You're Next is the second major house invasion movie of 2013, after 'The Purge'. Now, 'The Purge' is an awful, awful, truly horrendous movie, so bad in fact that it's on my worst movies of 2013 list. Not only is You're Next a much better movie than 'The Purge', it's by far the best horror movie of the year.
Certain parallels can be drawn between You're Next and 2012′s 'The Cabin In The Woods'. Both movies start off as fairly generic horror movies specific to the type of movie they are; in the case of You're Next it's a home invasion movie. But they soon turn into something much different and entirely more original than we were initially lead to believe. Even the generic stuff in You're Next is done excellently and to a much higher quality than most other movies do it. The script is very unique and original, with good characters and a satisfying twist at the end.
The acting is good as well. Seeing as there are a lot of characters in a relatively short movie, not all of them get much screen time. Sharni Vinson plays Erin, the character who we spend the most time with and she is excellent in the role. A movie like this doesn't give much opportunity to showcase acting talent but all of the characters are good in their roles.
I didn't find You're Next to be scary at all, however I rarely find horror movies to be scary. In fact, I found You're Next to be a hell of a lot funnier that I expected it to be, I laughed quite hard on a few occasions. Adam Wingard does an excellent job directing, the cinematography is great and there are some really nice shots and cuts. The movie is very unpredictable, I never knew where the plot was headed and the soundtrack is also excellent. I strongly recommend you watch You're Next, it's incredibly entertaining and I wouldn't be surprised to see it become a cult classic in the future.
Certain parallels can be drawn between You're Next and 2012′s 'The Cabin In The Woods'. Both movies start off as fairly generic horror movies specific to the type of movie they are; in the case of You're Next it's a home invasion movie. But they soon turn into something much different and entirely more original than we were initially lead to believe. Even the generic stuff in You're Next is done excellently and to a much higher quality than most other movies do it. The script is very unique and original, with good characters and a satisfying twist at the end.
The acting is good as well. Seeing as there are a lot of characters in a relatively short movie, not all of them get much screen time. Sharni Vinson plays Erin, the character who we spend the most time with and she is excellent in the role. A movie like this doesn't give much opportunity to showcase acting talent but all of the characters are good in their roles.
I didn't find You're Next to be scary at all, however I rarely find horror movies to be scary. In fact, I found You're Next to be a hell of a lot funnier that I expected it to be, I laughed quite hard on a few occasions. Adam Wingard does an excellent job directing, the cinematography is great and there are some really nice shots and cuts. The movie is very unpredictable, I never knew where the plot was headed and the soundtrack is also excellent. I strongly recommend you watch You're Next, it's incredibly entertaining and I wouldn't be surprised to see it become a cult classic in the future.