You're Next

A lot of horror movies like this come down to the twist - Who is the murderer & why are they doing this? I always think this movie is fascinating because that twist happens, but doesn’t matter. The real twist is about something else - Who is this victim & how are they messing up the murderer’s plan so bad? The scene that really locks this in as an all timer for me is when the family is trying to figure out which person needs to run to a car to try to go get help. Their discussion falls apart entirely because of their existing family dynamics. They can’t help but pick at each other even when they’re all dying. It’s so funny when Amy Seimetz yells YOU GUYS NEVER GIVE ME ANY CREDIT FOR ANYTHING. As a little side note here, this is 1 of the movies that completely turned me off of movie trailers. The song that gets repeated over and over in the movie is Looking For The Magic by Dwight Twilley Band. In the trailer they lead you to believe that the song is going to be Perfect Day by Lou Reed. Because of this I had completely different expectations about what the vibe of this movie was gonna be going in. It really kept me from connecting with the movie on its own level on my first viewing. I go see movies at least once a week & even have a system in place to skip the trailers. I leave my house when the movie is scheduled to start & keep my headphones on until after the coke commercial that plays before Nicole Kidman makes you pledge allegiance to the movies. Get outta here, movie trailers. Lemme try to figure these things out on my own.