Grinding and suffocating
CommentAug 26, 2009
The Strangers (2008)
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Reviews Counted:145
Fresh:64
Rotten:81
Average Rating:4.9/10
Consensus: The Strangers provides a few scares, but offers little else to distinguish itself from other slasher films.
Theatrical Release: May 29, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $52.5M
Synopsis: A young couple staying in an isolated vacation home are terrorized by three unknown assailants. [More]
Starring: Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman, Gemma Ward, Kip Weeks
Director: Bryan Bertino
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REVIEWS FOR THE STRANGERS
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Apr 23, 2009
An extremely effective claustrophobic horror picture that starts slow but ultimately provides us with plenty of suspense all the way through to its very dark ending.
Nov 21, 2008
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Oct 18, 2008
An effectively grim, exceedingly well-made horror thriller.
Oct 18, 2008
Nerve-jangling horror flick that wrings maximum scares out of its simple premise, thanks to strong direction and superb performances from Speedman and Tyler.
Oct 18, 2008
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Oct 18, 2008
A retread of just about every home-invasion movie of the past 50 years mixed with elements of torture porn and chick-flick romance.
Oct 18, 2008
When the film is this effective, it’s hard to complain.
Oct 18, 2008
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Oct 18, 2008
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.
Oct 18, 2008
Top CriticA good-looking, sophisticated, if somewhat pointless addition to the slasher-horror genre.
Aug 29, 2008
For most of its length, this is a grippingly unpleasant picture of barbaric, gratuitous evil, stealthier and scarier than Funny Games, to which it bears a slight resemblance.
Aug 29, 2008
Inevitably, the cat and mouse game goes on too long and the tension dies a slow death. A bit like Liv’s career.
Aug 29, 2008
Clearly influenced by slashers such as The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Last House On The Left, there’s a decent sense of claustrophobia in the first hour.
Aug 29, 2008
There's no denying that The Strangers fulfils its limited objective of showing nasty things happening to defenceless people. For some audiences that may be enough - but not for me or, I hope, for you.
Aug 29, 2008
Lean, mean and razor-edged, this nasty little home-invasion thriller drags you by your white knuckles on a horror chill-ride while flicking its middle finger at Funny Games. Prepare to be scared something rotten.
Aug 29, 2008
Delayed by over a year, but don’t let that fool you: this may be lightweight, but it knows what goes bump in the night.
Aug 29, 2008
As a simple exercise in tension and dread, this is a gripping hour at the multiplex - it's just a pity that it goes on for a further 20 minutes.
Aug 29, 2008
Messy, intermittently effective ordeal horror.
Aug 29, 2008
LATEST NEWS FOR THE STRANGERS
August 28, 2008:
Rogue Eager to Meet More Strangers
Rogue Pictures has greenlighted a sequel to the Liv Tyler horror movie "The Strangers," and hired the original's writer/director, Bryan Bertino, to pen the script.
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