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The Strangers [Blu-ray]

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

This film has some very creepy elements. The idea of a couple being randomly stalked by masked thrill-killers in a secluded home just screams horror! And the fact that it seems so random makes it all the more unnerving. Liv Tyler does a good turn as the female lead. And the behind-the-scenes feature is worth a look. All in all, not a bad flick to watch on an eerily quiet evening.

The teaser for this film is one of the best since "Cloverfield" and the full feature does not disappoint. The director knew what he was doing, creating the scene with ambient sound and keeping the audience on its toes. THIS MOVIE SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME!

I'am suprised at the 3 star rating for this movie, this is by far one of the best horror movies of the past several years...Negative reactions to a film like this is why the studios dont see a market for well directed, suspenseful horror movies..so they keep churning out crap for the A.D.H.D generation that cant keep their eyes off there phones

I've only been scared by two movies in my lifetime... "The Exorcist" and "The Strangers."

A couple scenes were predictable but I still nearly jumped off the couch.

I highly recommend this "terror" film.

Mainstream horror movies these days fall into two categories: tame and lifeless PG-13 ghost stories (most of which are remakes) or scareless torture-laden exercises in sadism. The Strangers thankfully falls into neither category, taking the best parts of what really makes a horror movie a horror movie; The Strangers stars Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman as a couple with some troubles spending the night in an isolated cabin after a wedding. Things start to get rather creepy however when three masked assailants make their presence known, violently escalating towards a riveting, frightening, and incredibly unsettling climax. Director Bryan Birtino mixes old school fright elements with an unnerving score, adding to the uber-creepy atmosphere, and Tyler and Speedman are surprisingly impressive as well in the leads. All in all, The Strangers is a stylish, creepy, and ultra effective thriller/horror movie that deserves your attention, and should be by all means given a look by any and every horror fan.

I love horror films but over the past 10 years I could probably count on one hand the number of them that actually scared me. This is one of them! Being based off of true events, this story leads the viewer on quite a strange ride with a couple in the middle of the night... it's pretty crazy and twisted how the "strangers" are and it thoroughly had me jumping in my seat at the theater. Had to buy it when it came out, and everyone who has watched it with me has agreed.

This is one of the better real horror stories because it can happen to anyone. I rented this when it first came out on dvd and was scared to death. After buying the Blu-Ray, I can't watch it alone or with someone. The whole premise scares the crap out of me. It seems too real and if you watch it alone, late at night, in the dark and hear a knock at your door, DO NOT ANSWER IT!

The first two-thirds of this movie are incredibly creepy. There is great atmosphere, plenty of scares, and just overall chilliness. However, the last third of the movie allows the masked killers too much air time, thus losing their creepiness, and the pace of the thriller slows remarkably.

Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman are a couple that are spending a night in a remote vacation home after attending a wedding. Both are already on edge for a different reason: she just turned down his marriage proposal. It doesn't take long for weird events to begin, with the creeps and the scares right behind them, as Tyler's character is left alone for a somewhat brief time. The movie steps up from more atmospheric creepiness to a scarier cat and mouse game, as Speedman's character returns.

The last third again relies on Tyler, who did a very good acting job, and the scariest thing about this part of the movie is the what ifs...What if this really happened? What if this happened to me? The ending is definitely disturbing, not so much because of the movie, but, knowing that people do sick stuff like this is real life.

While I enjoy good old fashion scarey movies that rely on plot, characters, scores, shadows, etc, more than gore for no reason movies, I was overall disappointed in this film. Yes, the beginning started off great, very scary, but then the movie seemed to slow down and switch to the gore for no reason type of movie, yet, minus most of the gore.

There were several problems with this movie. First of all, the characters were dumb!! They made many of the old fashion cliche mistakes: splitting up, not using weapons appropriately, hurting themselves stupidly, etc. Also, I felt that the masked killers were on screen too long. To me, this made them seem like real people, as oppose to monsters, therefore the hunted couple really could have fought them off, if they even made any half attempt to. Also, there were a lot of "now they're here...now they're gone" moments. If these are suppose to be real people (the whole basis of the major scare factor of this movie), and not ghosts, or Jason, Mike Myers, etc types, then they shouldn't be allowed to enter and exit rooms totally impossibly, and disappear in a second.

Overall, I would say that anyone who enjoys a quieter, more old fashion type of thriller (as oppose to Saw and the like) would probably enjoy most of this movie. I believe that the first two-thirds of this movie are good enough to enjoy and watch the whole thing. If all you like are very heavily bloody, gore-fest films or you hate it when a movie's ending doesn't live up to the beginning, then you should skip this one. You don't need to watch this movie to make you contemplate what is really scarey: someone randomly hunting you down for no apparent reason, other than their own sick amusement.

I cannot figure out why people are down on this movie. OK, it isn't gory. Isn't that a plus? And yeah, they definitely stretched the definition of "inspired" here. But it's still an awesome, terrifying movie that will have you looking over your shoulder when you're watching it. If you don't like gore, but you love suspense, this is a great movie for you.

This is a really good horror movie that was based on real events. The movie was scary the whole way through. I didn't give it 5 starts because I didn't like the ending.