You're Next Trailer Review

'You're Next' is an American horror film directed and edited by Adam Wingard and written by Simon Barrett, who also plays one of the masked killers in the film. The films stars Sharni Vinson who also starred in the dance film 'Step Up 3D', Wendy Glenn who also starred in the US crime drama 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' and finally A.J. Bowen who also starred in 'A Horrible Way To Die'.
In the trailer we can see a car driving through a countryside with a rustic/vintage filter possibly to create a calm ethos, the song 'Looking For The magic' by Dwight Twilley. This song is calm and slow which I think creates the whole trailer. The trailer clearly depicts that a family have met up after a while and that it's been organised for a long time, the family all look happy and are taking pictures, having a big family meal and bonding when the music all of a sudden stops. This indicates to us the audience that not everything as it seems, with the happy music gone we are now expecting the horror to kick in. The mother is standing in the kitchen and we can see her through the window pouring herself a drink, when in the reflection we see a masked animal face appear at the window just as a creepy sound effect crashes into our eardrums. This is a good way of slowly but eerily letting the audience know who the killer is already. In the trailer we actually see the first murder, this isn't giving away the real twist however as they're just teasing us. After witnessing the first murder the whole house breaks out into chaos and the music really creates the tension that's needed. The typical cliches that are included in the trailer are the creaking noises in the house and the whispering to each other, not to be discovered. The best feature of this trailer is that the calm music returns and has the sound effects and the carnage in the background still.