Globe and Mail August 23, 2013 A well-executed horror-comedy …
By slasher standards, the writing is good, with interesting turns and surprises. And the acting isn’t bad, either, though Vinson is the one t...
Toronto Star August 23, 2013 Satisfies the expectations of Midnight Madness gore hounds – and then it happily goes about exceeding those expectations.
It clicks as an exercise in suspense and well-paced, slowly unfolding answers.
A nasty little slasher film that starts poorly but gets better once most of the cast has been butchered.
Given its title, you can be forgiven for assuming that Adam Wingard’s home-invasion thriller will be just another blood-soaked body-count fli...
The surprisingly adept mixture of tones … is offbeat enough to keep even hardened connoisseurs of body-count entertainment on their toes.
Daily Telegraph August 29, 2013 The camera placement has the edgy verve of early John Carpenter, and the sound design throbs with an enveloping, avant-garde menace.
USA Today August 22, 2013 A film of repetition, a bloody dance consisting of three steps: stab, scream, repeat.
A wickedly clever play on the genre that takes you by the scruff of the neck and drags you through 90 minutes of the most inventive mayhe...
RogerEbert.com August 27, 2013 "You’re Next" is a simultaneously nihilistic and grossly incompetent horror homage.
"You’re Next" tries, somewhat valiantly, to add new twists to the usual bloody horror-flick shenanigans. But aside from a few fresh...
Austin Chronicle August 23, 2013 It’s fair to note a certain similarity to certain home-invasion films of recent make. In the end, however, Wingard’s film is its o...
metro.co.uk September 5, 2017 You’re Next made me jump out of my seat three times. In scary movie terms that’s surely job done.
How do you breathe new life into the tired home invasion horror? Adam Wingard has the answer.
Arizona Republic August 22, 2013 A smart, feral flick with a wicked sense of humor.
New York Post August 22, 2013 The film begins as an utterly routine horror flick with all the usual musty tricks, but that’s just rope-a-dope. The expectation of stupidity...
A rare example of satisfying horror-comedy, a crowd-pleaser laced with some hilariously gruesome violence.
Rolling Stone August 23, 2013 Home invasion thrillers seem to come along every five minutes… Kudos then to indie director Adam Wingard for kicking in with some fresh ideas.
What the film lacks in originality it mostly makes for in personality-a quality fatally lacking from too many contemporary extreme-horror offerings.
An energetic mix of dark comedy, senseless violence, satisfying surprises, and good old-fashioned mayhem.
A clever, genuine and crisply chilling take on terror that should appeal to cinephiles and Saturday night popcorn-throwers alike.
indieWire August 19, 2013 You’re Next doesn’t break new ground in the horror genre, but it sticks to rules that work
The Guardian August 29, 2013 Horror fans may indulge this movie; I found it derivative and forced.
ScreenCrush March 15, 2013 An incredibly fun scary movie.
The Dissolve August 27, 2013 It’s scary and often graphic, but as the action escalates to the point of absurdity, the spirit of early Sam Raimi starts to creep into both...
There may be no great originality on display in You’re Next, the latest indie horror opus from Adam Wingard, but there’s certainly plen...
This uninhibited slasher movie has sick-joke humor and variety – it’s more of a hack, chop, slice, dice and purée film.
Every issue I had with You’re Next was beat into bloody submission by what works about it – it’s a primal force of a movie, a...
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