It also lacks Bertino's planned opening scene, which would have picked up moments after the final scene of The Strangers with Tyler's Kristine, only for the character to be quickly killed off. Production companies: Fyzz Facility, White Comet Films, Rogue Pictures, BloomĬast: Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson, Bailee Madison, Lewis Pullman, Damian Maffei While The Strangers: Prey At Night used the concept of Bryan Bertino's original Strangers 2 script, it was rewritten when Johannes Roberts came onboard. Those who recall the most chilling line from The Strangers, “Because you’re home,” will appreciate this one’s equally punchy rejoinder, “Why not?” And fans of 1980s horror flicks, which this film closely resembles, will enjoy the ironic use of the classic power ballads “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and “Making Love Out of Nothing at All.” Both songs were written by Jim Steinman, so he, if not audiences, will have something to cheer about. It's all just crushingly dull.The dialogue is risible, rarely rising above the level of, say, “Leave us alone!” Screenwriters Bryan Bertino and Ben Ketai (the former wrote and directed the original) nod to the film’s predecessor in numerous ways. Heres every alternate ending for The Strangers: Prey At Night where the titular killers survive. Actually, the events that inspired The Strangers: Prey at Night are the same as the events that inspired writer/director Bryan Bertino’s The Strangers. Learn more about DVD region specifications here. Film Review: ‘The Strangers: Prey at Night’ A sequel to the 2008 horror thriller now plays like an unspooky 'Purge' knockoff, with a trio of psychos making predictable masked mayhem. See other DVD options under Other Formats & Versions. They're also able, supernaturally, to be anywhere, at any time, and to know where their victims are at all times. Playback Region 2 : This will not play on most DVD players sold in the U.S., U.S. The killers, on the other hand, are inhumanly imperturbable, with nary a drop of adrenaline affecting their actions. And they're always poking around where they shouldn't be, facing the wrong direction, or running from danger in plain sight. Unbelievably, all four of them leave their trailer without taking their phones. The characters aren't very smart, and their dialogue never really rings true. It has predictable jump scares and clichés like the lone, creaking swing on the swing set. A family is terrorized by three masked home invaders in ‘The.
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He even includes a De Palma-like split-screen shot.īut the movie disintegrates quickly from there. A family is terrorized by three masked home invaders in 'The Strangers: Prey at Night,' a sequel to the 2008 horror film hit. Its a chilling and genuinely frightening horror film, driven by some solid performances and Roberts command of atmosphere, location, and relentless pacing. Mike and his wife Cindy take their son and daughter on a road trip that becomes their worst nightmare. Director Johannes Roberts ( The Other Side of the Door, 47 Meters Down), starts things off promisingly, with a 1980s-style title card and a creepy, 1980s-style synthesizer score, as well as some ironically chosen '80s pop songs.
Thus, the sequel, The Strangers: Prey at Night, which is completely unnecessary other than as an investment. 'The Strangers: Prey at Night' is an unexpected anomalya sequel that both is better than and fixes the problems of its predecessor.
The original The Strangers (2008) wasn't good (or well-received by either critics or viewers), but it still made lots of money. This 10-years-later sequel to one of the staples of the home-invasion horror subgenre is aggravatingly typical, with baffling lapses in logic, dumb characters, and annoying, all-powerful killers. A family of four staying at a secluded mobile home park for the night are stalked and then hunted by three masked psychopaths.
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