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Let me be clear I HATED The Strangers (2008) and certainly didn't expect them to make a sequel a full decade later.

I'm not entirely sure what it was about the first movie, but it just came across as entirely one sided devoid of purpose and basically plot torture porn and that did nothing for me.

This time around we see a family set up camp in a trailer park only to come under siege by the same three masked psychotics. Among them the stunning Christina Hendricks and former child star Bailee Madison.

Thankfully what we're presented with isn't so one sided and does have a plot. Sure the plot is the time honored generic slasher one but it's a plot all the same.

So what does it have going for it? Well for a start the soundtrack is great as is the score. It fits the movie perfectly and is refreshingly retro. Ontop of that we have some great cinematography, the movie certainly has style.

So it looks great, it sounds great and we have Hendricks on board. So what went wrong? Well other than it being generic, Hendricks isn't the big character you'd imagine so forget about her being the leading lady. To make matters worse it falls into many of the standard slasher pitfalls so we've seen the majority of it before.

This is a vast improvement over the first movie, but it's still just another slasher.

The Good:

Christina Hendricks

A few decent shots

Fitting soundtrack

The Bad:

Christina Hendricks is wasted

Generic stuff

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

I'm glad I'm not the only one who awkwardly laughs when in pain

If they keep up with the improvements they might have an average movie eventually

If you like your horror films to have the main characters do every stupid thing possible then watch this.

The music is the best part of the movie. I loved the 80s themed soundtrack, especially during the pool scene. The movie slowly ramps up tension and when it hits full bore it never stops. Its relenting. The characters do stupid things of course, but that's par for the course for these movies. In the end you do care enough to want them to survive . I admit the film doesn't really bring anything new to the table, but what it does bring it does really well. I'd recommend to fans of the slasher genre and of the original movie.

Definitely worth a watch. The direction, the soundtrack, the dread and twists all make this a very thrilling watch underrated for sure!

I'm a big fan of the first Strangers, I always thought that was a the scariest home invasion film out there, and didn't think it needed a sequel, I was afraid they'd ruin it in some way, but after checking this Strangers 2 out multiple time, I might enjoy this one more. I appreciated the approach they took with this one. It's fast paced and most slasheristic. They told their story with the first movie, so now they got that out of they way it gives room for a fast paced balls out movie and that's what they did here. We get a good back & fourh between the killers and the family they go after and the ending was my favorite actually. There were times where it felt they took ideas from other horror movies but it's okay cuz it fit and kept the movie going. I never thought I'd say this but I want a Strangers 3 Now Damnit!

Girlfriend made me watch this with her... now im single,

Why do I listen to you, people? You are all wrong about this one and I didn't watch it before because I was stupid enough to believe in reviews and other people's tastes.

It's a completely different film than the first one and the set-up is a bit rough, I will give you that. Now...as soon as the family arrives at that camp, holy moly! I know I am a horror unapologetic fan, so I know that I got lots of references/homage that probably others didn't. However, even forgetting that, have you seen that camera movement? The music? The atmosphere? The fear? The acting? The jump scares? How does it play with darkness and light?

Tense as hell, this film never lets you breathe in the last 40 minutes, always playing with high stakes that make you believe that anyone can die. The pool scene and the police car scene alone are enough to recommend this movie every day of my life.

So here I sit. Currently this film still going as my wife is easily amused. However I'm so bored it's unreal. This film is so dreadful I don't even care about what's going on. I think watching paint dry would be more interesting

I went into this as usual with no expectations as I loved the first one but didn't want to base my opinions of this based off of the first one but I was pleasantly suprised. The killers again had the same creepy tone but seemed more aggressive this time round. The characters weren't the selling point but I'd still reccomend this film to any horror fan or any movie gore wanting a decent watch.

I'm so often a lot kinder on films then many reviewers, but this was a genuinely terrible movie. The first one was successful in that it had a degree of subtlety, the couple were quietly terrorised, it built a tension, and had you feeling unnerved. This was a blunt, brash, dreadful attempt to drag further life out of a franchise long since past its sell by date. One or two good scenes I guess, but the Strangers literally became super villains.

It's a disaster. 3/10

Same old, same old theme a bit overdone. Overacting by Bailee Madison particularly pathetic.

I almost didn't watch this movie based on previous user reviews. Whew, I am so happy I went with the few that loved it, as I did! I thoroughly enjoyed from start to finish. I loved the original and felt the sequel was just as good as the first! Atmospheric and tense tone, paced well, and some surprises I did not expect (that did not happen in the original). If you are a fan of the first, you will certainly enjoy this treat! The movie has an 80's throwback theme that I found nostalgic.

In 2008 The Strangers hit the screens and it was terrifying. After 10 longs years we have been given a second film and boy, was it worth the wait. The second installment in this mysterious and chilling story about 3 strangers on the hunt for blood, is just as scary and bloodthirsty as the first. Writer & director Byran Bernito made some great choices in this film and whilst the soundtrack is vastly different to the first, it almost turns it into an entirely different experience. If this is still screening where you live, I highly recommend you give it a go.

"The Strangers: Prey at Night" is another unoriginal and stupid slasher, with a storyline that is on the shelf of any mediocre screenwriter ready to be reprocessed and usually said "based on true events". The most impressive is that even this type of storyline is able to produce good and scary low-budget slashers, such as the French-Romanian "Ils" ("Them" - 2006) or the Austrian "Funny Games" (1997) by Michael Haneke. Both films are tense and make the viewer nervous with the frightening atmospheres. The cruelty in "Funny Games" is impressively cold and therefore horrifying.

In "The Strangers: Prey at Night", there is no character development or motive and the situations are stupid with many cliches. The family splits in the beginning, aware that their relatives have been slaughtered, instead of immediately driving to the police station. The father sees what happened to his wife, but does not shoot the killer. The survivors have many chances to leave the camping area and to possess weapon, but are surprised in the most clichés situations. The police officer has his throat cut in another typical clichés, when the good girl believes that is safe. Advice when most needed is least heeded, but do not spend your time watching this movie. There are much better options in the genre. My vote is three.

Title (Brazil): "Os Estranhos: Caçada Noturna" ("The Strangers: Prey at Night")

This movie was so bad that I felt forced to do my first review on IMDb. The first Strangers had a sense of creepiness throughout the entire movie. This movie should not even be called The Strangers. It's just a straight slasher film with three killers instead of one... think of Jason times 3....

It was obviously a money grab off the original movie. No sense of suspense definitely no sense of creepiness or eeriness. No sense of being trapped in a home like the first one. Not a true home invasion movie like the first one...

This to me was a poor attempt at a sequel at its worst. With the exception of Christina Hendricks the acting is dull and Bland the storyline is horrible... if I could rate this less than 1 star I would....

Basically let steak a slasher movie make three killers no jump-scares no creepiness no sense of dread and just add a lot more blood than the first Strangers

I wonder who thinks it's a good formula just to make a sequel and add more blood? Blood isn't scary blood ads Gore and grossest but not scare. What happened to the days of making a true scary movie and not just "Gore-Porn".... I realize this last paragraph has nothing to do with this current movie just my opinion about the state of current horror movies. There's a difference between a horror movie and a Gore flick!!!!!!!

Unless you like to just watch stupid people running from 3 slashers avoid this movie!!!