Day 24: You're Next
Via: Amazon Prime
Release Date - 2011
Synopsis: The Davisons, an upper-class family, are extremely wealthy -- but also estranged. In an attempt to mend their broken family ties, Aubrey (Barbara Crampton) and Paul (Rob Moran) Davison decide to celebrate their wedding anniversary by inviting their four children and their children's significant others to their weekend estate. The celebration gets off to a rocky start, but when crossbow-wielding assailants in animal masks suddenly attack, the Davisons must pull together or die.
SPOILER ALERT - If you have not seen the movie do not read.
Hmmm. This...was quite a ride. I read the description from an Amazon reviewer to see what it was about, only to find out it was a comedic horror movie. Which, for the most part, it wasn't. Maybe that reviewer just paid attention to the last half. The beginning is of a couple who gets murdered by some masked killer who writes "You're next" on their window. Then the real story begins. It's a new day...
The basic plot is about a big family who gets together at the parents' huge house for the weekend. All characters are pretty much defined within the first 5 minutes. You have pairs of couples all illustrating different attitudes. The overly happy sister, the bullied brother, the troubled mother, the asshole brother and the creepy brother. Our focus will turn right when everyone is sitting down for dinner.
BOOM! CRASH! DIE!!
No, not an old Batman episode...but killers are on the loose.
So the boyfriend of the overly happy sister sees something outside through the window. CRASH!
He gets hit in the eye by an arrow. AaaaHHHHH FREAK OUT! Le Freak, C'est Chic!
So everyone goes bananas and we find out there are several masked killers, like in the beginning, who are trying to kill the family for whatever reason. Slowly more and more family members get killed and we see that one of the brothers' girlfriend, Erin, is a badass. She takes control of the situation, helps out the injured and tries to find weapons and solutions to the matter at hand. True badass.
The film gets really ridiculous as more killings happen. Which is why I think that reviewer might have thought this was a comedy. The undertone is definitely serious though. I'd say it's more of a dark humor type of vibe towards the end. The end has a bit of a twist, but if you are paying attention it's not much of a stretch to figure out. Everything was pretty spot on in the film except for the blood. It just looked really cheap and fake. Maybe that was the point, but with the editing and nature of the whole film I think maybe the blood could have been darker and runnier. Good film either way.
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