Learn more about DVD region specifications here. Dollface wakes a sleeping female occupant by knocking at the front door. ", "Relativity Dates Five Films For 2016 Including 'Kidnap' & 'Masterminds', "Interview: Director Johannes Roberts For The Strangers: Prey At Night", "Berlin: Johannes Roberts to Direct 'The Strangers' Sequel", "Christina Hendricks, Bailee Madison, Lewis Pullman Join 'Strangers 2', "Christina Hendricks to Star in The Strangers 2", "The Long-Awaited 'The Strangers' Sequel Gets a Release Date and First-Look Image", "[TRAILER] THE STRANGERS: PREY AT NIGHT Stalks Again", "Box Office Preview: 'A Wrinkle in Time' Looks to Lure Kids as 'Black Panther' Stays Muscular", "[Review] 'The Strangers: Prey At Night' Is a Relentless, Next Level Stalker Sequel! Do you know them? Kinsey uses her lighter to ignite a gasoline leak and both vehicles explode. WhileKristen enjoysa cigarette in the kitchen, unbeknownst to her, the Man in Mask beginssilently observing her whilelurking in the background, however he doesn't make himself known and simply vanishes before she notices his presence. The killers are frightening, silent machines of mayhem, which allows the emphasis to remain on the grotesque violence. It also feels unlikely the Man in the Mask could live through being burned, impaled on a piece of glass and bashed in the head with a baseball bat, and since the sequel does nothing to suggest the killers are supernatural, it was the right move not to end on his surprise return. It was originally slated to enter principal photography in 2009, during which time it was tentatively titled The Strangers: Part II. Cindy and Kinsey return to the trailer and find their cell phones destroyed, and Dollface waiting for them inside. The Strangers are a group of the three main antagonists that appear in the 2008 film The Strangers, and its 2018 sequel The Strangers: Prey at Night. Dollface is likely the craziest of the three because she appeared to take the most pleasure in tormenting Kristen and James. After Luke leaves, Mike is killed by the Man in the Mask with an ice pick. The horrors of the night before won't leave her soon, but at least the two of them made it. Overall, the three characters are very mysterious with no apparent personalities, and very few observable details about their characters. Multiple murdersMultiple mutilationsKidnappingStalkingVandalismBreaking and enteringAnimal cruelty Kinsey is not a character. We first see James (Scott Speedman) and Kristen (Liv Tyler) sitting side by side in their car, their faces in the deep red glow of a traffic light. To play "The Strangers", the filmmakers cast relatively unknown actors to further keep their identities more of a frightening secret. The "Man in Mask" is the only member of the trio not to have a line of dialogue. By the time the kids are making their last run for it, the strangers are down to two in number. The ending of the movie is a metaphor for trauma, and the lasting effects that a horrifying experience can have on a person's psyche. No plot details have been revealed for the new movie, but a recent interview with screenwriter Greg Russo suggested the script was heavily inspired by Resident Evil VII: Biohazard, which took the series back to its horror roots. But hey, Ive never been in that situation so maybe Id do really dumb things in a panic as well. Pin-Up Girl is stabbed to death by the older brother, Luke, and Dollface is shot in the face with a shotgun by the sister, Kinsey. Johannes Roberts (whose shark diving thriller . What did her family do to deserve this torment? 5.2IMDB. He liked the script and wondered if he wanted to get involved in a sequel despite having released the first film years before but finally accepted and decided to add his personal touch.[12]. Starring Bailee Madison, Lewis Pullman, Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson, and Damian Maffei, the plot follows a family vacationing to a secluded mobile home park, where they are attacked by three masked strangers. . In the original script, Kinsey was a ten-year old little girl and is the only survivor. The Strangers: Prey at Night is a surprisingly effective film that overcomes a slow, uninteresting opening act with an intensive, no-holding-back series of violent events. After a troubled development period, filming to the sequel began on May 30, 2017. The Strangers: Prey at Night is a 2018 slasher film directed by Johannes Roberts, with a script co-written by Bryan Bertino and Ben Ketai, is a sequel to The Strangers and the second installment of The Strangers film series.Starring Bailee Madison, Lewis Pullman, Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson, and Damian Maffei, the plot follows a family vacationing to a secluded mobile home park . It's totally corny, but a lot of fun, especially the portion of the climax given over to Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart.". and it made everyone laugh. As the siblings are stalked throughout the grounds, Luke hides Kinsey under a porch and goes to the general store to use the phone but is attacked by Pin Up Girl. Audience members will be too busy sighing at the screen to be scared. The strangers tie up James and Kristen, and when Kristen asks why they are doing this, Doll-face simply replies calmly "Because you were home". Side-by-side with Kinsey's car, the masked man cranks the radio on Tiffany's "I Think We're