The Art of THE STRANGERS: The Home Invasion Realized
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What I find so scary is that, to ME, at least, it feels like this could happen to anyone at any time. Granted, that's the idea, but still.
Even while in the shower or on the toilet..thatd be some shit 😂
Yes! Same idea for me.
Because no other film did that. Also it's so devoid of reality it's not realistic.
@@theItalianshamrock I feel like if someone is going to kill me while I'm on the toilet, then they will truly burn for eternity, you dont attack a man on his throne lmao
@@chrismilton3240 tyrion I have a bad news
“It doesn’t try to be overly stylistic”
True for the first film, then you look at the sequel lol that’s STYLISTIC AF
I feel like the first and the second movie need what the other one has. I love the first film's plot and characters where it lacks some stylistic choices. Where the second has bland, unlikable characters and plot, but amazing cinematography, kills, and setting.
@@jackjack604l4d2 The second one was tense as fuck. I was holding my breath the whole movie
@@jackjack604l4d2 VERY TRUE. The second film had beautiful cinematography and a great setting.
This movie really showed me what real horror was as a kid. It made me feel so uncomfortable. And to this day it still sticks in my brain. The killers seemed so real and that's what made it scary. Their actions were very realistic and they didn't seem to be super human or could teleport like some of our other favourite slashers like Michael. Horror films like this have been long forgotten and it's a damn shame.
sorry but these killers seem far from real. they make no noise but only when they want to. they go into a house that they dont know and seemingly manage to stay out of sight while moving without making noise except when they want to or when the plot demands it. not saying its bad that you enjoyed it. you do you.
but this movie pissed me off way more then that i enjoyed it. just a bunch of nothing happening and dumb decision making
SupahFly yeah, the killers looked like they were allmighty/allknowing. You could try to excuse it and say its from the victims perspective.
When I was a kid and I watched this the part where Liv Tyler was crying and asked "why are you doing this" and one of the killers kinda shrugged and said "because you were home" I felt genuine terror! Its burned into my mind forever it's so scary!!
i disagree they DEFINITELY teleported and were silent
I like how you started with filming yourself with an partially exposed window and I was just waiting for someone to appear. I don't know if it was intentianal but it was a nice touch for this video.
I can't take Glenn Howerton seriously here because I just imagine Dennis doing this when he's not at the bar with the gang
Glenn should have played as the Man in The Mask. Dennis is a sociopath I could imagine him killing people.
He did it because of the implication
OH MY GOD THERE'S A BANGING AT THE DOOR
Lol the yms refrence
I clicked on this video just to find this comment. Thank you.
kinda weird mentioning that here considering how much hes seriously examining it
@@jonasengle6233 FND films reference
Everyone gangsta until that knock on the door happens to they at 4 in the morning.
I remember watching The Strangers for the first time at a friend's beach cottage a long time ago. And that made the film so much scarier. I watched plenty of times in my apartment and my families own home in the suburbs and it never had the same effect it did in that particular environment. I felt that isolation and helplessness while watching the film.
This is honestly a fear I have sometimes. A person/people just randomly causing me harm / trying to kill me for no reason. The first half of the strangers is so good! :(
Me too! It's always been one of my biggest, unrelenting fears. But I am always armed with strong pepper spray, a blade or three, and weather permitting, steel toe boots. I also have some martial arts and self-defense training. I'm not a bad ass, but I'm definitely not the one that you'd want to put in to self-defense situation. I also keep things that could easily become weapons all about our home. After all, the firearms aren't always within reach.. The odds of being randomly assaulted, or becoming a victim of home invasion and violence, are relatively low where I live. But the fact that it's possible at all, is reason enough to be aware and be prepared, as well as possible!
@@gabrieladerre2862 why are there so many dudes on youtube randomly talking about how good at self defense they are
@@denizdemir9255 lmao
I like subtlety in my horror; I think it’s a great way to build tension which I think is the key to horror. The building up pressure in your chest. The scene where Liv doesn’t realize the killer is behind her in the living room. She’s not realizing the impending danger right behind her. It’s one of my favorite single shots in a horror film. I also think home invasion is a great theme for horror. Someone’s home is their safe zone from the fears of the world and an invasion disrupts this sense of peace.
