You're Next (2011) poster
2011 · horror · thriller

You're Next

Directed by Adam Wingard1h 34m2011
ElsewhereIMDb6.6117kRT79%Metacritic66TMDB6.63k
  • heavy
  • kinetic
  • extreme
  • cold
Movie DNA

Heavy, breathless, extreme horror / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.

Our read · You're Next (2011) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded horror · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want home-invasion horror that flips into savage crowd-pleasing survival.

ends triumphantyou’ll feel glowing aftergrabs you earlygrips by minute 22attention 4/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violencegorejump scares

Skip it tonightYou hate bloody horror or need something without family massacre energy.

DNA · twelve axes

The reading.

Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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