Alone Now," a coincidentally on-the-nose choice for the encounter. In the window behind her, headlights loom and then approach. Most of them say how they're influenced by the greatest films and directors of all timeSO WHY DO THEY CONTINUE TO CHURN OUT CRAP? ", "Why 'The Strangers: Prey at Night' Is the Purest Slasher Film in Years", "The Strangers: Prey at Night Review You'll Be Breathless From Start to Finish", "Review: 'The Strangers: Prey at Night' Delivers on Its Title", "Murder, mayhem, mobile homes and the return of Dollface in 'The Strangers: Prey at Night', "Film Review: 'The Strangers: Prey at Night', "The Strangers: Prey at Night review slick sequel fails to replicate scares", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Strangers:_Prey_at_Night&oldid=1137966247, This page was last edited on 7 February 2023, at 08:58. I honestly dont understand why this movie isnt set in the 80s, I get that the original film was set in 2005 and it wouldnt make sense for the sequel to take place in the 80s but there is so many 80s horror cliches, 80s style cinematography, the soundtrack is almost all 80s music. The Strangers is a 2008 American psychological horror film written and directed by Bryan Bertino in his directorial debut and is the first installment of The Strangers film series.The plot follows Kristen and James (Scott Speedman) whose stay at a vacation home is disrupted by three masked criminals who infiltrate the home.The screenplay was inspired by two real-life events: the multiple . When she investigates, she sees Dollface already in the house, who kills her offscreen and then lies down in bed next to the woman's sleeping husband. The predictable sequel played like a less inventive remix of The Strangers and was largely dismissed by critics, which makes the news that The Strangers franchise will receive a three-movie reboot all the more surprising. Here, the ultimate stranger begins to appear to be borderline unkillable, surviving the blast to chase down Kinsey while driving his flaming truck after her as she flees on foot. Mike is impaled with a wooden plank before giving Luke the gun and telling him to go find his sister. Later, Kristen is startled by another knock at the door, the woman is back, asking for Tamara. Director Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down) eventually took over the project and decided to make a sequel that wasnt as dark as the original. Territories, Canada, and Bermuda. Also, did anyone keep a "LEAVE US ALOOOONE" count?? It doesn't just disrupt an innocent setting of a quiet suburbIt is that relentless seclusion, heightened by a haunting soundtrack of otherwise harmless songs. Related: Why It Took 10 Years To Make The Strangers 2. Kristen is then knocked out later and when she and Jamesawake The Strangers stand above them, and claim that they did it "because you were home". Prey at Night director Johannes Roberts just told Metro, Bryan Bertino, who wrote the screenplay, actually had the same exact things happen to him in terms of the girl coming up to the house and knocking at the door. Christina Hendricks and Bailee Madison in The Strangers: Prey at Night. Man in the mask is apparently able to burn alive in a car, and not only not die, but chase after the main character in a pickup truck. The goal of /r/Movies is to provide an inclusive place for discussions and news about films with major releases. Development of the film began in August 2008, with Rogue Pictures had confirmed that a sequel was in the works, with Bertino co-writing the screenplay with Ketai. Kristen tries to contact help, but is later captured, as well. The killer is a stranger to the audience and Kinsey both. Other than that, enjoy Villains Wiki!!! The Pin-Up Girl has short brown hair and wears a mask depicting a girl with curly black hair, lipstick, pink eye shadow and blushed cheeks with a blank expression. Cindy and Kinsey return to the trailer and find their cell phones destroyed, and Dollface waiting for them inside. This is followed by a knock at the door, similar to the one Dollface did, possibly hinting that one of the members of the group is still alive. The last people she's laid eyes on are her dead mother, her dying father, and the criminals that killed both of them. The Gorgeis said to be an action love story with genre-bending elements, and Deadline additionally reports today that Apple Original Films has also come on board the project. Petsch will play one half of a couple who find themselves terrorized by masked villains when they arrive at an isolated Airbnb in the wilderness, a premise that is pretty much lifted verbatim from the original 2008 movie. The main aim of the shelter is to rescue galgos, the majority from kill stations or abandoned on the street, and rehabilitate them ,ready to be placed in adoption in Spain and abroad. As Kinsey tries to escape in his police SUV, Dollface teases her with the keys. The Ending Of The Strangers: Prey At Night Explained. She is the only character to have been unmasked. We get the basic parents and the basic senior high school older brother who is kinda mean to his sister but loves her deep down inside. The way i see it there are two possibilities: 1. As the family sits down to play cards and implores Kinsey to join, Kinsey storms out and Cindy sends Luke after her to try and reach out. Who can say? 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