Gemma Ward, Glenn Howerton, Kip Weeks
A young couple staying in an isolated vacation home are terrorized by three unknown assailants.
DVD Release Date: October 21, 2008
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Stats: 16,877 reviews
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August 27, 2009Run of the mill scare Horror film. All about the scare tactics used to the build up towards the end scene. Very similar to Funny games but more worrying is this is based on a true event. Worth a watch once, more errie than scary.
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March 19, 2009This is one of the better old school horror/thrillers I've seen in a long time. It's so unbelievably tense that I actually found myself jumping out of my seat a few times, which never happens to me. First time director Bryan Bertino shows a real talent for staging, framing, and...( read more)
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March 2, 2009if for no other reason i loved this film because it was such a welcome departure from the gore porn of horror films in recent years. perfectly terrifying with a disturbing but effective ending, this was one of the best horror films in recent years.
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February 28, 2009Supposedly based on true events (or at least the assumed events), this chilling suspense thriller explores the terror of home invasion, but never really succeeds in terrifying. Some genuinely creepy moments come out of this 'by the numbers' affair, but as a horror it kinda bores....( read more)
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November 18, 2009based on a true story...A fantastically creepy.........spooky........ horror flick based on the very simple premise of strangers who come knocking late at night. Kristen (Liv Tyler) and... For his film debut, director Brian Bertino has crafted a great horror flick Kristen (Liv T...( read more)
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November 17, 2009scary!!! i actually screamed!!! ive never done that while watching a movie!!! kool!!! it was sooo kool!!!!!!
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November 14, 2009Ugh, I knew I was in for trouble when it began with the tagline "the events are true...yadda yadda...". They never do, they're loosely based on the Mason murders (supposedly), and the end credits make sure to remind you "the characters wherein are fictitious, any relation...coin...( read more)
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Critic Reviews
October 18, 2008
Pete Hammond, Boxoffice Magazine
October 18, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today
The Strangers has a couple of scares, but it's not anywhere near as frightening as advertised. The creepy folks of the title are more fumbling than fiendish. full review
May 31, 2008
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Kind of like what The Shining might be if you took out the ESP. And the ghosts. And the chilling atmosphere. So call it The Sucking. full review
May 30, 2008
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com
A retread of just about every home-invasion movie of the past 50 years mixed with elements of torture porn and chick-flick romance...has nothing new to offer in the genre. full review
May 30, 2008
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Let's give writer-director Bryan Bertino credit. He knows how to frame a shot to make characters seem vulnerable. Now for his next trick, he just needs to turn his talents toward something that isn't ... full review
May 30, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The movie deserves more stars for its bottom-line craft, but all the craft in the world can't redeem its story. full review
May 30, 2008
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
No one is getting at anything in The Strangers, except the cheapest, ugliest kind of sadistic titillation. full review
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July 24, 2009Wow this movie sucked horribly. Major waste of my time! And a huge waste in money. This sucked at no time did I jump or scream! Very, very dissapointing! I wanted to get up and leave the theater but I figured this is good money that I paid for such a crappy movie!
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November 28, 2008A mixed verdict for this horror movie. On the plus side, created a good sense of creepiness and had some good chills, especially the ending. On the other hand, started off very slow and dragged in many spots with some really far-fetched doings. Worth a look but keep the fast-forward button close by.
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November 28, 2008This movie didnt make any sense to me. They didnt have any reason to come after them. and if they did they should have told us what it was. I also think the people in mask should have shown us who they were.
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November 15, 2008this is why drugs are bad!! the whole thing is just f***** up and everyone on this movie needs to get on medication like me. i liked it!
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September 13, 2008Ive tried looking up to see if this really happened by putting the characters names in google & nothing is coming up!
Alot of people are saying its not a true story its based of a few lil events but nothing like there making out it to be!
Also ive heard the actual women "Kristen McKay" is real and she paid lots of money to get the "real" story took off the internet...
so is it real or not?? can any1 find out?? x msg me x -
August 15, 2008This actually looks pretty good in that scary way and telling from comments - this movie has either scared them or creeped them out so.. Obviously it's going to do the same to me possibly. BASED ON TRUE EVENTS?! Oh god. That is worse than having a horror film which isn't. Because then it makes you think... This is possibly? This happened? Oh my god!
I probably won't get to see this in the cinema (I'm not sure if I want to either) but I will deffinately rent it and watch it... IN THE DARK! at NIGHT, ALONE! bwuahaha! (I'll keep a pillow close) haha! -
July 13, 2008This sounds a bit like Funny Games, and I liked the trailer. The movie poster is great - Poor Liv doesn't know whats behind her!! I want to watch it with the lights off and be frightened! The 'home invasion' horror theme is something thats going to scare everyone!
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July 7, 2008Although this looks like a blatant rip-off of Funny Games(possibly without the meta-fiction), it looks like it was filmed rather well.
So I'm interested.
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