Here’s a movie I want to love. Raylene is scared of it, so obviously there’s a part of me that has to love it. Sadly, it’s not that good, especially after the first time you view it, it loses a lot of it’s luster. Another issue is I had seen Them, the French movie that The Strangers is based on, and Them is a much better movie in my opinion. The tension and scare factor was significantly higher. I have found though that people tend to be partial to whichever film they see first. So I still recommend finding Them and seeing what you think. it’s not a terribly talkative movie, so the subtitle factor shouldn’t factor into one’s enjoyment.
Back to the Strangers. My first beef is that Liv Tyler is not that great of an actress unfortunately. The best thing she ever acted in was Aerosmith’s video for Crazy. So suck it fans of Lord of the Rings, Armageddon, The Incredible Hulk (abomination) and The Strangers. The acting doesn’t kill this movie, Liv doesn’t have to be great here. The Strangers themselves are solid, but I want more from them. And of course there is the best scene, you see Live on the right of the screen looking right, and then we see one of the Strangers in the far left. That scene really alone is worth a point. There’s plenty for one to like, but as I have said, it gets slaughtered on replayability. The concept, 3 strangers invade a couple’s home. Why? Because they were home. BRILLIANT!!! This came out around the time that horror was getting shitty again in American thanks to the Descent. Boooo. Still, I recommend this as well as Them if you haven’t seen them. It’s more suspense than anything, but that’s not a bad thing.
Rating wise, I give it a 5.9 due to lack of replayability. On the movie’s first viewing, it’d be a high 6 to low 7 rating. Hope that helps.
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- Rogue Pictures (presents)
- Intrepid Pictures (presents)
- Vertigo Entertainment
- Mandate Pictures
- Mad Hatter Entertainment
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