For years of experiences in my disappointment of horror movies, questions like “how would this be ended?” or “this doesn’t make any sense” have always come up to my mind during the 90 minutes which I supposed to be scared, apparently for most of the time, I don’t.
Adam Wingard, director of “You’re Next” (2013) probably has learnt from other’s failure in dealing home-invasion story. Adam believes in a surprising horror movie which should not treat people as an idiot, to compare with people seeking how characters survive in this type of scary movie, Adam didn’t waste people’s time by watching boring and illogical scenes. Indeed, audience would not only be satisfied by outstanding jump scare timing, but the story line which keep them stick to their seats.
In the very beginning, screenwriter Simon Barrett has already successfully terrified the audience with the fast pace action which two victims were violently killed by masked murderers. Meanwhile, Crispian (starred by A. J. Bowen) was heading to family reunion vacation with his girlfriend, Erin (starred by Sharni Vinson), in the shadow of unknown murderers, this wealthy family have unexpected became the next victims like an innocent beast in a cage, either escape the tragedy by will power or begging for a chance to survive.
In the following hour, Simon intends not to give audience a break, they can only watch the family got killed inhumanly one by one without any merit. And question arose who these talented killers were. Were they just killing for fun? What did they do with the neighbor as well?
Puddles of blood is not the only thing which can attract audience’s attention, but their eyes just can`t stay away from Sharni Vinson, the best known Australian actress in 2010`s “Step Up 3D”. She didn`t required to be that typical girl who only knows how to scream and run away from the horrific scene. Sharni’s performance as a dancer in “Step Up 3D” has impressed Adam and Simon in which inspired them to turn her into an agile, clever and precise character who needed abundant body movements against the killers.
“You’re Next” might not has an Oscar winning story, Adam and Simon did a great job in building the alarmed and panicky atmosphere, good background music, and talented in using rhythm. Whoever has watched this not only can be stunned by its scary factors, but also the smart ideas of mixing comedy and black humor in a horror film. Surprises will make your thinking completely out of control. Scary, funny, and criminal, this is what your relaxing movie night is all about.
Running time: 96 minutes; Rated R
| Written by Shita Lam |
| Tuesday, 27 August 2013 13:52 |
