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Mood:
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- HostagesSurvivalIsolationConfinedCrimesDangerDeadlyMysterious Character more...
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Genres:
- HorrorThrillerIndependent
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- Contemporary21st Century
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- USAIndoorsSuburbs
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- Award Winner
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The Strangers, 2008
English
USA
Profile of The Strangers
The mood of The Strangers is scary, rough, and suspenseful. The plot centers around hostages, isolation, and imprisonment or confinement. It is an independent, thriller, and horror movie. In approach, The Strangers is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, indoors and in the suburbs. The setting is the USA. The Strangers happens in contemporary times. It is originally a true story. The movie is known for being an award winner. Note that The Strangers includes profanity and violent content.
Summary of The Strangers
For his film debut, director Brian Bertino has crafted a fantastically creepy horror flick based on the very simple premise of strangers who come knocking late at night. Kristen (Liv Tyler) and James (Scott Speedman) have arrived at a secluded vacation home in the woods after attending a friend's wedding. It's four in the morning, and they're both tearful and emotionally exhausted after a disagreement about their relationship. As they awkwardly try to navigate the long night together, they are distracted by the sound of a heavy knock at the door. They open it to find a dazed young woman hidden in the shadows. Assuming she is lost, James sends her away, but Kristen is disturbed by the late-night visit. When James leaves to go on a drive and pick up some cigarettes, Kristen is left alone, and we watch her move through the huge house in a painfully eerie silence, all the while knowing that she is being watched. By the time James returns, Kristen is in hysterics, and together they must face the terrifying fact that they are indeed in grave danger.
Both Tyler and Speedman give excellent, understated performances that lend the film a truly frightening edge of realism. The story's simplicity is a refreshing change from over-the-top torture films like SAW, and the violence in the film is minimal, and much of it off camera. The Strangers also lacks any big-budget special effects. You won't find any CGI creatures or armies of zombies. The only monsters depicted here are the very real human kind, which is what leaves you thoroughly spooked and shaken, and ready to push a chair against your own front door.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 30 May 2008 |
| Runtime: | 86 min |
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as Kristen McKay
as James Hoyt
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The Hollywood Reporter
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- by: Michael Rechtshaffen
The Onion (A.V. Club)
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- by: Scott Tobias
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- 11.December.2011
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- by: jasmine
- jasmine rated this movie
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- 24.November.2011
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- by: Xavier
- Xavier rated this movie9/10Amazing
