Froy Gutierrez and Madelaine Petsch lounging together in The Strangers: Chapter 1
The Big Picture We’ve got another horror reboot on our hands! Although it’s clear audiences are crying out for more original, standalone horror movies, major studios just can’t stop bringing back the dead. Reboots, requels, sequels, prequels, what have you — the horror genre can’t get enough of recycling and repackaging old stories. This brings us to Renny Harlin’s The Strangers: Chapter 1, the first in a reboot trilogy of Bryan Bertino’s 2008 home invasion horror, The Strangers.
It pared horror back to remind audiences that you didn’t need buckets of gore, an IP with a pre-installed fanbase, or a gang of horny teenagers. Tense atmosphere, committed performances, and a real sense of dread were all you needed to make an unlikely hit. It also played on America’s ever-growing fear and paranoia of someone breaking into their home. The opening hears a booming voice telling the audience that 1.
Renny Harlin Wasn’t the Right Choice For ‘The Strangers: Chapter 1’ The original Strangers was all about subtly, and “subtle” isn't exactly the first word that comes to mind when you think of director Renny Harlin. This isn’t an insult. The man gave us turbo-sharks in Deep Blue Sea, arguably the best shark film since Jaws. He turned Freddy Krueger into James Bond and the Dyatlov Pass incident into a humanoid-filled time-travel escapade.
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