I love that shot too, but it has to be viewed on a dark but not too dark brightness. Just dark enough that almost all you see is his mask is perfect and how I first saw it.
@@HorkPorkler I couldn’t agree more!
>if no one answered the door, they would break in.
i rarely ever answer the door...worriedlaughter.gif
this is one of the few horror movies that actually kinda scared me
Suave DaArtist So fucking underrated
I agree. Now when I got to anyone's cabin I make sure to have a weapon
Ali Jordan I hope it's good
This and 28 days later
Ali Jordan what'd you think of the sequel?
Even if I didn't enjoy a movie, I am always glad when someone helps me find reasons to appreciate it. There's beauty in everything, and practicing that thinking pattern in art helps me apply it to the real world. Thanks!
This was filmed down from my house....its actually near a really really nice neighborhood with a dollar general around the corner
I don't believe there's a "really, really nice," neighborhood with a Dollar general.
@@sorayaalcyone2726 Nobody gives a fuck what you believe
Does anyone dress as The Strangers on Halloween? That would be freaky.
@@SRLovesPandas1 my brother used to put a potato sack over his head and then go outside and peek through windows to freak us out so, sort of 😂
@@sorayaalcyone2726 whats wrong with dollar general?
I love the openness of the living room. It's cozy, spacey, and there's plenty of spaces to sit or lean while sharing character moments. But there's also many places to enter from, and many places to hide.
This movie is actually an epilogue to Its Always Sunny when Dennis finally succumbs to his murderous temptations, hence why he’s in the movie
The line, “it’ll be easier next time,” is used to indicate that at least one of them had remorse for their actions. I don’t think that it means what you interpret it to mean.
This is one of those you either love or hate. Scared the shit out of me
Home invasion movies really scare me because they can easily happen in real life. You analyzed the film real good! I can't wait to watch The Strangers: Prey at Night
..... sequel sucked... lol
@@robhuggins true, but the movie was very stylistic
I loved The Strangers! It does genuinely spook me, considering I had gone through a situation where my house was broken into. No one was home, luckily enough, but you're stuck with that fear of knowing someone you don't know (or possibly do know) has broken into somewhere you feel safe - therefore making it feel unsafe. I think the idea of a home invasion is one of the most realistic fears there is these days, it's more common than we think and this movie did a good job illustrating that.
Honestly from a pure horror perspective i feel like this is one of the best ever made because it's one of the only movies to scare the shit out of me upon first viewing
Same here. The faceless killers without motive and the randomness of it all is what makes it so fascinating. Love the movie.
i got mixed feelings about this movie from other bad reviews, i didn't watch it yet but i'll give it a shot
Johnny Nemo i know I got so fucking scared when I first watched it I was 4 in 2009
This is crazy to me because I’ve seen every horror movie under the sun and this film was so disappointing to me. I could predict everything that was going to happen.
That's not from a pure horror perspective. That's just saying that at that point in time this movie was scary to you specifically.
The Strangers is one horror movie where you basically realize "Wait this happens a lot and I could be next"
I totally forgot Glenn Howerton was in this film! I watched this so long ago I didn't even know. I'm excited to see next week's video.
Simply Cifer I’m going to take a guess and say next week’s video is on Scream. What do you think?
There's a film called "Them" (ils) that is sort of the good version of the strangers.
in fact when this movie came out I was sure this was an American take on the film.
Ah yeah, the one with the fucked up kids. That's a good one!
Movies like this and Scream are why I love horror movies. They are scarier to me rather than fucking ghost haunting a house. It’s just about real people around us who can just snap.
I just recently watched this for the first time and in all honesty, theres a good half hour of this movie that's genuinely pretty tense and scary, but at around the 45 minute mark, they literally write themselves into a corner and then the movie just completely shits the bed right about when Dennis shows up and the rest of the movie is just crawling around on the front lawn
Oh my god, I remember this movie. It was incredibly disturbing to me when I watched it a few years back, and I think the reason for that was because it felt so random. There was no rhyme or reason as to why these people were chosen for a round of hide and seek and murder, they just happened to be home. It was one of the first movies that I remember feeling a sense of deep, existential dread after watching. It really got under my skin, and it was made creepier still when a few years later I discovered that it was based off of a real life crime (and not too loosely based off of it, at that). *shudder*
Now go watch the YMS on this movie.
