What Does the Fox Say?

You’re Next was released to DVD January 14, 2013, was directed by Adam Wingard and written by Simon Barrett.

The story revolves around a family that goes to their vacation house for the weekend to celebrate their parent’s anniversary. Shortly after arriving, they discover they are under attack from a crossbow wielding lunatic who is shooting at them through the windows of the house. I won’t say more about the plot because I do not want to spoil it. I will say it was not a great reveal as I already had an idea of who was behind the attack and why.

However, that did not stop me from enjoying the movie. It was a super fun little film. From the opening scene to the credits it was all-murder all-the-time (Ed Note: We know how you love the murder). Tons of blood; a few creative deaths — even an ax to the face which my editor would appreciate (Ed Note: Nothing like an ax to the face to get the ol’ blood flowing in the morning).

Do not get me wrong, this film had problems.The masks were silly instead of scary; the victims were morons as were the killers; and there was some corny dialogue. Fortunately, none of this took me out of the film. My favorite character (the only one who was not stupid) was the “it girl,” (Ed Note: (c) Friday the 13th) Erin, played by Sharni Vinson. Erin was one BAD ASS bitch! I absolutely loved her. She is who I would want to be in the event I were dropped into a slasher movie or if I were under attack in reality.

Overall, I enjoyed this film regardless of any problems I may have had with it. In my opinion, it was a hyperactive, crazy ride of a film that did not take itself too seriously and at 95 minutes was not too long. I also loved that there was only one song on the soundtrack Dwight Twilley’s “Looking For the Magic”. This song was played repeatedly during the film which gave it a sort of a bizarre touch. Give it a chance — you will not be sorry and if you are, feel free to tell me off in the comments section!

TRIVIA:

– Simon Barrett, the screenwriter, was also the Tiger Mask.

– Ti West and Joe Swanberg both mumblegore (a horror genre) directors have roles in the film.

Little Miss Horror Nerd’s Rating: 4 out of 5