Cast: Sharni Vinson, AJ Bowen, Joe Swanberg, Rob Moran, Barbara Crampton, Nicholas Tucci, Wendy Glenn, Amy Siemetz, Lane Hughes
Cert: 18
Running time: 94mins
Year: 2011
The lowdown: After scoring recognition with 2010’s A Horrible Way to Die director and writer duo Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett here provide numerous horrible ways to die for a family who find themselves under siege from murderous assailants. Tense, frightening, violent and blackly funny, it is bizarre this 2011 movie has taken so long to reach cinema screens. No mind, it is one of 2013’s best horror releases – a slasher movie with brains and guts.
The full verdict: Indie horror (or “mumblegore”) alumni band together for Adam Wingard’s irresistible horrorshow, reworking tired slasher clic...
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