The Strangers [Blu-ray]
by Bryan Bertino
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Actor: Gemma Ward, Glenn Howerton, Kip Weeks, Liv Tyler, Scott SpeedmanDirector: Bryan Bertino
Cinematographer: Peter Sova
Composer: Tomandandy
Editor: Kevin Greutert
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-10-21
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of The Strangers [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: A Perfect Example of So Much Potential But Sheer Mediocrity
Summary: 2 Stars
The Dark Knight? Wall-E? None of the film trailers from such great films this past year have had a trailer as strong as the one The Strangers had. It was scary. The creepy masks, the eerie setting and the looping record song combined to deliver some genuine chills and for myself, gave me hope that finally a horror movie had come around that was Halloween 1978-esque and relied on suspense more than gore.
Upon seeing the film, that's partly true; The Strangers does deliver some creepy moments that have not been seen much in mainstream horror since the 1970s and gore is mostly absent. Regardless, the film falls victim to the stupidity of its characters and the lack of a body count. I must preface the meat of this review with a SPOILER!!!! tag.
SPOILERS
The Strangers, like Halloween 1978, doesn't have a high enough body count for a horror movie. True, many would say it's the methodical plans of the Strangers and of Michael Myers that makes them terrifying, that the killers seem to enjoy toying with their victims more than actually killing them. But there's only so many times one can show shots of people in masks staring at others before it stops getting creepy and starts getting boring.
What's worse, the victims actually had plenty of tries to foil the Strangers' murderous attempts and failed embarrassingly. The most obvious example being when they finally did something right and entered a room with a shotgun with only one way in or out. Meaning, if any of the strangers were stupid enough to enter, they would have been blown away. Instead, after another embarrassingly stupid incident from Mike, a friend of Speedman's character, Speedman's character panics and runs outside with the shotgun, leaving his girlfriend unarmed in a house full of maniacs. How is an audience member supposed to sympathize with these characters when they make decisions like these?
END OF SPOILERS
The Strangers should have been good. No, it should have been really good. But after a promising start with genuine scares (including that looping song from the trailer!) the film tapers off before ending on a cliched wimper. And by all indications, the unrated cut will only make the ending a little longer; maybe it will clarify a couple of plot holes, but that's it. Save the money and savor the film's promising trailer instead. The movie itself is for me one of the biggest disappointments of 2008.
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