Monday, September 8, 2014

Movie - You're Next (2011)


This is another gem my fiance found on Netflix (yes it is on there now and yes you should be watching it!) **Spoilers!**

The movie is about a family who is meeting up at a summer home to spend time together for the parent's anniversary. The household contains the mother, father, two sons (and their partners), and two sisters (and their partners). While eating dinner, the sister's boyfriend gets an arrow through the head through the window killing him. After the initial murder, the family scrambles for safety. Each family member begins being picked off in certain ways as men in animal masks kill them.

The one brother (Crispin) has a girlfriend named Erin. Erin apparently grew up in a survivalist colony so she is completely prepared for the fight for their lives. As the story progresses, however, you learn that brother Felix and his girlfriend Zee contracted the men to kill off the entire family in order to inherit the family's money (millions). Felix underestimates Erin as she herself kills the men he hired and ultimtely himself and Zee as well. Being the only one left alive, Erin answers a call on Felix's phone and learns that her boyfriend Crispin was involved in the money scam as well. She murders him once the truth is revealed. The police arrive at this moment and shoot her after she kills Crispin.

The movie is pretty crazy and has big twists that I really did not expect at all. At some point Erin sets up a trap that will decapitate the next person who walks through the front door next and I kept remembering myself thinking "don't be Crispin, don't be Crispin!" Then I learned he was involved and wished that it would have happened. Jerk...

Anyway, I gave this one a four. Pretty good and full of a good bit of gore which is nice.

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