"OK. Awesome!"
Adam Wingard and screenwriter Simon Barrett follow You're Next with another cracking crowd-pleasing (not-so) guilty pleasure. Narrative, direction and soundtrack all are tinged with 80s-retro to terrific effect, but there is a very clear contemporary delivery here, especially with the breathtakingly fast and smart action sequences. Wingard's direction and use of camera is confident and in control, Steve Moore's synth-led score echoes the best of Carpenter (the film even has a loose Halloween setting), and a transformed Dan Stevens gives an absolutely mesmerising central performance, both in the quieter moments where he manipulates the family into which he has insinuated himself and the striking action beats. The very knowing final shots raise a wry smile on which to end a hugely enjoyable popcorn movie.
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