the audience applauded

best movie i've ever seen.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

I have watched a plethora of films of late, reviewing many of them. I almost chose to bypass in making comments about this one as it is entirely stale. Plot has an original tone to it with a rich family reunion, together in the deep woods, cue killer(s) starting taking them out one by one. It would have been MORE exciting if the group was outside rather than routinely taken out in the house. The music score was weak in trying to relate to the film being a horror show. We really don't even get a chance to see ANY character development. There were a few key elements that DID rise for a higher rating, such as one of the guests had a few surprises in store for the killers, there was also a twist or two that many will not see coming. I was actually laughing at some of the performances in this film and how the screenplay was put together. If you want to check this one out and shake your head asking why did I waste 90 minutes feel free for a dull fest. This was a mediocre 4.

This kind of films is usually low rated by me. It's very rare that I find one good film and that happened to be this one. I was braced for another disappointment, then I totally got surprised when it reached half way mark. Good twist too. In fact, there are many twists in the final quarters. Not like breathtaking, but very acceptable with kind of story and characters it had.Another home invasion film. A family reunites for the parent's wedding anniversary at their rural vacation house. Slowly all the children arrive with their life partners, and then suddenly while dining, the attack takes place. Creates full of chaos, the family does not know what to do. But one of the members' retaliation makes thing complication for the attackers. What follows after that, and how it all ends are the rest of the story.First of all, this is not a horror film as labelled. It is a terror. We don't have a such genre, so it comes under horror. But the best way to call it a thriller. Sharni Vinson was very good. It's because of how her role was designed. Best film so far by this filmmaker, until his upcoming big titles. A one-night-event film, and of course a limited cast. They make sequels for crap films, but this one definitely deserves one. So I'm expecting one. Thos who love this genre must see it.8/10

You're Next is a rather intelligent horror thriller which at least gives some thought to the plot, the motivations of the villains and how the heroine at least manages to keep them at bay.Unfortunately it is let down with a rather slow opening and low budget as a lot of it is dimly lit. Still it is one of the better horror/thrillers of recent years.The Davison's are having a celebratory dinner in a remote vacation home. The parents are celebrating their anniversary and their children and significant others have joined them. Their is some bickering before they are attacked by crossbows by people on the outside wearing masks.In the confusion and among the mounting death toll, one of the girlfriend's invited turns out to be handy in defending herself.

"You're next" evolves around a family gathering, where the wealthy mom and dad meet three of their kid's partners for the first time ever. As they spend the weekend in the big mansion, masked killers enter the house and spread fear and horror under the inhabitants.You can of course argue that the movie delivers a solid plot and some well produced slasher action. And to be fair, I can totally understand how people come to a higher rating. If you're just expecting an entertaining piece of slasher horror, this one will fully satisfy you. But if you, like me, like horror movies to be a bit more subtle and deliver a story that is actually plausible, you will be disappointed. The fact that the main character can face the killers because she incidentally grew up on a survival farm alone is so dumb that I can barely take the actions serious. The rest is mainly a killing spree including multiple pretty nasty acts of violence.All in all this maybe just wasn't my cup of tea. It is solidly produced and does as it promises but for me the splasher genre is dead if you don't really come up with a fresh idea to revitalize it.