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TheProduced filmon a low budget, ''You're Next'' had its world premiere at the [[2011 Toronto International Film Festival]] Midnight Madness program<ref name="YoureNext-r1"/><ref name="YoureNext-r2"/> and was theatrically released on August 23, 2013, in the United States. The film grossed over $26 million from a $1 million production budget and has since gained a [[cult following]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://moviepilot.com/p/youre-next-writer-talks-about-cancelled-sequel/4098702|title='You're Next' Writer Spills Sequel Secrets|website=[[Moviepilot]]|publisher=Alex Aronson|access-date=January 7, 2017|archive-date=January 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108094145/https://moviepilot.com/p/youre-next-writer-talks-about-cancelled-sequel/4098702|url-status=dead}}</ref>

During dinner, someone shoots crossbow bolts through the window, one of which hits Tariq and kills him. The survivors discover that their [[Mobile phone signal|cell phone reception]] has been jammed. Aimee runs outside for help but runs into a [[Garrote|garrote wire]] which slices her throat, killing her. Another intruder in a fox mask murders Aubrey with a machete after she departs to sleep, leaving the words "you're next" in blood on the wall.

Kelly flees the house, going to Erik's house nearby, where she finds Erik's corpse. Lamb Mask kills her by driving an ax into her head. Crispian leaves the house to look for help. Tiger Mask attacks Erin but she stabs his arm then crushes his skull with a meat tenderizer.

Realizing she cannot outrun Fox Mask with a wounded leg, she sets a trap at the front door where an axe would fall and kill anyone who opens the door. She lures Fox Mask is undeterred by this trap, but is lured into the basement and kills himkilled with a log. Zee and Felix attempt to kill Erin, but she kills Felix by shredding his head with a blender before stabbing Zee. Felix's cell phone rings and Erin answers without speaking. Believing he is speaking to Felix, Crispian reveals his involvement in the scheme. Erin confronts him when he returns. Crispian explains that she was never meant to be targeted and attempts to bribe her into staying quiet. HorrifiedDisgusted that he would sacrifice his family for money, she kills him by stabbing him in the neck and eye.

A police officer arrives and shoots Erin in the shoulder, having seen her kill Crispian. He attempts to enter the house and falls victim to Erin's front dooraxe trap, with the axe swinging at his head just as the movie cuts to a blood-splattered "You're next".

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From there, Barrett wrote a script inspired by [[Agatha Christie]] mysteries as well as a combination of [[screwball comedies]] and chamber mysteries.<ref name="Indiewireprod"/> Barrett would later note that ''[[A Bay of Blood]]'' was probably in the back of his mind when writing the film, although he only realized this after the fact.<ref name="Indiewireprod"/>

[[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports an approval rating of 7980% based on 162161 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. The site's critical consensus states, "''You're Next''{{'}}s energetic and effective mix of brutal gore and pitch black humor will please horror buffs and beyond."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/youre_next_2011|title=You're Next (2013)|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media]]|access-date=December 8, 2020}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] gives the film a weighted average score of 66 out of 100, based on 32 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/youre-next|title=You're Next Reviews|work=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=October 19, 2019}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url=https://m.cinemascore.com |title=You're Next – CinemaScore |work=[[CinemaScore]]|access-date=September 30, 2013}}</ref>

