FilmRSlasher Psychological Survival

The Strangers2008

Name: The Strangers
Genre: Slasher, Psychological, Survival
Released: 2008-05-29
Rating: 5.9

“Lock the door. Pretend you're safe.”

Directed by Bryan Bertino

5.9

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 6.1Rotten Tomatoes 50%Metacritic 47TMDB 6.1

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Year

2008

Runtime

86 min

Box Office

Budget

$9,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$83,051,676

Domestic

$52,597,610

🏆 1 win & 15 nominations total

The premise

After a 4 a.m. knock at the door and haunting voices, Kristen McKay and James Hoyt’s remote getaway becomes a psychological night of terror as three masked strangers invade. Now they must go far beyond what they thought themselves capable of if they hope to survive.

Horror Vault's take

A couple retreating to a remote home for a quiet night find their world shattered when three masked figures begin a terrifying game of cat and mouse. What makes The Strangers so deeply unsettling is not elaborate mythology or supernatural menace — it's the chilling randomness of it all. Director Bryan Bertino strips home invasion horror down to its barest, most primal form, letting tension build through silence, shadow, and dread. This is slow-burn suspense at its most suffocating.

Content: Violence, Threat With Weapons, Intense Sustained Terror, Some Disturbing Imagery