The Strangers

Pick the statement that is false about The Strangers....

1) About ten minutes of the first thirty minutes of the movie are intensely creepy; the rest of the movie is over the top and predictable.

2) Movie completely collapses due to characters that do what no normal people would ever do (i.e. answer the door at 4 a.m. without first saying, "Who is it?" / Leave girlfriend alone at 4:10 a.m. in isolated house "just to go for a drive" after a "strange" encounter / Explore isolated house and property instead of taking a secure position after multiple "strange" encounters / No one immediately calls 911 when "strange" things start happening).

3) Brazen, Manson-esque, "strange" trio seem to magically move from place to place.

4) Scott Speedman turns into a monstrous half vampire, half werewolf and Liv Tyler summons her true love Aragorn, and together Speedman and Aragorn defeat The Strangers.

5) I am sorry that I spent 90 minutes with The Strangers.

So this movie is supposedly based on a true story. And basically--I did'nt grasp that it had a real point. This movie was boring with SOME suspensful parts. The ending was wierd, and just like, wtf? I felt it was a waste and would'nt watch again.

I was quite excited when this movie came out because I personally wanted to see Liv Tyler attempt such a genre. Although her screams and wails were quite realistic and moving at times the movie itself failed to deliver any kind of thrilling horror. The storyline is not original but the fact that it was based on true events gave it some weight, unfortunately the movie had nothing. I couldn't help but see it as an extremely bad remake of 'Funny Games' the movie written and directed by Michael Haneke. The mind games took up all the movie time and built up the viewers expectations so much that when the end came it was kind of "YAWN that's it?!?!"
Also this movie probably had 4 lines altogether so not much to say about the script at all.
I'm sad to say another disappointment in this genre of film.

Bryan Bertino's debut film "The Strangers" is among the most frightening American horror movies I have seen released since 2000.

Starting with a serious disappointment in "love", young almost newlywed Kristen McKay (Liv Tyler) and her amazingly stoic would-be fiancee Scott Speedman (James Hoyt) retreat to their vacation home in a remote wooded area to get it together. After a close friend's wedding, Scott proposed to Kristen and was rejected.

The symbolism is appropriate for the events to come--rose petals scattered around champagne bottles, the now humiliating box in which a marriage ring is held--beauty and security rejected and destroyed. And me oh my, is it.

The only time the viewer gets a close shot at one of the "Stranger" when both characters are home: a nondescript blond woman pounds on the door and asks: "Is Tamra home?" When Scott answers no, she smirks a bit in the darkness and replies "Are you sure?"
Using the eerie backdrop of vinyl records skipping and ceaseless pounding at the door, the nameless killers (who wear childlike Halloween masks) launch an all out assault on the senses, souls, and physical safety of the two. I was convinced that at some point Bertino would make a mistake and reveal the identity of the family? doing this: he never drops the ball once. Even with the predictably stupid decisions made by the two protagonists, this is a great horror movie.

QUICK PLOT - Young couple is terrorized "By Strangers" in remote summer cabin.

Extremely well made movie about a young couple that is staying in a remote summer home, when suddenly there is a "LOUD" bang on the door at 4 AM. A mysterious creepy girl is at the door asking for an unknown person - and everything for this couple goes downhill from there!

Much of the thrill of this movie is the INCREDIBLE tension it creates through the effective use of darkness, music, creepy sounds, and the "unknown" of what's next.....

This movie will stick with you - and will make you think about being careful when being in places that are too dark or remote.