3 out of 5
I don’t like most horror movies, but once in a while one interests me. The previews for The Strangers interested me a lot. I just thought the whole thing looked like a great way to show the same thing we’ve seen before in horror films. I went in hoping for something scary, and then was disappointed when that was exactly what I got.
The movie was pretty simple: a couple is in a house in a remote area of town and then get terrorized by three masked strangers. I have to say it had me scared through a lot of the film. On a scale of 1-10 of being scared, I would say most of the time it was a 5 to a 6, so moderately scary for me.
And umm….that’s pretty much it.
That’s what disappointed ME personally. I know a lot of people who are fans of the genre will love this movie because it does exactly what it should do: scare. But, for me, I like to get a little more out of my movies and that is why this genre is not for me. I usually like to write long reviews but I have nothing to say other than this movie moderately scared me, and it did great in that sense overall. But THAT’S IT.
If you just want to get the piss scared out of you than you will love this movie. But do not expect ANYTHING else at all. It is a purely scary flick that leaves scared and with your tail between your legs.
Tags: Movie Reviews, Movies, The strangers