"Oh my God! There's a bang at the door!"
Yms?
Look for 'YMS: The Strangers'
He does very good movie reviews.
TheNicolombiano77 Stands for Your Movie Sucks
Damn you stole mine lol absolutely cannot take this movie serious adam is correct in every way about this and most movies tbh
Very surprised this movie wasn't more loved! Very few horror movies really stick with me long after I watch them but this one got me. I live in the woods and for probably a year after I watched this it would give me an extra uneasy feeling when looking out my window into the trees. Real life horror is very random and cruel which I think was well represented in this movie.
this movie was mad underrated. a lot of ppl came in to see a simple horror movie. but if u come in to watch it with an open mind, it is much more entertaining.
if you turn your brain off a lot of movies could be argued to be better than they were.
It was a simple horror movie tho lol
Nice bottle of Kraken there, buddy!
Fork im
I was eyeing it for a bit haha
A movie that completely freaked me out was Vacancy (2007).
Melissa Gardner HOLY SHIT ! I forgot about that movie completely!! I have to rewatch it now lol
Damn you I forgot that
YES! I've always associated The Strangers and Vacancy together. They both scare tremendously.
The eerie feeling portrayed in this movie is something I've dealt with. I moved from an apartment complex where I lived for about seven years, to a rural area. At the apartment complex, if someone was outside, whatever, they're just a resident. The complex was brightly lit, so on and so forth.
If someone is outside where I live now, they _REALLY_ don't need to be there. After having been in an apartment for so long, that adjustment period was brutal. Every noise had me on edge.
Similar to 'Funny Games' and 'Vacancy' these films are psychologically frightening not gut churning like say, Saw or Hostel. Much scarier. I hope Strangers 2 will not disappoint.
One night my exwife and I were chiiling, watching tv and talking early in the morning (like 2am) when someone knocked on the door. When I opened the girl asked “Is Tamara home?” I causally said “wrong house” and closed the door. When I turned she was stoned faced, reached out under the table and pulled her service gun, I inmediately realized this was exactly what happened in the strangers, turned off the lights and went to the room for my shot gun. When spent the rest of the night in the living room in silence and in the dark waiting. We lived in Ybor City Tampa. Some clown (s) thought it was funny. Didnt know we were loaded, locked and ready to roll. 😂😂😂. Over a decade later we still laugh at the night we spent in the dark waiting for the strangers to break in.
my older brother let me watch this when i was four and it completely destroyed me like i couldn't sleep for three days and honestly it has changed my entire life
I love the first hour of the film. The handheld camera technique works well for it. I especially respect that Bryan Bertino kept the lighting natural and didn’t use gratuitous lighting. It makes the nature and tone of the film all the more atmospheric and haunting. And, more importantly, realistic.
I agree the last 30 mins kinda suck. It all went downhill after Glenn Howerton dies lol.
This movie actually disturbed me deeply, it didn't follow all the tropes of horror movies that i've gotten used to, so i had no guard against it. I think that's why i enjoyed it so much :)
Honestly this is one of the best and defenetly one of the scariest horror movies of all time, truely underrated. Defenetly the most terrifying movie I’ve ever seen, although a bit slow it’s one of the most realistic horror movies.
Would have been a bit more realistic if she had shoes on,
I live way out in the country and this film hit me right in the vulnerable spot because I feel like this could happen to me. Great video for one of my favorite horror films
What makes this film so effective is that it shatters that false sense of security created from being in your house which is what makes the film so terrifying for me. The cast also gives a great and authentic performance!
Saw this and then, roughly, 10 years later, was at home chilling on my laptop, and I heard a scratching coming from our side stairs. Peeked out the window in time to see a guy cutting the screen to our living room window and a guy standing on the stairs. Needless to say the cops were called, but they said they had a car and couldn't find any info through our Ring. This movie now scares me on a whole other level.
This is one of my favorite horror film because it doesn't rely on loud slams. You see the couple alone all vulnerable and the killers are just right there stalking and they are humanized they don't feel like a Jason Vorheese. You wait for something to happen and it adds suspense and anxiety even clausaphobic.
