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Summary After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple (Madelaine Petsch and Froy Gutierrez) are forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motive.

Directed By: Renny Harlin

Written By: Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland

In Theaters Now
  • 2024
  • R
  • Lionsgate Films
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2024
  • R
  • Lionsgate Films
  • 1 h 31 m

The Strangers: Chapter 1

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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Summary After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple (Madelaine Petsch and Froy Gutierrez) are forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motive.

Directed By: Renny Harlin

Written By: Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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69% Mixed
11 Reviews
25% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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69% Mixed
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25% Negative
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88
May 16, 2024
In a pair of elegantly chilling sequences (the editing in this film is superb), Maya and Ryan fight for their lives against the needle-drop background of first “Nights in White Satin” by the Moody Blues and later “The Best of Times” by Styx. You’ll never think of those classic rock tunes in the same way again.
By Richard Roeper FULL REVIEW
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May 16, 2024
Yes, the masks are great. And yes, home invasions will aways be scary. But when it comes to messing with genre classics, your answer to “Why remake a near-perfect film?” can’t be “It was here.”
By Alison Foreman FULL REVIEW
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May 16, 2024
The Strangers: Chapter 1 ends with a cliffhanger that paves the way for Chapter 2 , and that, I feel, is where this new trilogy will really get the chance to take off.
By Rachel LaBonte FULL REVIEW
40
May 16, 2024
There is a journeyman’s proficiency to “Chapter 1” but little in the way of real spark.
By Mark Olsen FULL REVIEW
40
May 16, 2024
For now, stick with the original.
By Emma Kiely FULL REVIEW
30
May 16, 2024
The hapless script — written by Alan R. Cohen and Alan Freedland and based on the original — offers nothing fresh in a tiring 91 minutes, and nothing daring to justify a new “Strangers” film, let alone a new series, especially when Bertino’s formidable film is streaming on Max.
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May 16, 2024
It’s a pat retread of all the violence from the original film, with no emotional investment and no creativity in the mayhem department.
By William Bibbiani FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Fifth Element Productions, Frame Film
Release Date May 17, 2024
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating R
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Tagline They don't need a reason.
Website https://thestrangers.movie/
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