''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]''{{'}}s Jordan Hoffman called ''You're Next'' "one of the more entertaining horror pictures of the last 10 years".<ref name="fair">{{cite news | last = Hoffman | first = Jordan | title = Blair Witch Has Scares, but It Never Quite Gets Out of the Woods | work =[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] | date = September 12, 2016 | url = https://vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/09/blair-witch-2016-review | access-date = 2016-10-14}}</ref> Chris Nashawaty of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the film a B+, praising "Wingard's canny knack for leavening his characters' gory demises with sick laughs and clever [[Rube Goldberg]] twists (razor-sharp piano wire hasn't been used this well since 1999's ''[[Audition (1999 film)|Audition]]''). It's like ''[[Ordinary People]]'' meets ''[[Scream (1996 film)|Scream]]''" and describing the final shot as "deliciously twisted".<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://ew.com/ew/article/0,,20483133_20687887,00.html2013/08/29/youre-next-movie/ |last= Nashawaty |first= Chris |title= ''You're Next'' |magazine= [[Entertainment Weekly]] |date= August 29, 2013 |page= 48 |access-date= September 1, 2013 |archive-date= August 6, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130806091916/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20483133_20687887,00.html |url-status= live }}</ref> R. Kurt Osenlund of ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' gave the film 4 stars, stating thethat filmit "brazenly merges the home-invasion thriller with the dysfunctional family dramedy".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://slantmagazine.com/film/review/youre-next|title=''You're Next'' review at|magazine=Slant Magazine|access-date=2013-08-25}}</ref> Joshua Rothkopf (''[[Time Out New York]]'') called the film "solidly satisfying" and a "minor triumph", althoughthough he commentedadding that the filmit was, in general, unoriginal.<ref>{{cite web|author=Joshua Rothkopf|url=https://timeout.com/us/film/youre-next-movie-review|title=You're Next: movie review at|publisher=Timeout.com|access-date=2013-08-25}}</ref> Matt Glasby of ''[[Total Film]]'' called the film "funny and tense, rather than hilarious and terrifying", and complimented the filmit for being a "good" horror-comedy.<ref>{{cite web|last=Glasby|first=Matt|url=http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/you-re-next|title=''You're Next'' Review|publisher=TotalFilm.com|date=2013-08-19|access-date=2013-08-25}}</ref> Barbara VanDenburgh (''[[Arizona Republic]]'') gave the film 3.5 out of 5 stars, stating thethat filmit was not "very scary" and that its "budget for red food coloring was no doubt higher than the one for script doctoring",; although she complimented the film's score and "gruesome" conclusion.<ref name="azcentral">{{cite web|url=https://azcentral.com/thingstodo/movies/articles/20130814youre-next-movie-review.html?nclick_check=1|title='You're Next', 3.5 stars|publisher=azcentral.com|access-date=2014-05-03}}</ref> Mark Jenkins of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' said the movie "is at times bloodily entertaining. And if the central plot twist isn't all that clever, at least the movie offers some motivation for its mayhem",<ref>{{cite news |last= Jenkins |first= Mark |title= ''You're Next'' movie review |newspaper= [[The Washington Post]] |date= August 22, 2013 |url= https://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-08-22/news/41435705_1_movie-review-vacation-home-aubrey |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130829005653/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-08-22/news/41435705_1_movie-review-vacation-home-aubrey |url-status= dead |archive-date= August 29, 2013 |access-date= September 1, 2013}}</ref> while Jane Horwitz wrote for the same newspaper: "For slasher/horror fans 17 and older, ''You're Next'' may provide sufficient homicidal entertainment".<ref>{{cite news |last= Horwitz |first= Jane |title= Family Filmgoer reviews ''One Direction'', ''Getaway'', ''Closed Circuit'', ''The World's End'' and ''You're Next'' |newspaper= [[The Washington Post]] |date= August 29, 2013 |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/family-filmgoer-reviews-one-direction-getaway-closed-circuit-the-worlds-end-and-youre-next/2013/08/28/095954be-0aaa-11e3-8974-f97ab3b3c677_story.html |access-date= September 1, 2013}}</ref> Liam Lacey (''[[The Globe and Mail]]'') gave the film 2.5 out of 4 stars, describing it as "well-executed" but "rudimentary".<ref>{{cite news|author=Liam Lacey|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/film-reviews/youre-next-murder-and-mayhem-at-the-family-reunion/article13921021/#dashboard/follows|title=You're Next: Murder and mayhem at the family reunion|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|access-date=2013-08-25|location=Toronto|date=August 23, 2013}}</ref>

A review from ''[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]'' called the film unoriginal,<ref>{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=Kevin C.|url=https://stltoday.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/you-re-next-is-gory-funny-but-not-as-clever/article_f2c7cc29-d96f-52c6-a92a-3d5098191940.html|title='You're Next' is gory, funny, but not as clever as it thinks: Entertainment|date=August 22, 2013 |publisher=Stltoday.com|access-date=2013-08-25}}</ref> while Rene Rodriguez (''[[The Miami Herald]]'') panned the film, calling it "practically insulting", and dubbed the premise "idiotic".<ref>{{cite web|last=Rodriguez|first=Rene|url=http://www.miami.com/039you039re-next039-r-article|title='You're Next' (R)|publisher=miami.com|access-date=2013-08-25}}</ref> John DeFore (''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'') wrote that the film's characters were mostly unsympathetic and that more humor would have improved the film.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/movie/youre-next/review/236617|title=You're Next: Toronto Review|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2013-08-25|first=John|last=DeFore}}</ref> Stephen Whitty of ''[[The Star-Ledger|The Newark Star-Ledger]]'', in a review for ''[[The Oregonian|The Portland Oregonian]]'', gave the film a C+ rating, agreeing it was unoriginal and uninventive, comparing it to ''[[The Purge (2013 film)|The Purge]]'' and ''[[The Last House on the Left (1972 film)|The Last House on the Left]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last= Whitty |first= Stephen |title= ''You're Next'' review: Weekend visit turns gory |work= [[The Oregonian]] |location= Portland, Oregon |date= August 22, 2013 |url= http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2013/08/youre_next_review_weekend_visi.html |access-date= September 1, 2013}}</ref> Scott Bowles of ''[[USA Today]]'' gave ''You're Next'' a negative review, describing it as repetitive and stating that it did not have a purpose.<ref>{{cite news|last= Bowles | first= Scott|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/08/22/youre-next-review/2581963|title='Next' question: What's the point of this horror film? |publisher=Usatoday.com|access-date=2013-08-25|date=August 22, 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="YoureNext-r2">{{cite web|url=http://tiff.net/thefestival/filmprogramming/programmes/midnightmadness|title=Midnight Madness – Home |publisher=Toronto International Film Festival Inc|access-date=2011-09-19|archive-date=January 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114130351/http://tiff.net/thefestival/filmprogramming/programmes/midnightmadness|url-status=dead}}</ref>