Review of The Strangers (2008) by Sam D — 21 Nov 2015

One of the scariest movies I've ever seen.

This review of The Strangers (2008) was written by Sam D on 21 Nov 2015.

The Strangers has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Caleb L (318) on 13 Sep 2018

A slow burn, but The Strangers is scary and so well made, that it needs to be seen to be believed…

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By Elizabeth L (270) on 27 Nov 2017

If you don't like this movie, that's fine. But personally, I thought it was great…

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By Sean Fennessey (47) for The Ringer (285) on 30 Sep 2018

Sometimes evil happens without explanation. Rarely is it shown in such plain, quiet, horrifying fashion. Don't watch this alone…

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By Sandra M (306) on 31 Mar 2018

I got bored by like the first 5 minutes of watching. The scares weren't very scary, and the movie was just a mess…

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By Rob M (1,048) on 02 Sep 2017

A rather pointless slasher film...no plot, no imagination, and not worth seeing…

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By Cameronhalmans (37) on 03 Oct 2018

The Strangers is a peculiar film in the sense that it succeeds in tone, setting, and tense direction, but completely fails to write characters…

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By Robert L (1,060) on 08 Jan 2018

A little slow at times but overall pretty creepy. And I will make sure to never stay in a cabin in the middle of nowhere…

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By Seroj (254) on 11 Apr 2019

7.9? What!? This movie was one of the worst, I have ever seen! It wasn't scary even a bit…

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By Manch F (179) on 27 Nov 2017

If you don't like this movie, that's fine. But personally, I thought it was great…

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By Fernando H (146) on 26 Mar 2018

Slow but in a good way, this movie delivers nice scares but lacks a bit of action and motive to be (but I guess that's the point right?)…

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