HorroRated archive entry
The Strangers: Chapter 1
HorroRated verdict
- Directed by
- Renny Harlin
- Written by
- Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland, Bryan Bertino
- Produced by
- Madelaine Petsch, Courtney Solomon, Mark Canton, Christopher Milburn, Gary Raskin, Andrei Boncea, Dorothy Canton, Roy Lee, Rafaella Biscayn-Debest, Alberto Burgueño, Alastair Burlingham, Charlie Dombek, Juan Antonio García Peredo, Johanna Harlin, Kia Jam
Why it’s HorroRated
The Strangers Chapter 1 is the familiar home invasion premise moved to a motel and staged with competence but without the formal restraint that made the 2008 original work. The masked figures lose some of their uncanny quality in the new setting. For viewers who want more of the franchise before the later chapters.
Synopsis
Renny Harlin's reboot maintains the home invasion premise in a motel setting and delivers the genre requirements for the franchise audience. A functional continuation without the first film's formal restraint.
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Quick facts
- Release date
- May 15, 2024
- Runtime
- 1 hour 31 mins
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language
- English
- Content rating
- R
- Entry type
- Movie
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