There are a few movies that I own on DVD but have never watched for a variety of reasons. I hadn’t watched ‘The Strangers’ on DVD because of how much I had been scared by it at the cinema.The Strangers is a psychological horror in which a couple (Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman) staying at a remote house get a knock on the door at 4AM asking for someone who doesn’t live there. The same person come knocking a few minutes later. This continues and escalates to the point that the couple are fighting a home invasion from 3 masked people forcing them to protect themselves in ways they never thought they would.
The audio in the movie works well to create atmosphere, early on the movie never raises above talking level with some background music however later on the knocking on the door and music being played become ear splitting always ensuring that the viewer is ill at ease.
The film has some genuine scares but both the couple and their attackers fall into many of the horror movie pitfalls; splitting up, the female protagonist falling an injuring her leg causing the attacker to follow slowly behind.
The attackers could be said during the movie to lack motivation for their actions but deliver the best reasoning for what they have done when asked.
The director (Bryan Bertino) knows how to structure horror and delivers it well but the movies horror clichés and lacklustre ending may leave the viewer with a mixed bag of feelings and will most likely leave a slight feeling they are being watched.
Rating 4 out of 5
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Review by Kevin Brown
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