Homie proposed at a wedding? He deserved the karma 😂

"Because you were home..." That line still gives me chills! This movie terrified me! I really wish they would just let this film stand & not make prequels.

Who the Hell decided to make 3 Prequels to The Strangers? This isn't Star Wars 🙄

It always bugged my that the friend never once called out or announced himself. Who doesn’t even try to call out “Hey, I’m here?” Or maybe “um, guys?” once?

"unless you're still annually buying Madden, you'll probably notice that there's some tension between the two" JESUS CHRIST!

The phrase "trilogy of prequels" is more horrifying than anything in "The Strangers."

Whenever my girlfriend is hysterical over something, especially after a few drinks, I believe her 100% and immediately jump in the vehicle.

"See you later" said by doll face after she knocks on the door is really chilling. She warmed them.

This movie probably got under the skin of every girl named Tamara. Imagine going on a date in 2008 to see this movie, only for the villian to ask if you're there.

I've seen this movie like 5 times, and the most recent watching gave me the hilarious idea that when the friend is shot, The Man In The Mask is like 'OH SHIT WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT' and then hurriedly runs to Dollface like 'Jesus Christ he just killed his friend, wheres the red paint?? I got an idea!"

you should do “you’re next” and “hush” next if you haven’t. home invasion movies are my personal fav so i just like those a lot

“Fucking TURN AROUND!” lmao that got me rolling

You are so criminally underrated

The part that annoyed the hell out of me about this movie was when James decided that the smart thing to do is leave the room with only one entrance where they had a plan that (tragically) could be successful, to go running in the dark woods with the gun, alone. And he is immediately knocked out because obviously. Like their plan would have worked. They'd either be able to shoot one of the strangers or the strangers would give up because they're at a stalemate. But anything would be better than leaving the only potential way they both could have survived

the scene where james didn't turn around when the masked man is behind me, i feel like james subconsciously knew he was behind him but was not ready to turn around and face the masked man. he was buying time because he just wasn't ready.

" Unless you are still annually buying madden, you will notice ...." lmao, why the random shot 😅. Im not guilty, so i found that random sentence funny af. 😂

How does my dude make an "ocular pat-down" reference but not mention that the brother was played by Glenn "The Implication" Howerton?!

This movie also shows off how talented of an actress Liv Tyler is.

I wonder if anyone has ever made a movie like this where the person that is being terrorized happens to be a serial killer and turns the tables Wouldn’t that be great?

Your production is excellent. It’s always a great time when a new release comes out.

"Ocular pat-down" 😅 Love your scripts for these.

I hope the prequels answer the question of "So what do they say if Tamara IS home?"

A few other problems with the movie is that sometimes the Strangers do senseless things that don't even seem to be logical or add anything to the plot. Like when they write KILLER or when the woman is getting silently chase by one the strangers.... but the stranger just leaves her, what was the point? Also, from a comment from another review, the line "the next time will be easier". Easier than this? Funny enough, it was harder the next time we knew about them and all died (apparently). Aside from the points I and the video made, I think the movie could have been benefited with a few more characters being stalked.

I like how shes down to be home alone while he goes and grabs cigs.

One of my favorite horror films of all time. I remember watching it in theaters when it came out and just being absolutely gobsmacked, I was both terrified and I wanted to see it again(which I did, many times). And I love that you brought up the 70’s influence, Straw Dogs(1971), See No Evil(1971) and Black Christmas(1974) walked so The Strangers(2006) could run.

I'm torn between curiosity at whatever Renny Harlan comes out with, and sheer confusion at why there needs to be a prequel *trilogy*.

The strangers really is an almost completely perfect movie imo. I really wish we had more horror movies thiiiis beautifully done.

I went to see this at a matinee , I was the only one I’m the theater ! A couple showed up late & out loud I thanked them ! Empty theater was especially creepy !

I’ve seen this movie so many times but only just recently noticed the detail at the end, that they put Kristen and James back in their wedding outfits before killing them. I couldn’t believe I hadn’t noticed.

