The Strangers
by Bryan Bertino
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Actor: Gemma Ward, Glenn Howerton, Kip Weeks, Liv Tyler, Scott SpeedmanDirector: Bryan Bertino
Brand: UNI DIST CORP. (MCA)
Writer: Bryan Bertino
Producer: Doug Davison
Producer: Joseph Drake
Producer: Kelli Konop
Producer: Marc D. Evans
Producer: Nathan Kahane
Producer: Roy Lee
Producer: Sonny Mallhi
Producer: Thomas J. Busch
Producer: Trevor Macy
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 86 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-10-21
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of The Strangers
Movie Review: morbid waste of film stock!
Summary: 1 Stars
I actually give this film 'half' a star but that option isn't provided.
I'm not going to waste time giving details on the storyline.
It's your typical 'young couple get terrorized by Manson type masked freaks/ slasher thriller. It started out fine, and I invested my interest into the survival of the lead characters. Only, there is no pay off. After two hours of watching these poor kids get tortured psychologicaly, they get hacked up! I'm sure the director would defend this ending by saying it was inspired by true events. To that I say.....
Many of us watch movies to escape from the real world, not to be reminded how F***ED up it is! If I wanted to bring myself down, I'd open a newspaper!
This is a similair review I gave to OPEN WATER. Also inspired by true events.
Summary of The Strangers
Inspired by true events, this heart pounding, nail-biting frightener mercilessly explores our most universal fears, where simply opening the door to a stranger leads to a grueling night of terror one could never imagine. Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman star in this relentless suspense thriller that will keep you up at night and make you never want to answer the door again!A lean, briskly paced and exceptionally creepy thriller, The Strangers earns its scares the old-fashioned way: through atmosphere, sound design, and a simple yet undeniably upsetting central premise that allows for maximum tension throughout its running time. Attractive young lovers Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman are already having a bad day--she's turned down his marriage proposal--before a knock on the door in the middle of the night announces a full-fledged siege on their remote vacation home by a trio of masked assailants. The film's first third delivers the most consistent shivers as the visitors make their presence and intentions known to Tyler; the second half grows more frantic and bloody before a gruesome finale that may leave viewers either rattled to their core or bothered by its empty nihilism. Speedman is fine as the downtrodden male lead (who's seen tucking into a carton of ice cream after being rejected), but it's Tyler who impresses the most by shouldering the lion's share of the terror. First-time writer/director Bryan Bertino impresses by forsaking the current passion for over-the-top violence (save for the finale) in favor of more traditional means of generating fear, and if his project borrows heavily from other films, most notably the French chiller Them (which shares its "inspired by a true story" origin) and Michael Haneke's Funny Games, at least he's taking from the best. The sound design is among the many technical standouts, and the unsettling score by tomandandy (The Hills Have Eyes) pleasantly evokes Ennio Morricone's fuzztone-heavy work for Dario Argento in the early '70s. On a completely unrelated note, LP fanatics should appreciate how both the film's heroes and villains share an affinity for folk and country music on vinyl. --Paul Gaita
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