[This is a re-post of my review from the Toronto International Film Festival. You're Next opens tomorrow.] Adam Wingard's You're Next is the home invasion horror sub-genre played to near-perfection. Through a terrific blend of setting, characters, pacing, and creative kills, Wingard delivers a horror film that even non-horror fans can enjoy. The film falters slightly when it offers more information than necessary, but you'll suspend your disbelief for the fun, thrills, and excitement you'll get in return. Crispian Davison (A.J. Bowen) has brought his girlfriend Erin (Sharni Vinson) to meet his family at their secluded country house for his parents' 30th wedding anniversary. Along with Crispian's father Paul (Rob Moran) and mother Aubrey (Barbara Crampton), the guest list includes his brothers Drake (Joe Swanberg) and Felix (Nicholas Tucci), his sister Aimee (Amy Seimetz) and their significant others Kelly (Margaret Laney), Zee (Wendy Glenn), and Tariq (Ti West), respectively. Wingard efficiently sets up the relationships and establishes that this isn't a group of people we want to see dead, but a regular family who don't deserve the violence that's about to befall them. After a tense first act, the family comes under siege by a group of masked, unknown attackers whose motives may not extend beyond mindless killing. Erin springs into action and tries to protect the family from the killers picking them off one-by-one. Wingard uses the country house perfectly as his setting. It's in the middle of nowhere, it's nighttime, and the victims don't know how many psychos are inside and ...
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