Or how not to survive in a home invasion, home invasions happen sometimes way out in the country where there’s no reception and it’s like 30 minutes arrival for police officers in time of dispatch. You can’t exactly plan for this. You guys can can make fun all you want and I’m pretty sure that ya’ll wouldnt do much better
@@dustinbrown1815 No it's based on Three teenagers that murdered an Austrian couple in their Romanian vacation home, which was the basis for the film. Also Watch Them 2006 based on the same invasion.
The original gets to me so hard cause it's not completely implausible to have a group of home invaders just absolutely terrorise you. Gives me the heebie jeebies
All I could keep thinking about was "I thought he had asthma? Wouldn't the panic trigger it? Wouldn't a sudden scare trigger it?" I really just kept thinking "why highlight his asthma/inhaler if you won't utilize it at all???" And when they did I was even more confused
Yeah, as a lifelong asthma sufferer and a fellow, "I need my inhaler or I am f***ed" person... staying at an old cabin in the woods AT ALL would not be great for your asthma. The woods have all the natural irritants (like pollen), the cabin is old so it has lots of dust (especially in the crawlspace), the girl starts a fire AND smokes (both triggers). And that's not to mention the panic of being attacked and the physical exertion if running. Dude should have been DYING. Come to think of it, it would be creepier of they had the inhaler come back by having the strangers GIVE HIM his inhaler so he would be breathing/conscious while they stabbed him to make sure they inflicted all the pain.
Tru I thought the same at first until I thought about it lol no way Ik for a fact I only got up once and went straight to the door and it’s across the room😂
I like the idea of the strangers just being exasperated that they can’t get this woman to give a shit about the effort they’re putting into being creepy. It’s like she’s trolling them. In a cartoon she’d be like Mr.Magoo going about her evening narrowly avoiding traps while the home invaders get killed off one by one
You talking about sleeping in shifts, etc. made me think of Abed in Community, "No. We should call 911 on my fully charged cell phone, lock the doors, and then stand back-to-back in the middle of the room holding kn1v3s." LOL
Their whole bit is that they're just doing all this horrible torment to the whoever happens to be home when they check! The question they ask as a cover when they check your door isn't supposed to be meaningful! How can someone miss something so simple and still get handed the keys to make a whole trilogy? I mean The Strangers is a film that really doesn't lend itself to being turned into a franchise, so why the production company thought a trilogy would be a good idea at all is a mystery.
It’s been a while since I watched the original film, but I swear she even hesitates slightly before she asks for Tamara, right? I always got the sense she made the name up as she was asking for it, rather than it being some big grand conspiracy or whatever.
I would genuinely love to see a subversion of this type of horror where the victims DO make the smart choices, who do pull the trigger when they have the antagonist dead to rights, and maybe halfway through the script completely flips and suddenly it's the villains running for their lives scared to death.
I would totally checkout the Swedish Slasher called The Conference. Thought it was gonna be a fun slasher movie but it was so awesome to see people actually try to be smart and not become brainless
That’s intentional. Slasher movies don’t have characters, they have meat that you pay to see get killed. They never make them likeable or smart because they’re going to die
@@danieltobin4498I mean that’s just not true. If it were, the “Final Girl/Guy” wouldn’t be such a slasher staple. While it’s undeniable that slasher movies in particular tend to have a habit of making “characters” that you ultimately want to see die for one reason or another, not every character is designed to garner that response
@@raymondfisheriii791 That's why I think this level of stupidity in a slasher flick only works when you have a bigger cast to work through. Stupid side characters getting killed off can be fun, but for me, a main character who is TSTL makes me not care at all about their survival and that takes the tension away.
@@danieltobin4498I wish they made a horror movie where the characters try their hardest to survive and make smart decisions and the twist is the killer is just too intelligent and prepared for the smartest person to fight back….would be an amazing shift in horror films. Character being able to make perfect life or death decisions and still getting killed would have me on the edge of my seat routing for them to get out but they simply can’t
I was in my bedroom during a home invasion (thought it was my dad walking up the stairs), and some rando in a mask pokes his head in my room, looks petrified to see me, and asks, "Is Chad here?" So I guess home invaders really hold on to that question as being their "get out of jail free" card. (I mean, it worked, to my knowledge, he was never caught)
I did unironically laugh at the boyfriend's "turkey melt" line. That was exactly the correct response to a nosy stranger snidely butting in on their personal business. Good on you, boyfriend character; you may have turned out to be a dumbass overall, but I salute you for that retort.
