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I found this fun little film on Netflix tonight. I'm a big fan of slasher/whodunnits. They don't get made very often anymore sadly, but I Iap them up when they do. The film has a decent enough opening scene which sets the tone for the film. Suspenseful and ultimately brutal, with a little twist thrown in to show the killer's MO. From there we meet all the characters/suspects and the film takes on quite a traditional slasher structure. There are a couple of twists to the tale I liked that make this film unique from others. The killer's mask being the character they are attacking worked for me. It's not as intimidating as say the Scream mask for example - few are - but it works in its own way. The other twist being the punishment for secrets being kept. I thought that was a very interesting plot device. A couple of flaws in the film I spotted were that too much happens during the daytime. It's very hard to have an intense slasher scene in daylight. It's just not as scary. Also there is a lull through the middle that just goes on a little too long. Otherwise though I had a good time with 'There's Someone Inside Your House' and it's one I would recommend. 7/10.

Based on the book by Stephanie Perkins, this Patrick Brice-directed (Creep) film is exactly the kind of movie for people who wish that the 90s and early 00s slasher boom never ended. Seriously, this film has major vibes of I Know What You Did Last Summer and if that's a good thing for you, then this is exactly the kind of comfort food that you're going to absolutely devour. Makani Young has moved from Hawaii to Osborne, Nebraska - there's a secret as to why - to live with her grandmother and finish high school. Yet as the school year grows closer to graduation, the secrets of her classmates become fair game to a killer who exposes them and then murders them while wearing a 3D printed mask of his victim's face. Starting with an ankle slashing worthy of Pet Sematary, the film has some nice setpieces like a party where everyone reveals their shameful skeletons in an attempt to take away the power of the killer. Complicating things is that Makani's love interest just might be the killer. The intriguing thing is that the victims aren't the put-upon outcasts, but the popular kids, the ones who bullied everyone in their path. And the gimmick of each person worrying that their own face will soon come their way with murder in their eyes, well, that's a pretty great idea that's well-used by this film, which is not shy about showing off some violent kills. The writeup for Fantastic Fest said that this film is "Smart, woke, but utterly cynical, these kids know the tropes they're operating within, aware of their particular chances of survival based on their race, sexuality, and socioeconomic status." And I guess there are some audiences that will cheer that sentence. There are others that enjoyed Scream and will be excited to watch a film that has the same energy. And there are still others who will yawn and just put on The Prowler again.

This slasher film is centred on the students of a high school in rural Nebraska. It opens with a member of the football team waking up to realise there is somebody in his house. He finds photographs documenting his homophobic assault on another player which lead him to a closet. Here he is attacked and killed by a masked assailant... the mask looking like his own face. Inevitably the next day the other students at the school are speculating who might have been behind the attack. Of course he isn't the last to die; soon after somebody who likes to show off their right on tolerance at school is exposed as a racist before being killed. Our protagonists are outsiders to some degree; Makani Young, a girl who changed her name and moved to Nebraska following an incident elsewhere; Darby, a transgender kid; and Zach Sandford, the son of an unpopular local business man to name just three. With it looking like the killer is targeting people with secrets everybody suddenly becomes keen to confess anything they might have done; whether or not it will save them is unknown. This is a decent enough edition to the high school slasher genre. I can't see it becoming a classic but it passed ninety minutes well enough. The basic plot was nothing new but it had some fun twists; I particularly liked the killer wearing a mask of their victim. At times I wasn't sure if the film was trying to push a moral agenda or mocking those who act right-on but will not tolerate any disagreement... perhaps it was just trying to tap into the debate without picking a side to avoid offending anybody. The identity of the killer isn't a huge surprise despite early attempts to set up other suspects. There are less killings than I expected although those that there are are quite bloody. The cast is solid enough. I'm not sure about the title given that much of the deadly action takes place outside the victims' houses; I can only assume this wasn't the case in the book. Overall I'd say this is worth checking out if you are a fan of the genre; you won't waste too much time even if you don't like it.

I get it, the genre is probably worn out and hard to come up with something at least mildly surprising or innovative. TSIYH is unfortunately no exception. Pure absence of suspense (a thriller should have some creepy or unsettling phases -right?), decent conversations or convincing story telling in my POV. Anyway, in case u're interested in a true classic, just watch scream (1996) instead!