'The Strangers' Film Review
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'The Strangers' Film Review

Because nothing is creepier than random killers.

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'The Strangers' Film Review
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First off, Happy Halloween everybody!

To celebrate one of my favorite holidays, I've decided to do a quick review of my favorite horror movie, "The Strangers."

BEWARE! SPOILERS LIE AHEAD!

The Strangers start off by focusing on our main characters, Kristen and James. They are a couple and just got back to James' family house in the middle of absolutely no where, from a wedding. A failed marriage proposal occurred at this wedding, so when we start off the scenes are made uncomfortable and the tensions are high.

All of a sudden, the couple starts getting weird knocks on the door. A blonde woman, whose face isn't completely revealed because, well it is in the dark of the middle of the night, starts repeatedly coming and asking, "Is Tamara home?" Okay, once was a coincidence. But when she returns and asks again, while James is on an errand, that is just creepy.

The creepiness continues to intensify, with more knocks on the door, and especially when Kristen realizes she is not alone in the house. She had her phone plugged into the charger, changed and came back and it was nowhere to be found.

This film really gets to you, because it is made to seem so realistic. There's no supernatural, there's no ghosts and ghouls; it's just a group of crazy individuals torturing a couple in the middle of nowhere.

The movie continues on, with James accidentally murdering one of his best friends because he thought he was an attacker, and with the famous line, "Why are you doing this to us?" "Because you were home."

Ugh. Nothing creeps me out more than the fact that it seems like a totally random attack, because some psychos were bored.

I wish I could say that this ends up happy, but it doesn't. Three masked terrors end up inside the house, torturing the young couple. They try to escape, but they are outnumbered. Soon, they both are knocked out and the scene flashes to the next morning, where you see James and Kristen tied up to chairs in the living room. They take turns stabbing Kristen and James, and drive off leaving the house a bloody mess. The last line of the film is one of the three murderers reflecting, "It will be easier next time."

Just in case you thought they were done... Think again. For me, though, I'm patiently waiting for a release of the sequel.

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