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Nothing about this video in particular (Mungo Lake, Sinister and The Mask videos were my favourites). Just realised I was deep into your catalogue and still hadn't subscribed yet.
The sequel is pretty good too. The Bonnie Tyler Pool scene is a masterpiece.
The music makes the sequel better than it would probably otherwise have been.
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Not gonna lie I bought this movie as a teenager wanting a good scare and this movie quickly became one of my ALL TIME favorite horror movies! Watching this for the 1st time home alone at 1am was a crazy idea! But this movies simplicity and CLEAR Throwbacks to Halloween reall made this movie a awesome and haunting experience that stuck with me!
You might wanna check out The Aggression Scale. It's kind of a R-rated Home Alone with and extra sibling and the Kevin expy being a child sociopath with extreme aggression issue (not that different from the actual Kevin).
Yup, I'm glad you covered this gem of a movie. I'm not into horror, but this....this movie still lingers inside my head.
I saw this movie when it first came out and I was only like 8 at the time. Telling you it stuck with me isn't enough. This will forever be one of my favorite horror movies, simply because of how it scarred me.
This is one of my favorite contemporary horror films simply because what you said. It is so ordinary. I find it so captivating for that reason. I always interpreted the "failed attempted scares" in the film were not meant to be scares at all because I took the killers as not interested in scares as much as just straight up psychological torment. The helps play into the ordinariness.
Forgot to add that the torment is designed by the killers making themselves present enough so that the couple bonds closer with one another, looking for safety, until they are very tightly bonded. Then the killers can get the pleasure of ultimately destroying that bond indefinitely.
i think its perfection in terms of realism horror. it is fearful and bleak because it is something you can imagine actually occuring. i am looking forward to the sequel.
how'd that sequel work out for ya? lol.... i thought it sucked
I'd love to see you do a video about Funny Games!
The movie terrified me because I grew up in a wooded area that looks eerily similar to where this house is located. Realism is what makes this movie stay with you. The first half of this movie is a masterpiece.
I like the second movie because those bastards are killed off by people that fight back simply because for once characters were written a little more believable in that situation at least towards the end anyways which is why it was refreshing to see.
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I can’t fully take this film seriously as I have a crush on the bag-hooded man because ✨coping mechanisms✨
Thank you Ryan. These are good. Keep making them.
I'm honestly a little disappointed that you aren't a bigger fan of The Strangers! IMO it's one of the best horror movies because of how non-narrative it is. There's something scarier about someone wanting to cut you up just because, rather than some vaguely supernatural killer with some half-baked revenge subplot. Also the soundtrack is iconic. The scene with Joanna Newsom's 'Sprout and the Bean' is insanely well done and ratchets the tension up to 11.
Even without the entire killers plot, The Strangers is a highly effective emotional drama. The scenes with the two victims both pre-and-post horror elements are beautifully shot and well acted enough that I buy into their melancholy.
All in all I think The Strangers is a highly effective horror film. In terms of being a directorial debut I'd say it's about par with Donnie Darko. Both disturbing, odd, out-of-place, increibly brave choices for a debut and both handled deftly by their respective directors.
One of the best? Not a chance in hell. The Strangers is a horrifying concept (Because You Were Home) lost in a sea of Hollywood clichès like movie-dumb victims, like Glenn Howerton's character or Liv Tyler's and Scott Speedman's, and overpowerful killers.
Gregory House well that's the beauty of art. I think it's fantastic, but you don't have to.
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I love The Strangers quite a bit as well.
Personally it was just alright to me. Sorry to say, but it didn’t keep my attention at all, aside from the ending of course. But hey that’s just my opinion. I can see why people find it scary
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This film scared so much when I saw it that I had to sleep with the lights on
This is still the scariest movie I’ve ever seen. The terror it brings to me still haunts me to this day and it’s still my biggest fear. I have seriously been scarred thanks to this film which is mostly due to me being 7 when I saw it. Dude like seriously it’s terrifying
hey im loving your videos since you have came back and rebranded. i love the point you made about the house in this film since i was watching Mother! and it felt that the director of that film tried to do that in the film but bulit it in Jennifer Lawrence character which worked well.