Nah, I disagree about the scene with Glenn Howerton's character being frustrating for not turning around. As far as he was concerned he already checked each corner and I love the feeling the dread building up with Baghead slowly creeping behind him as "Mama Tried" plays. And even if he DID turn around, would that really change much? Baghead had an axe at the ready to bring right down onto him before he gets shot. So if he turned around he'd probably just be met with an axe to the face and the payoff we got instead I think made for a much more impactful scene. But anyway, I love The Strangers. Definitely one of my favorite horror movies of recent times and I love the slow burn and build-up it has. The shot with Baghead watching Kristen in the kitchen is one of my favorites in all of horror as is the simple motive of the killers just being because they were home. I really don't know how I feel about this upcoming prequel trilogy because what makes the trio so scary is how we don't know anything about them. We don't know what their day jobs are or what their relationships are (are they a family? friends? psychos that found each other online?). I'm worried that a prequel (trilogy at that) is going to give us more information on the trio than we need to know. I also seem to recall at the end of the movie one of them says "It will be easier next time.", implying this was the first time they did something like this. It just makes a prequel feel really unnecessary.

the girlfriend pissed me off so bad. every time she hid its like she thought “hmmm how can i make the most amount of noise” and “ hmmm maybe i should scream so they know where i am” girl go to hell 😭

One of my favorite horror flicks. Seeing it in theaters was amazing!

RE: The Glenn Howerton Sequence Gonna have to hard disagree with you here. It's a cliche to say so, but I think we have a tendency to forget that most characters in horror movies don't KNOW they're in a horror movie. If your friend called you up in the middle of the night ("like a firefly...") and told you he just got into an awkward situation with his girlfriend and needs a ride home... If you get there and there's loud music playing and broken dishes lying around, you're not gonna immediately jump to the conclusion that there must be a murderous home invasion afoot. You're gonna think they probably had a fight and are now off sulking in separate rooms. AT WORST you might fear that things escalated and one of them wound up hurting the other. All the while, the natural human tendency to avoid facing up to unpleasant truths til absolutely necessary is going to have you rationalizing whatever fears you DO have to yourself. I think Howerton's actions are perfectly realistic and reasonable here; he has no reason to suspect any sort of outside threat.

Great stuff! I love your points on how the scenario disturbs privacy and intimacy - something I haven’t really considered about this movie before.

I love the real life inspiration which is the Keddie Cabin murders. Really grounded yet horrifying

This is the first video of yours that I've come across and I've just been binge watching the rest of your videos; also while The Strangers might not be a perfect movie, it genuinely is chilling and I love how you brought up how normal The Strangers seem despite the fact we never see their faces. Not sure how I feel about the prequel but it's nice to see Madelaine Petsch get work after Riverdale, she's a really solid actress.

One of my favorite suspense films ever. I'll never forget the horror of seeing baghead standing in the living room ad the theater-goers realized at different times, and you no0t only heard that sensaton, but felt it. My mom still denies ever seeing the movie to this day lmao

I’m a massive bitch when it comes to horror, so I rarely ever watch the genre. With that said, I love analyzing the best and worst of the genre, so your channel is OUTSTANDING for getting insight on the films I’m too scared to watch.

I was a real weenie when it came to horror up until my late teens/early twenties. I remember this is one of the first "real" scary movies I got myself to watch, probably when I was 15 or 16, and it stuck with me for a LONG time because (unlike with horror movies about demons/ghosts/etc.) I was like "oh shit, this is a thing that could actually happen irl"... And now home invasion horror is one of my favourite subgenres. 😅

Great vid! Can't wait for the new ones but I didn't realize how quickly the sequels were being released

You have quickly built the best horror channel on KZfaq! Thank you!

Just wanna say I just found this channel and man I’m really loving your videos you definitely deserve more recognition💯💯

The quality of your videos are great. You are definitely really underrated , but I hope more people will get to notice you as the time goes ☺️

Love this channel! Been binging your videos all day. Allows me to relive the movies without all the scary ! hah

I remember watching this as a kid with my cousin and this movie scared the hell out of me.

