Rating summary

Movie		3.5
Video		4.0
Audio		5.0
Extras		5.0
Overall		4.0

You're Next 4K Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman February 26, 2025

In today's installment of the "Lionsgate Limited Guessing Game" potential consumers may have been playing trying to keep track of the somewhat bafflingly different approaches to releases the new(ish) boutique e-tailer has been offering, we have You're Next. This entry (per all of the previous Lionsgate Limited releases) was previously granted a wide release on 1080 disc, with the original Blu-ray coming out in 2014. In this particular instance, however, the film also received a (1080) SteelBook release not even a year ago (as this review is being written) as a WalMart exclusive. This new edition from Lionsgate Limited offers a different SteelBook, and of course, per Lionsgate Limited's somewhat variant "tradition", it also offers the 4K UHD debut of the film. To answer one of the repeated questions I've gotten over the course of many Lionsgate 4K UHD reviews of previous 1080 releases, yes, the 1080 disc in this package appears to be a "legacy" disc, the same as the one reviewed below. Notably, the 4K UHD disc in this package offers a new Dolby Atmos mix, and some appealing new (or at least previously unreleased) supplements.

As mentioned above, You're Next has had two prior 1080 releases by Lionsgate, and those wanting plot information, a list of supplements, my reaction to the technical presentation, and some hi res photos of that "other" SteelBook, can drop be either/both of the following reviews:

You're Next Blu-ray review

You're Next Blu-ray review

You're Next 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Note: Screenshots are sourced from the 1080 disc in this package.

You're Next is presented in 4K UHD courtesy of Lionsgate Films with an HEVC / H.265 encoded 2160p transfer in 2.40:1. I've been on record repeatedly as stating that for whatever reason I just tend to prefer captures by Red cameras over Arri Alexa cameras, though this may be at least somewhat of an outlier, in that the intentional decision to keep so much of the story (especially the last half to a third) swathed in sometimes near total darkness, as well as a tendency to offer desaturated moments in more brightly lit outdoor scenes, may detract from some of the positives I typically like in Red captures. This had a 2K DI, and so upticks in fine detail can be subtle, but they're still noticeable, as in some of the near hallucinatory close-ups of faces at various points, where you can virtually count wrinkles and/or fine hairs. Dolby Vision / HDR probably aids the most in providing at least a bit more shadow definition in the many dark scenes, though perhaps not by as much as might be hoped. Kind of interestingly, at least to my eyes, the HDR grade actually cooled down some of the outdoor material, making it seem even more desolate and wintry.

You're Next 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

I heartily enjoyed the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track on Lionsgate's original 1080 release, but commendably this 4K UHD version offers a nicely rendered Dolby Atmos track in its place. Kind of ironically, it may be in the low end that this new mix actually keeps drawing attention to itself, as some of the sinister low frequency washes may be even more anxiety provoking now with the added verticality the Atmos speakers offer. Those speakers can be engaged intermittently though noticeably as in the opening vignette with the song on repeat, or kind of comically (if horrifyingly) later, when certain projectiles start erupting through windows. Side and rear engagement is as impressive as in the older "standard" surround mix. Dialogue is rendered cleanly and clearly throughout. Optional English and Spanish subtitles are available.

You're Next 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

More information on the legacy supplements can be found in my original 1080 review, linked to above.

4K UHD Disc

• 2024 Audio Commentary with Director Adam Wingard and Writer Simon Barrett


• 2013 Audio Commentary with Director Adam Wingard and Writer Simon Barrett


• 2013 Audio Commentary with Director Adam Wingard, Writer Simon Barrett and Actors Sharni Vinson and Barbara Crampton


• Archival Bonus Content is perhaps mislabeled in that all of the below save for the self identified 2013 piece bear 2024 copyrights. This comes with a probably unnecessary prefatory warning about video quality, which may frankly be meant to apply to the 2013 piece, though even that doesn't look shoddy:

  Children of the 80s (HD; 1:00:43) is an interview with Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett.

  
  

  The Most of Us (HD; 23:24) is an interview with producers Keith Calder and Jess Wu Calder.

  
  

  Script as a Blueprint (HD; 27:31) is an interview with actor AJ Bowen.

  
  

  Down in the Basement (HD; 16:43) is an interview with actor Joe Swanberg.

  
  

  Be Funny and Die (HD; 14:30) is an interview with actor Amy Seimetz.

  
  

  Falling Into Place (HD; 15:35) is an interview with Production Designer Tom Hammock.

  
  

  Slashers Don't Die: Tom Coleman on You're Next (HD; 12:23)

  
  

  Who's Next: The Making of You're Next (HD; 19:16)

  
  

  Animated Storyboards (HD; 5:12)

  
  

  No Ordinary Home Invasion: The Making of You're Next (2013) (HD; 11:41)

• Theatrical Trailer (HD; 2:13)

1080 Disc

• No Ordinary Home Invasion: The Making of You're Next (HD; 11:41)


• Audio Commentary with Director Adam Wingard and Writer Simon Barrett


• Audio Commentary with Director Adam Wingard, Writer Simon Barrett and Actors Sharni Vinson and Barbara Crampton


• Theatrical Trailer (HD; 2:13)

I personally prefer the overall design of this SteelBook to last year's "Bloody Disgusting" entry. That one was branded pretty significantly with that series' orange tones, while this one offers a darker, more monochrome look that has both the front and back illustrations looking like they've been, well, slashed, or at least broken. The front panel offers a "split" view of two animal masks, while the back panel offers a "family photo" similarly split. I'm frankly not quite sure what the interior panel illustration is supposed to be, other than that's it's another monochrome entry that offers slashed perspectives of, well, something. A Mylar O ring superimposes the titular scrawl in blood the opening scene documents. A digital copy is also included.

You're Next 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Lionsgate Limited still seems to be finding its way, but the good news with this particular release is that the 4K UHD disc offers both a great sounding Dolby Atmos track along with a rather hearty supply of newly released supplements. The SteelBook packaging should easily appeal to collectors of that format. Recommended.