You're Next

This article is about the 2011 American film. For the 2010 novel by Gregg Hurwitz, seeYou're Next (novel).

You're Next
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Adam Wingard
Written by	Simon Barrett
Produced by	Keith Calder Jessica Wu Simon Barrett Kim Sherman
Starring	Sharni Vinson Nicholas Tucci Wendy Glenn A. J. Bowen Joe Swanberg Barbara Crampton Rob Moran
Cinematography	Andrew Droz Palermo
Edited by	Adam Wingard
Music by	Jasper Justice Lee Kyle McKinnon Mads Heldtberg Adam Wingard
Production companies	HanWay Films Snoot Entertainment
Distributed by	Lionsgate
Release dates	September 10, 2011(2011-09-10)(TIFF) August 23, 2013(2013-08-23)(United States)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1million
Box office	$26.9million

You're Nextis a 2011 Americanslasher filmdirected and edited byAdam Wingard,written bySimon Barrettand starringSharni Vinson,Nicholas Tucci,Wendy Glenn,A. J. Bowen,Joe Swanberg,Barbara CramptonandRob Moran.The plot concerns an estranged family under attack by a group of masked assailants during a family reunion.

Produced on a low budget,You're Nexthad its world premiere at the2011 Toronto International Film FestivalMidnight Madness programand was theatrically released on August 23, 2013, in the United States. The film grossed over $26 million from a $1 million production budget and has since gained acult following.

Plot

The film opens with a couple, Talia and Erik Harson, having sex. After a shower, Erik finds "you're next" written on the window in Talia's blood; her body is lying dead on the ground. An attacker wearing a lamb mask kills Erik with a machete.

Erin accompanies her boyfriend, Crispian Davison, to his family reunion at their vacation home in ruralMissouri.Present are Crispian's parents Aubrey and Paul, Crispian's older brother Drake and his wife Kelly, Crispian's younger siblings Felix and Aimee, and their partners, Zee and Tariq, respectively.

During dinner, someone shoots crossbow bolts through the window, one of which hits Tariq and kills him. The survivors discover that theircell phone receptionhas been jammed. Aimee runs outside for help but runs into agarrote wirewhich slices her throat, killing her. Another intruder in a fox mask murders Aubrey with a machete after she departs to sleep, leaving the words "you're next" in blood on the wall.

Kelly flees the house, going to Erik's house nearby, where she finds Erik's corpse. Lamb Mask kills her by driving an ax into her head. Crispian leaves the house to look for help. Tiger Mask attacks Erin but she stabs his arm then crushes his skull with a meat tenderizer.

Paul finds sleeping bags, food wrappers, and bottles of urine in the closet, indicating the killers have been staying in the house for some time. Fox Mask slits his throat, killing him. It is revealed that Felix and Zee hired the assassins to murder the family so they could collect their inheritance. Lamb Mask finds Tiger Mask's corpse and goes into a rage. He discovers a wounded Drake but retreats after Erin stabs him with a screwdriver. Erin sets up nail traps, explaining to Zee that she grew up in asurvivalistcompound where she learned combat and survival skills. Felix kills Drake out of pity by stabbing him with screwdrivers.

Erin jumps through a window to escape Fox Mask, injuring her leg. Lamb Mask is injured by one of her nail traps. Erin overhears an argument between Felix, Zee, Fox Mask, and Lamb Mask, revealing that Lamb Mask and Tiger Mask were brothers. She is able to ambush and kill Lamb Mask by stabbing him.

Realizing she cannot outrun Fox Mask with a wounded leg, she sets a trap at the front door where an axe would fall and kill anyone who opens the door. Fox Mask is undeterred by this trap, but is lured into the basement and killed with a log. Zee and Felix attempt to kill Erin, but she kills Felix by shredding his head with a blender before stabbing Zee. Felix's cell phone rings and Erin answers without speaking. Believing he is speaking to Felix, Crispian reveals his involvement in the scheme. Erin confronts him when he returns. Crispian explains that she was never meant to be targeted and attempts to bribe her into staying quiet. Horrified that he would sacrifice his family for money, she kills him by stabbing him in the neck and eye.

A police officer arrives and shoots Erin in the shoulder, having seen her kill Crispian. He attempts to enter the house and falls victim to Erin's axe trap, with the axe swinging at his head just as the movie cuts to a blood-splattered "You're next".

Cast

• Sharni Vinsonas Erin
• Nicholas Tuccias Felix Davison
• Wendy Glennas Zee
• A. J. Bowenas Crispian Davison
• Joe Swanbergas Drake Davison
• Rob Moranas Paul Davison
• Barbara Cramptonas Aubrey Davison
• Sarah Myers as Kelly Davison
• Amy Seimetzas Aimee Davison
• Ti Westas Tariq
• Lane Hughes as Tom / Fox Mask
• L.C. Holt as Craig / Lamb Mask
• Simon Barrettas Dave / Tiger Mask
• Larry Fessendenas Erik Harson
• Kate Lyn Sheilas Talia
• Calvin Reeder as Officer Trubiano

Production

Development

Barrett wrote the film after Wingard told him that he wanted to do a home invasion movie, noting that they were the only films that still truly frightened him.

