Monday, October 13, 2014

You're Next

(2013) ***3/4

The wealthy Davison family gathers at their newly-acquired "fixer-upper" country estate to celebrate the parents' wedding anniversary.  Tensions run high, but family drama has to temporarily take a back seat when crossbow bolts start to fly through the windows and the family members and their significant others are killed off, one after another.

What a great idea to bring a touch of black comedy to the home invasion subgenre.  Yes, it's gory and violent, but the humor keeps it from being oppressive.  If you're looking for a consistently entertaining watch with a healthy PITA quotient, give this one a try.

5 comments:

DKC said...

I'm so psyched you watched this, AC as it is definitely on my list too! And now I know I can take it…

Catfreeek said...

It's on mine too, can't wait.

Landshark said...

Wow, the three quarter star makes an appearance! Is that a thing?

Johnny Sweatpants said...

I chuckled at the notion of a "healthy Pipe in the Ass quotient", which suggests that there is an unhealthy one (there is).

Johnny Sweatpants said...

The girl looks like Crystal in that picture!

Salem's Lot 1979 and Salem's Lot 2024

Happy Halloween everybody! Julie's working late and the boy doesn't have school tomorrow so he's heading to one of those crazy f...