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The Strangers: This is a movie about .........*shudder* here let Wikipedia do the talking

The Strangers is a 2008 American psychological horror and thriller film written and directed by Bryan Bertino, and starring Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman, Gemma Ward, Laura Margolis, Kip Weeks and Glenn Howerton. The film revolves around a young couple who is terrorized by three masked assailants, who break into the remote summer home in which they are staying and damage all means of escape. Yep thats about it the plot is not a highly intricate web of intrigue and twists, Just Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman being terrorized

Does it work?: Yes......and then some. This is one of the scariest films ever filmed in my mind. What a slasher being terrifying you ask? How so well take the slasher elements out and add a lot of realism and enough tension to snap a two by four.The tension is reminiscent of waiting for a balloon to pop. You wait and wait and it pops, or this sense has a jumpscene. The are several great scenes that are very well shot. The film takes place 90% at night, and when the daylight comes it still is not safe. The darkness is almost a character of itself, concealing the masked killers. The backround is the enemy. So many scares come from the back of shot. It keeps you on your toes. The single day scene is shot so its almost out of focus and has a very grainy feeling to it. So yes it works, there are a few faults the characters do act very stupidly at times, and the film faulters a little when the characters actually make it outside and start running around, it loses a lot of tension.

Overall Score: 7.5/10 Terrifying, and a little lacking in the story and likable characters. I recommend it if you feel like being scared and want a story to be just kind of there.