Glad you found your way into my subs. I like your mostly objective looks on things. Thanks for the vids

Love this video so much! You’re one of the few KZfaqrs who have talked about this movie (number 1 on my scariest movies ever list) with such reverence ❤❤❤ This movie creeped me out so much I begged my best friend to sleep at my house for a week. She had to spend the days with her husband then come over to my house for a sleepover later in the night for a whole week. I was 30 and had two young children. My husband (now ex) was away for work 😂

Loving the channel bro! The content getting better and better! 💪🏾

hey there! Don’t know if this was something the movie did knowingly, but the ‘looping record’ at around the ten minute mark is actually the same looping song in the analog horror ‘No Through Road’ here on KZfaq! It’s maybe one of the oldest analog horrors, certainly the oldest on KZfaq! I recommend watching it whenever you have the chance!

I’m so glad I was finally recommended a GOOD channel!!!

Keep it up bro, love watching these while welding at work 🤣 makes my day go heaps quicker. 🇦🇺

I LOVE your channel The “fucking turn around” and Madden comment had me laughing so hard

I completely forgot Gemma Ward was in the strangers! I was absolutely obsessed with her when I was a teenager 😅

I love the film and agree with all your points. There are some decisions that are baffling but the movie is very scary. The first time my wife and I watched it she asked me to keep the lights on in the house when we went to sleep that night. She did not want any darkness anywhere. The actors in this are brilliant and the bleakness is stifling at times. I have only watched the film about four times but it really is a gut punch, especially that ending. I have actually grown to like the sequel “Prey at Night” more. I will be curious to hear your thoughts on it. Best always my friend

I just watched this movie for the first time last night. I had known about it, but I had never taken the time to watch it. I was very disappointed in it. After a great first 30-40 minutes, the movie just completely lost me with characters making bad decisions and villains who could teleport. I eventually decided that I could adjust my expectations and like this movie if it gave me a good, smart final girl who gives some payback, but that doesn’t happen. Where it lost me was when the guy knows there’s danger but leaves his girl inside unprotected while he wanders around with a shotgun. No man would ever leave a woman he cares for alone and unprotected. It just wouldn’t happen. He would have her follow him and watch his back. Then, not too long after, she decides to run out into the yard barefoot. I wouldn’t walk around my yard barefoot because I know how many thistles are out there. That’s just lunacy. By that point, my arms were folded in disgust with how bad this movie was. I had heard this movie was really good, and the first half really was, but the last half was dreadful. By the way, a couple of home invasion movies I think are far superior are: Wait Until Dark (1967) and Siege (1983). Both are currently on Tubi.

my dad also went to get cigarettes once, it was 1992 :/

Just found your channel, very good break down...

Great review Evan! I just had a week off work (annual leave) and watched so many horror movies... The Strangers was one. I had forgotten just how brilliant and devastating a movie it is. Both leads are amazing. I really hope the new series of prequels are not just full of pointless jump scares. We shall see, but 3 movies? Might be a bit on the adventurous side??

This is one of my comfort movies. If you know, you know. I'm a new subscriber! I am loving your videos.

You deserve way more subs ! Great channel , sir !

One of my all-time faves, this defined my ultimate fear for me.

I always thought The Strangers would've made a great short film, but even at an hour and a half it feels bloated to me. I like to imagine an alternate universe where it forms a trilogy with Incident On and Off a Mountain Road and Cigarette Burns as the three definitive episodes of Masters of Horror. Love that Merle Haggard needle drop, though. You should cover Bertino's The Monster from 2016.

I really like your take on things

The madden burn is great btw lmao

First, always a treat to wstch one of your videos as I wind down in the evening

I appreciate you and all your views. I have been a fan for about a year now. This is a most haunting movie, especially the kill scene at the end. I literally felt that. This was foreign film also based off or real events by children. I think it was Italian. It as far as I know was the inspiration for the American version. This is one of my fave movies, so please disprove this if I am wrong. ✨

This is slow in places but it's a good place film. Great video as always 😊🐾💜👍👋

I have yet to revisit this film, but it bored me like nobody's business. I love Prey At Night. Chapter 1 looks like it's gonna be fun.

