The Strangers (2008)
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Reviews Counted:142
Fresh:63
Rotten:79
Average Rating:4.9/10
Consensus: The Strangers provides a few scares, but offers little else to distinguish itself from other slasher films.
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
US Box Office: $52,534,295
Synopsis: For his film debut, director Brian Bertino has crafted a fantastically creepy horror flick based on the very simple premise of strangers who come knocking late at night. Kristen (Liv Tyler) and... [More]
Reviews for The Strangers
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The film's most potent claim to success is its lengthy and cleverly edited stretches of spookiness, which it tends to extend to almost breaking point, keeping us in heightened suspense. Full Review |
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The cumulative effect of unexpected knocks at the door, creaking floors, shadows, noises and strange happenings is a heart-pounding experience Full Review |
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Grinding and suffocating Full Review |
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7/10 |
An extremely effective claustrophobic horror picture that starts slow but ultimately provides us with plenty of suspense all the way through to its very dark ending. Full Review |
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An effectively grim, exceedingly well-made horror thriller. Full Review |
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3/5 |
When the film is this effective, it’s hard to complain. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Nerve-jangling horror flick that wrings maximum scares out of its simple premise, thanks to strong direction and superb performances from Speedman and Tyler. Full Review |
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1.5/5 |
A retread of just about every home-invasion movie of the past 50 years mixed with elements of torture porn and chick-flick romance. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
The Strangers has a couple of scares, but it's not anywhere near as frightening as advertised. The creepy folks of the title are more fumbling than fiendish. Full Review |
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3/5 |
A good-looking, sophisticated, if somewhat pointless addition to the slasher-horror genre. Full Review |
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3/5 |
For most of its length, this is a grippingly unpleasant picture of barbaric, gratuitous evil, stealthier and scarier than Funny Games, to which it bears a slight resemblance. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Inevitably, the cat and mouse game goes on too long and the tension dies a slow death. A bit like Liv’s career. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Clearly influenced by slashers such as The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Last House On The Left, there’s a decent sense of claustrophobia in the first hour. Full Review |
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2/5 |
There's no denying that The Strangers fulfils its limited objective of showing nasty things happening to defenceless people. For some audiences that may be enough - but not for me or, I hope, for you. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Lean, mean and razor-edged, this nasty little home-invasion thriller drags you by your white knuckles on a horror chill-ride while flicking its middle finger at Funny Games. Prepare to be scared something rotten. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Delayed by over a year, but don’t let that fool you: this may be lightweight, but it knows what goes bump in the night. Full Review |
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As a simple exercise in tension and dread, this is a gripping hour at the multiplex - it's just a pity that it goes on for a further 20 minutes. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Messy, intermittently effective ordeal horror. Full Review |
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