I used to read the Wikipages about the movies before watching them. Your reviews are FAR more informative, accurate and HILARIOUS! You're one of my favorite youtubers.
the fact that this dumpster fire made more money than Abigail, which is a horror film with an original concept, drives me crazy! people are complaining but they are watching and at the end of the day the studios care about money not bad reviews.
@@michelcomenta The thing is it went there version of viral for the 2000s. Every movie store you went to at least I did as a kid had this poster, trailers playing constantly and commercials up the ass. People might hate being beat over the head with ads but it works, it sticks in your brain whether you want it to or not. Thats why there is still a group of people with deep nostalgia for the 2010s my bloody valentine. Bc of being beat over the head with those iconic ads.
@@AmandaTheJediHave you done a video on that show already? I was hoping for someone to truncate that whole thing into a spoiler filled video to save me the time. 😬
This is is such a random, nitpicky thing but the lighting in this film is so artificial and soundstagey that it automatically took me out. I was constantly aware when the actors were on a set in a studio and not a real world filming location. This isn't the only film lately where I've had this problem too. Its like cinematographers have no idea how to light soundstages to look realistic anymore.
this is like way off both from horror movies and recent hollywood but the change in lighting is what killed Gilmore Girls for me. At some point it just started to look plastic and unreal and it's taking me out so much, and as you pointed out its absolutely a pervasive problem across the board now
The movie was ruined for me because of the sound, dont know if anyone else had this issue but in my theater it was SO LOUD! I had to put in earbuds to muffle it
A lot of this is due to filming on digital. Everything looks too crisp, too uncanny. In our heads, we still picture "movies" looking like movies that were actually shot on film. A good director with a decent budget will edit their film so that it removes some of that artificiality that certain digital cameras can give. And the lighting plays a HUGE part in that too. Horror movies have never been given big budgets, but now they can shoot digital and make a big glossy movie on the cheap that looks "good".
@@squidthing A lot of 2000s horror suffers from this. Specifically movies made after 2010, I think studios and directors were still getting used to the more high def cameras and how to work them with said lighting. I notice this issue in lots of them, insidious, the ward, rob zombies halloween movies, amongst others.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this. I was more than willing to give this movie a chance bc it looked fun, but that soundstagey look to the whole film just made it feel fake
"Because you're here" is the biggest vibe killer I can think of. "Because you were home" is so much more terrifying. I was living alone for the first time in my 3rd year of college when The Strangers came out and it made me scared to answer the fucking door afterwards. "Because you're here"? I guess its not their home technically, which kind of fucks with the future movies because if they know its not their home then obviously its people that live in the town and there is most likely some major conspiracy within the town. Strangers felt so much scarier when Prey at Night came out and you find out these people just go driving around, going out of their own town at times, to find people to fucking kill. There's no ties to anyone, no conspiracy, just human being psychologically torturing other human beings they don't know or know anything about and eventually murdering them.
Remember: if it seems like no one's home, a murderer will be deterred. But if it seems like no one's home, a robber looking for money or a drug fix will be lured in. So your best option is probably to make it look like a lot of people are home, and/or like someone is armed and/or too crazy to be f--ked with. Or a cop lives here.
This series should end where the Stranger's "because you were here" line bites them in ass because they accidently bring their axe to a gun fight, where the situation is reversed on them. The odds are not everyone that annoys them is a stupid weakling, especially if they're choosing at random.
@@anaiswinter9893There are a few movies that kind of do that. “You’re Next” being one. The movie “Housebound” and “Intruders” (2015) play with that bad guys picked the wrong house to be bad guys in. Also another movie I can’t remember the name of but it’s about a married couple who have been secretly preparing to kill one another in their home on a certain day only to be interrupted by a home invasion where the crooks have NO idea how much these two people hate each other and have things set up to kill.