From there, Barrett wrote a script inspired byAgatha Christiemysteries as well as a combination ofscrewball comediesand chamber mysteries.Barrett would later note thatA Bay of Bloodwas probably in the back of his mind when writing the film, although he only realized this after the fact.

Wingard credited the film's humor to Barrett's sense of humor and cynicism. Some of the dinner conversations were improvised and based on real-life experiences the filmmakers had with family members.

Filming

The film was shot in 2011 at a mansion inColumbia, Missouri.Filming took place over four weeks, and shooting consisted mostly of night shoots filmed from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.

Release

Sharni Vinson(center) alongside some fans.

You're Nextpremieredon September 17, 2011 at the2011 Toronto International Film Festivaland opened at otherfilm festivalslater.

Region	Release date	Festival
Canada	September 10, 2011	Toronto International Film Festival
United States	September 24, 2011	Fantastic Fest
France	September 4, 2013	World-wide release

Four days after its premiere,Lionsgateacquired American, British, and Canadian distribution rights to the film for $2 million.The film was part of the competition during the 20th edition of the international festival of fantastic movies at Gerardmer (France) in February 2013, and it won theSyfyprize of the event.

Box office

The film opened in the United States on August 9, 2013 and earned $7,020,196 in its opening weekend. The film closed on October 17, having grossed $18,494,006 in the domestic box office and $8,401,475 overseas for a worldwide total of $26,895,481.

Critical response

Rotten Tomatoesreports an approval rating of 80% based on 161 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. The site's critical consensus states, "You're Next's energetic and effective mix of brutal gore and pitch black humor will please horror buffs and beyond. "Metacriticgives the film a weighted average score of 66 out of 100, based on 32 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".Audiences polled byCinemaScoregave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.

Vanity Fair's Jordan Hoffman calledYou're Next"one of the more entertaining horror pictures of the last 10 years".Chris Nashawaty ofEntertainment Weeklygave the film a B+, praising "Wingard's canny knack for leavening his characters' gory demises with sick laughs and cleverRube Goldbergtwists (razor-sharp piano wire hasn't been used this well since 1999'sAudition). It's likeOrdinary PeoplemeetsScream"and describing the final shot as" deliciously twisted ".R. Kurt Osenlund ofSlant Magazinegave the film 4 stars, stating that it "brazenly merges the home-invasion thriller with the dysfunctional family dramedy".Joshua Rothkopf (Time Out New York) called the film "solidly satisfying" and a "minor triumph", though adding that it was, in general, unoriginal.Matt Glasby ofTotal Filmcalled the film "funny and tense, rather than hilarious and terrifying", and complimented it for being a "good" horror-comedy.Barbara VanDenburgh (Arizona Republic) gave the film 3.5 out of 5 stars, stating that it was not "very scary" and that its "budget for red food coloring was no doubt higher than the one for script doctoring"; although she complimented the score and "gruesome" conclusion.Mark Jenkins ofThe Washington Postsaid the movie "is at times bloodily entertaining. And if the central plot twist isn't all that clever, at least the movie offers some motivation for its mayhem",while Jane Horwitz wrote for the same newspaper: "For slasher/horror fans 17 and older,You're Nextmay provide sufficient homicidal entertainment ".Liam Lacey (The Globe and Mail) gave the film 2.5 out of 4 stars, describing it as "well-executed" but "rudimentary".

A review fromSt. Louis Post-Dispatchcalled the film unoriginal,while Rene Rodriguez (The Miami Herald) panned the film, calling it "practically insulting", and dubbed the premise "idiotic".John DeFore (The Hollywood Reporter) wrote that the film's characters were mostly unsympathetic and that more humor would have improved the film.Stephen Whitty ofThe Newark Star-Ledger,in a review forThe Portland Oregonian,gave the film a C+ rating, agreeing it was unoriginal and uninventive, comparing it toThe PurgeandThe Last House on the Left.Scott Bowles ofUSA TodaygaveYou're Nexta negative review, describing it as repetitive and stating that it did not have a purpose.

Total Filmplaced Erin (Sharni Vinson) at number one on their list of "50 Most Bad-Ass Female Horror Leads".Entertainment Weeklyplaced Erin at number thirteen on its list of "The Best Horror Heroines in Film."

Home media

The film was released viavideo on demandon December 27, 2013, and viaDVDandBlu-rayon January 14, 2014.

See also

• List of films featuring home invasions

External links

• You're NextatIMDb
• You're NextatBox Office Mojo
• You're NextatRotten Tomatoes
• You're NextatMetacritic