You’re Next
Sharni Vinson, Nicholas Tucci, A. J. Bowen
Generally speaking, horror movies come in two flavors: Sometimes, audiences want deadly serious and highly gory; other times, they like their shocks leavened with humor, irony, and a malicious sense of play. After years of the former, it looks like the pendulum is swinging back to the Scream side of things, as this razor-tongued comedy/thriller suggests. It’s a tale of home invasion, with creepy, mask-wearing bad guys penetrating the country manse of the well-to-do Davison family. The besieged clan of snobs looks like sitting ducks—until one of their guests shows a homicidal streak as wide as the killers’. Who will survive dinner—and what will be left of their inheritance?