DVD Release Date: October 21st, 2008 Studio: Rogue Pictures (a Universal Pictures company) Director: Bryan Bertino Screenwriter: Bryan Bertino Starring: Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman, Gemma Ward, Kip Weeks, Laura
Margolis, Glenn Howerton Genre: Suspense Thriller MPAA Rating: R (for violence/terror and language) Official Website:
TheStrangers.net
Plot Summary:
Writer/director Bryan Bertino explores our most universal fears in "The
Strangers," a terrifying suspense thriller about a couple whose remote getaway
becomes a place of terror when masked strangers invade. The confrontation forces
Kristen and James to go far beyond what they thought themselves capable of if
they hope to survive.
EN 5 Second Review:
A halfway decent edgy fright flick, but the ending
leaves something missing.
Extras: Deleted
scenes, "The Elements of Terror" featurettes.
Also available on
unrated Blu-ray Disc. (Universal).
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The Strangers Release
Date: May 30, 2008 Studio: Rogue Pictures (a Universal Pictures company) Director: Bryan Bertino Screenwriter: Bryan Bertino Starring: Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman, Gemma Ward, Kip Weeks, Laura
Margolis, Glenn Howerton Genre: Suspense Thriller MPAA Rating: R (for violence/terror and language) Official Website:
TheStrangers.net
Plot Summary: Lock the doors. Assume you're safe.
The horrifying events that took place in the Hoyt family's vacation home at 1801
Clark Road on February 11, 2005, are still not entirely known.
Champagne. Rose petals. Candlelight. It was supposed to be a night of
celebration for Kristen McKay (Liv Tyler) and James Hoyt (Scott Speedman). But
after leaving a friend's wedding reception and returning to the house,
everything had collapsed for the happy couple.
Then came a 4 a.m. knock on the door and a haunting voice.
Is Tamara here?
Writer/director Bryan Bertino explores our most universal fears in "The
Strangers," a terrifying suspense thriller about a couple whose remote getaway
becomes a place of terror when masked strangers invade. The confrontation forces
Kristen and James to go far beyond what they thought themselves capable of if
they hope to survive.
EN 5 Second Review:
A halfway decent edgy fright flick, but the ending
leaves something missing.
It's
all efficiently nerve-jangling, with Tyler and Speedman credibly
registering every hue of panic Dennis Harvey: Variety
Offering home invasion horror on a less intellectualized
plane than the recent "Funny Games U.S.," "Strangers" should court
correspondingly more robust patronage from mainstream fright fans --
even if this exercise, too, might leave some viewers wondering what the
point is at the punishing journey's end...more
The
Strangers is one of those inane fright fests that relies
upon the victimizers being omniscient and omnipresent while
the victims are complete morons Alonso Duralde: MSNBC
If you’ve ever lied awake wondering what Michael Haneke’s
“Funny Games” would be like if it were remade as a dopey
American slasher flick, your prayers have been answered...more
EN 5 Second Review:
A halfway decent edgy fright flick, but the ending
leaves something missing.
