaves the axe of an assaulter on the carpet because it's always a wiser idea to defend oneself with a screwdriver.Not only does 'You're next' not revive the slasher genre, but systematically repeats all the big mistakes that make most flicks of the kind dull and repetitive, offering nothing but a bunch of histrionic deaths and a story that lacks both backbone and a smooth skin.