This movie was fucking ridiculous. Watching this at 13 had me locking every door in the house
What do you mean a jump scare fest? There was like.... One jump scare. This movie was awesome, and how quiet it was. I remember opening night, that wide shot of the girl walking towards the door and seeing Bag Face walk across the hall. That whole theater gasped. No ominoua noise or anything.
I got up to lock my doors so many times watching this movie
How can you lock your doors so many times? Do they unlock themselves?
@@AK907LSD25Meaning I was locking then checking my doors😎
It's the windows you need to look out for mate
This movie truly touched me. Liv Tyler’s raw innocence and Speedman’s acting prose totally took me by storm. They both felt REAL. It’s like, you think you’re making the “right decision” when in actuality you’ve made the wrong decision, which would’ve led you to the brighter outcome, had you followed your gut. Make sense? Nah! Didn’t think so. 🙃🙃
The Strangers was one of the scariest I have seen in many years. I dont understand why so many disliked this film if what they were looking for was a good scare. This could really happen, it's that simple.
Other actors that have serious comedic chops that could throw a curve ball into an older horror you may not have seen:
Ty Burrell in Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Rainn Wilson in House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
You're doing Scream next. I'm calling it now.
I love home invasion horror. It's so real and genuinely terrifying.
This was one of the scariest movie for me. I get more scared when things could happen to me!
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"Oh my god there's a bang at the door": The Movie
2:53-3:20 That kind of reminds me of a similar kind of terror used in the game Anatomy. Except that game turns that idea completely on its head by making the _home itself_ the threat as well as stating that _all houses_ are like this.
the only reason this movie scares me is the fact that the place it was filmed at is less than 30 minutes away from me
This movie legit scared the shit balls out of me when I first saw it. The part where she opens the curtain with the knife and baghead dude is standing there used to FUUUUCK ME UP.
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#1 Home Invasion movie all time for me! Absolute classic, how do you not like it Ryan!?
I thought the first half of this movie was great, and it has some really good scenes. My favorite was probably the guy with the sack head standing in the background with no music.
Yep. Seeing Glenn did the same to me. But it made me smile so...
I got a home security ad in the middle of this video and I found it ironic.
Such an underrated horror movie. One of my favorites that doesn’t rely on blood and torture.
It is sad that I could relate to what you said. The invasion of private spaces. The destruction of safe zones. Meeting people who genuinely are nothing but strangers who pretend to be acquaintances
Honestly not the most credited horror movie, but this movie will always have a special place in my heart ♥
🎶Nigga the Strangers outside! Lock up the house!🎶
Watching the strangers actually stab them was so unexpected for some reason, and I think that’s what scared me the most. That’s the most realistic thing about murder home invasions, so it’s terrifying.
It's hard to feel terrified of something so realistic when the killers are constantly teleporting around for no fucking reason
This movie is like looking out into your backyard on a dark winter night and expecting someone to appear from the bushes except that paranoia is extended to like an hour
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great video, me personally, this kind of horror never scared me much, as i grew up with a family of hunters, we keep guns in the house, easily reachable, theirs usually a gun, knife, hatchet or some other easily weaponized object within five feet of me if not closer, the fear and troubled this movie present however ARE very real and for some people this is an actual terrifying threat, but for people like me, while it is still a threat and should always be taken seriously, were not at their mercy and having to run, nor would we where i'm from, good vid ryan always enjoy your stuff, this is a good movie, and yes i JUST realised this is a three year old video
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Anyone whose front door is a set of double-doors is just fucking INVITING a home invasion tbh
The Strangers is such a good movie!!☺👍
I will never forget the night I watched this. My friend got food poisoning and projectile vomited after the movie.
When this movie kept playing on HBO when I was a kid o would be terrified when it played
I'd be interested to know how you feel about the movie "The Collector." For some reason, that movie stuck with me as the idea of making a man who himself would be seen as a villain in a home invasion into a man against something greater than himself.
Very thought provoking video, makes you see these movies different 🙃
The Strangers is one legit movie that scared me. Felt so damn real
Def one of the top horror movies to truly scare me