The Strangers

49%

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48%

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250,000+ Ratings

Kristen (Liv Tyler) and James (Scott Speedman) are expecting a relaxing weekend at a family vacation home, but their stay turns out to be anything but peaceful. First, a mysterious and dangerous woman arrives at the door while James is out on an errand. When he returns, he accidentally kills his friend Mike (Glenn Howerton), mistaking him for an intruder. And then real danger does show up -- in the form of three masked torturers, leaving Kristen and James struggling for survival. Read More Read Less

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Critics Consensus

The Strangers has a handful of genuinely scary moments, but they're not enough to elevate the end results above standard slasher fare.

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Sara Vilkomerson

Observer

The movie is best before the mayhem actually starts: First-time writer-director Bryan Bertino gets right some priceless details as the couple try to deal with the evening's earlier fallout, and elevates his movie above other horror films.

Mar 31, 2019

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

The formula of calm followed by shock is repeated until one tires of the technical polish of Bryan Bertino's directorial debut (with nods towards Funny Games and the French Them?) in the absence of coherent plot or character development.

Mar 31, 2019

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Adam Nayman

The Ringer

Bertino's directorial smarts are on display from the first slow-cut montage of rural homes glimpsed from the window of a moving car. It's a passage suggesting free-floating, arbitrary menace.

Mar 9, 2018

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Not even Bertino’s impressive formal control as a first-time director can make up for how empty the material is and how absurdly familiar the whole thing proves to be

Rated: 1/4

May 19, 2024

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Toussaint Egan

Polygon

A lean and profoundly gripping horror movie that strips the home invasion subgenre down to its bare essential parts to drive home the intimate, primal terror of its premise.

Oct 20, 2021

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

The Strangers isn't scary, just tedious.

Rated: 1/4

Aug 31, 2021

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Tyler R THE BEST OF THEM ALL! Super creepy, great sound effects, great music. I love the record skip getting louder and louder. I love this movie Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/20/24 Full Review Gorptholemew T 🍅 6.6/10The sound design is very ASMRy 😀 ew!. The Tension and cinematography is executed greatly. Doesn't excuse the fact that this characters are kinda dumbasses. Grade B Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/03/24 Full Review Griffith J The plot does a great job at bringing a fearful invasion into a private place. Typical but with some really awesome slasher moments that unsettle. Yet the character development is soapy & overacted with lots of illogical choices. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/26/24 Full Review James S Main characters are dumb as hell. Who talks with the serial killer who tried to kill you? You had a gun on her head and you couldn't kill her dumb fck Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/22/24 Full Review Tyler S For anyone who is a horror and suspense fan, this movie will fit you really well. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/21/24 Full Review Audience Member Slow and predictable at first, then takes a turn and give the main characters things they need to survive the attack and the simple just don't use them. Wicked predictable and just bad. Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/13/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Bryan Bertino Director Liv Tyler Kristen Scott Speedman James Gemma Ward Dollface Kip Weeks The Man in the Mask Laura Margolis Pin-Up Girl

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Synopsis Kristen (Liv Tyler) and James (Scott Speedman) are expecting a relaxing weekend at a family vacation home, but their stay turns out to be anything but peaceful. First, a mysterious and dangerous woman arrives at the door while James is out on an errand. When he returns, he accidentally kills his friend Mike (Glenn Howerton), mistaking him for an intruder. And then real danger does show up -- in the form of three masked torturers, leaving Kristen and James struggling for survival.

Director: Bryan Bertino
Producer: Doug Davison, Roy Lee, Nathan Kahane
Screenwriter: Bryan Bertino
Distributor: Rogue Pictures
Production Co: Intrepid Pictures, Rogue Pictures, Mandate Pictures, Vertigo, E1 Entertainment
Rating: R (Violence/Terror|Language)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 30, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 15, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $52.5M
Runtime: 1h 25m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby SRD, DTS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)