Trivia / You're Next

• Actor Allusion: Tariq is mentioned as being a documentary filmmaker played by actual filmmaker Ti West.
• Actor-Shared Background: The indie filmmaker Tariq is played by... indie filmmaker Ti West (maker of The House of the Devil and The Innkeepers).
• Approval of God: Adam Wingard actually sent out a supportive tweet for a Couch Gag video which mixes the movie and The Simpsons, which was animated by the infamous Lee Hardcastle.
• Creator Cameo: While more of a extended cameo, the writer of the film, Simon Barrett, plays one of the three masked killers, Tiger Face.
• Creator's Oddball: Half of the cast are people who, at the time, were associated with mumblecore and indie drama.
• Dyeing for Your Art: Barbara Crampton (Aubrey) was 53 years old when she shot the film, but as she looks very good for her age, makeup effects were used to make her look more her age as Aubrey and thus more acceptable as the mother to three adult children.
• The Shelf of Movie Languishment: The film had its premiere in 2011, which led to a bidding war over the domestic rights (Lionsgate won with a $6 million bid). The studio then proceeded to sit on the film for two years after a bad test screening (which led people to wonder if the film would ever open). Finally, it was released in 2013.
• Word of God: In some behind-the-scenes interviews, Simon Barrett says Zee was likely the one who found the hired killers, as Felix and Crispian wouldn't have any familiarity whatsoever with how to do so.
• What Could Have Been:
  • The ending originally involved Erin being killed by a police officer who shot her in the head.
  • A sequel was considered where Erin would be part of a chain gang and taking on the cousins of the original movie's killers.

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