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THE LAST KNOCK presents: Horror Home Invasion
The home invasion subgenre of horror continues to expand like that Satanic village of lame looking McMansions in that new subdivision. We take a look at the tropes and cliches, and separate the good films from the bad movies like INSIDE, MOTHER’S DAY, FUNNY GAMES, THE STRANGERS, YOU’RE NEXT, and many more. Lock your doors and pay…
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Crash Analysis: FUNNY GAMES (USA/France/UK/Austria/Germany/Italy, 2007)
Not Close Enough Haneke’s shot-by-shot remake of his 1997 Austrian film establishes the Farber family as a trio of well-off Americans residing in a gated vacation house. They go about their normal business when a snotty, Eddie Haskell-esque kid (Michael Pitt) comes in and asks for eggs. Afterwards, the story tailspins into a hellish, tension-filled…
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Crash Analysis Support Team: YOU’RE NEXT (2011) – Guest Post from Jonny Numb
YOU’RE NEXT (2011) [94 minutes. R. Director: Adam Wingard] YOU’RE NEXT begins under dubious circumstances, recycling slasher-film clichés with precious little innovation: a schlubby guy (Larry Fessenden) fucks his girlfriend (who wears a distinct look of dissatisfaction) before walking to the kitchen for a snack. It’s not spoiling anything to say that this pre-title sequence…