New to the channel & diggin the content. I agree with the review as a whole. Excellent film, of any genre. The only ways I can think of to really justify how dismissive he is about her concerns initially is maaaaaybe it’s a hint to what could be part of what’s driven a wedge between them? Or when you’re in what’s obviously a failing, ended relationship, but the other person still depends on you or comes to you to solve their problems when you just want it to be done cause you know it’s over? Idk lol Always found that part about the film a bit frustrating myself, cause even those explanations are just assumptions.

I just love your intro

I did catch this one on the theater. While not perfect, it is definitely scary. Kind of surprised it's only had one sequel up till now. I think these charactesr can sustain three movies, and I also think Renny Harlan has the directorial chops to pull it off, so I'm hopeful.

This was my first horror movie I watched willingly when I was in like 4th grade. No movie has scared me since😂

“Smoking a dart” you just made me miss home so badly 😅 - someone stuck in the states 😂🇨🇦

You should make a video on midsommar, cult movies are so fascinating!!

What?! A vid on Monday?! How did we get so lucky lol I love this movie

This movie is incredibly scary! One of my favorites. Those 2 boys that were spreading the word of God and walked into the house of the brutal massacre was terrifying and heartbreaking. The trauma they endured would most likely haunt them the rest of their lives. I really wanted to see them in the sequel sharing their experience. At the beginning when the boy Jordan called 911 telling the operator "there's blood everywhere" still haunts me to this day.

I feel like some of the decisions are partially "not believing the woman who knows something bad is happening" which sadly happens in real life. I think that explains his quick hall glance and immediate dismissal.

If the killers knew that Dennis Reynolds was is in the house, they’d have ran away screaming, lucky that they escaped “the implication”

Yes! The relationship problems make the protagonists relatable to the viewer, making the movie scarier as it conveys the message that this could happen to anyone

One of the greatest slasher movies of all time

This movie was one of the biggest reasons i got myself a conceal and carry 🤣 and armed myself to the teeth

Bruh just watching this review freaked me out . I firgot how terrifying this was. Have you done no vacancy yet?

I would love to see you review the movie Hush! It is one of my all time faves. An aspiring deaf author is suddenly stalked by a serial killer.

Oh my god! Theres a bang at the door!

To be fair I know plenty of white guys who has this “I’m invincible” complex.

The first movie is a true love of mine one of the first I wanted to watch and truly scared me the second one I was surprised how I was Happy with it let see if these prequels are any good, there also the next to go on my horror sleeve 🤞

Agh! One of my favorites! I was lucky enough to see it in theaters, and boooooooy that kitchen scene when you first see the burlap sack mask guy. Everyone is that theater was loosing it

This was my first favorite scary movie!! No way!!

I wasn't scared while watching this movie the first time i saw it, but it messed with me when I was home alone later

The first one of the new ones is more of a remake then the other two are sequels to that. Renny talked about it in an interview

I think this was the home invasion film David Fincher should have made instead of Panic Room.

It’s time for a twist , like they visit the wrong house. The hunters become the hunted by a vampire who played the victim to feed on the strangers

I am NOT excited to watch the new prequel of this brilliant horror movie

oh my god there's a bang at the door

I much prefer The strangers prey at night and it's bombastic 80's slasher charm. Plus it has one of the funnest third acts in any horror movie I've seen.

That’s jammin!!!🎉🎉🎉

I’m only 14 minutes into your video so maybe you mention it but can we take a minute to appreciate the actual knocks. Yes, they’re cheap and easy jump scares but they’re affective! I still remember watching this in theaters and feeling the door knocks in my chest. Instant fear and suspense!

Both are good actors...realistically...no girl would reject him

Have you seen the French home invasion movie ‘Inside’? It’s genuinely one of, if not, the most horrific in the genre. You totally have to check it out if you haven’t seen it

I think the first strangers movie is really scary but good