Dude "the hunter becomes the hunted" is like my favorite trope, and I wish there were more movies based around this concept! Just the look of "you've done goofed" come across the supposed victim's face is sooo satisfying!!!
The problem with The Strangers Chapter One.. not only is it just a blatant remake of the original, but they completely missed the point of why it was scary in the first place.. also, the town being creepy was completely unnecessary and provided no addition to the story.. It completely distracts from the main point.. being secluded in a home that has basically been turned into a cage for you to be tortured in.. they even have the boyfriend go into town for food, so it doesn't feel far at all.. I loved the difference of making the couple actually be into each other.. The town should've just been a normal town, could've even been a super friendly town.. It could've been a remake or sequel, they stop at a diner on their way across the state, and meet an old lady who offers her AirBnB, after talking about the sites nearby, and the couple wanna stay a little longer to check them out.. the AirBnB could be an old lakeside cabin even just 15mi into the forest, out of town.. part of a neighborhood of lakeside expensive summer properties that are just unoccupied, because it's winter, (or really close to winter, we don't even need snow to be a hindrance in this story)(.. although, creepy footsteps leading to the house, but not away, would be a cool detail for the couple to notice).. Then the events of the attack happen, and the old lady drives over to give them breakfast in the morning, and discovers them.. and if we want to make a trilogy with the girlfriend, an easy quick couple flashes of the lady rushing her to the hospital is all we need
The town being normal or friendly would be infinitely better than generic "weird small town". It would feel much scarier in a "you are never safe" sort of way if everything before the cabin was idealic. That even on a perfect vacation, something like this can happen.
I'm a freezer, vs a fighter or flighter. But am I wrong - my strongest inclination is to sit with my back to a wall, all house lights on, swingable weapon in hand. No looking around, showing my back to the whole house. No hiding in a small room where I can't see anything. Unless we're in Scream. Then it's not upstairs, but straight out into the street for an audience.
I have a tendency to freeze due to decision paralysis in a dangerous or stressful situation. I try to assess my options and their outcomes, but then the outcomes start branching and the choices become overwhelming and I get stuck in that place of analysis. Fortunately, someone telling me what to do snaps me out of it right quick, but it isn't a great reaction.
Man, after hearing a lullaby in my house, I’d grab a knife and start booking it. I jump when i see a coat hanger in the corner of my room in the middle of the night, so hearing voices when I’m home alone would make me lose my damn mind. Great vid as usual.
I once was in the process of calling 911 because I was convinced someone was in my house when I realized the movement I'd seen was actually some fuzz that got stuck to my glasses. I grabbed my phone and the knife block and ran to my car so fast when I thought I saw something. I realize my protective instincts are a bit over the top, but I sure as hell wouldn't have drank, smoked and showered while actively experiencing freaky things.
I feel like part of the appeal of the first Strangers movie was that the main characters were pretty logical with how they would handle things. They didn't take too long to decide something weird was going on. They tried to call the cops, they tried to leave, etc. My only complaint is that they didn't try hanging out in the kitchen with a pot of hot oil until the morning to throw at anyone who came at them (what I would have done). These folks seem dumb
Everyone knows what they would do in a crisis, until they're actually in that crisis. Would you do that? Would you be able to quell the panic pushing you to run? Would you be able to grit your teeth and commit to confronting a group of killers with force, while your mind turns to fuzz and time itself blurs as the adrenaline forces you out of lucidity and into true panic? Doubt it. Everyone says they could, and then they face a situation that's less than half as terrifying and fold. It's just ridiculous to pretend you're Black Widow or something when 99.99% of people simply do not handle crisis or conflict well.
@@Jane-oz7pp always with the dumbest come back when people say this, sometimes in a crisis the coward can actually lock in, and sometimes when someone says they know how theyll act in a crisis, will act exactly like they said.
@@samanthaburns6956 Heres the thing, Say in some crazy turn of events I somehow convince my wife who has a crippling fear of being isolated to go out to this cabin. The second some random bitch in a mask knocks on the mfin door asking for someone she would demand we leave. And Id also be armed, there would be no logical way in hell my wife would agree to it otherwise. Im sure lots of people feel the same, thats whats stupid about it. These prople went to total isolation completely unprepared just thinking everything would be hunky dorey.
