The Strangers

[Trance97]

I saw this tonight. Movie was definitely scary the ending was meh... but wow creepy

talk about it. :clap

 

[Stella]

Very good to know - thanks for posting.

I hate going to the movies as opposed to watching at home. But I might venture out for this one. The previews looked pretty cool.

 

[Obdurate]

I've been reviewing every movie I see in my livejournal by just writing down points to remember it by. It isn't a full on review or anything, so here it is:

The Strangers (2008) - 3 people invade the house of a couple, horrors ensue. First movie by the director... so it shows a bit. Great atmosphere the entire time through. A few really great scares (like when the killers are first seen, and the use of music skipping) and a feeling of dread that built through the entire thing. However, the first half was really promising/great (I've used that a lot), but it got worse and worse. Iffy on the ending, might have cut the last 10 mins or so out. Couple did really stupid things. Overused some things until the effect was cheapened, such as people appearing. Acting was okay but not great. Lots of clichés, however, not to the point of being entirely lame.
Entertainment: 7.5/10
Artsy Fartsy: 6/10
Total: 6.75/10
Despite having a generic plot, and the characters being dumb, and falling apart as it went on, I enjoyed this movie because the atmosphere was impressive for a first time director. If it wouldn't have fell apart it coulda been great, one of my favourite horror movies.

 

[dt3]

*DISCLAIMER*
This thread title is not meant to be confused with "The Stranger", a well-known masturbation technique...

 

[groundpounder]

excellent clarifying point. Well done!

 

[GuesSAngel]

yeah i would like to see that movie

 

[groundpounder]

yeah i would like to see that movie

I'm sure there's a video out there somewhere for that.

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[Dodge_Sniper]

I saw this last week. Definately worth the watch, and it's much better on the big screen. Pretty much your general slasher flick(Up there with Halloween, A Nightmare On Elm Street, and Friday The 13th in my opinion), but it also stays away from a lot of the elements of classics horror films. The first 10 minutes or so aren't too entertaining, but still pretty good. It's definately worth the build up, and there's a great deal of suspense and follow-through with the scare/jump scenes. There's also some emotional elements with the movie(Like Jimmy's friend. I'll stop there). The end was pretty good. It could have been much more dramatic and intense, and rumors are going around that there's a much more graphic and gory ending(As shown by one of the movie posters), but it was still a great movie. First good horror movie I've seen in a while, and a great way to start off the horror line-up for the summer.