Personally for the first one, forget the oil😂 his plan with the gun was good. Sure he caught his friend first but I would mourn him later and wait for the next person that comes through. I'd shoot and cry when I am safe. I don't know if it's full proof but from what I saw, the only way they would be in trouble was if the strangers rammed them from behind(through a concrete wall, which would take a lot of machine power) or threw something in that could cause a fire.
Asthma facts from a nurse, breathing in water vapor can help similar to a humidifier. Breathing in water is just mild drowning. Actually could be helpful would be slow breathing, there are techniques for this you can look up.
I haven’t seen Imaginary or Night Swim, but as someone that really likes the first Strangers film, I hated this movie. That’s why to me it’s the worst film of the year. Horror or otherwise. This was one of the most paint by numbers, trope filled, predictable horror films I’ve ever seen. With some poorly written leads that had no real romantic chemistry.
Just seeing the commercial made me sigh. The Strangers, like many things, should have stayed a stand alone because there is nothing really to add to it since the there was no motive beyond "bad people doing bad things" and the more they try and add some meaning to it the more muddy it will get. If they really want to milk the franchise they should have kept making the movies as "the strangers" targeting a new couples every time. Sometimes you think it is just random other times you question if there is more to it but never actually answer the question. Another stupid change they made was having them attacked at a rental... It was scarier in their own home because you think you are safe at home and the strangers subverted that. Besides that them having "home field" advantage made audiences think they have more of a chance. As it stands now I predict some type of cult/brainwashing/hive mind thing controlling different people each time. Like a if you don't join us we will kill you without telling you why. Whatever it ends up being it will be stupid when compared to the brutal "because you were home" of the original...
"I haven’t seen Imaginary or Night Swim," THAT is why you think this is the worst of the year. I've seen 6 horror movies this year so far (Night Swim, Imaginary, Late Night With the Devil in streaming, Tarot, The Watchers, The Strangers, Chapter 1). The first 2 are easily worse, though I liked Imaginary marginally better than Night Swim. The Strangers sucked, but trust me, it wasn't as bad as those 2. Tarot was also crap, thought the monsters looked good. The Watchers was interesting, but not a masterpiece. Late Night was actually good (weird ending, though). Edit: Forgot Abigail, which was also entertaining, but far better if you didn't see the trailers.
Out of all the reviews, this is the one where I think a heart monitor on the screen would’ve been hilarious cuz Amanda was STRESSED from the absolute stupidity of the couple and the random supernatural abilities the killers seem to have. That edit when the panic intensified made me cackle. 🤣
I was not a fan of Prey at Night due to how different it was from the original Strangers, but at the very least it did try to be different in a significant way. This movie was literally just a rehash of the first movie, just done worse and with extra plot beats that make no sense + add nothing (but are probably there to justify this being a trilogy let's be honest). Not everything has to be a franchise, some things can stay as they are. The original Strangers was terrifying BECAUSE there was no lore or motivation behind the strangers. They terrorized and killed innocent people solely because they wanted to. You didn't need horror tropes like a creepy town or religious undertones to make it scary, it was scary because it felt like something that could actually happen to someone. Whether the follow up films follow the original plot or do their own thing, either way they'll never capture the same lightning in a bottle the original did.
AHH see, that's a part I might not have seen, I thought they had a rocky marriage and they were there to try and reconnect and it just didn't go well but failed proposal makes way more sense. That literally makes this movie even more lame with how they handled that.
So the next 2 movies take place over 4 days. So that means Maya encounters the Strangers again & survives again. & for some reason she stays in Oregon instead of leaving the state completely. Unless the second movie ends with her being captured. Calling it now, Chapter 2 is going to essentially be a ripoff of Halloween 2 & take place almost exclusively in that hospital Maya is in
I saw the original The Strangers in theatres and it was the first time a horror movie genuinely scared me. I refuse to ever taint that memory, so thank you for your service.
The thing I hate the most in horror movies is when the characters are written so incredibly stupid that it just makes no sense! No person in the history of the world would ever see creepy people outside where they are, in the middle of nowhere and alone and act that way! showering? 🤦♀️ playing the fucking piano?! 🤦♀️ Going outside half naked?!? 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
1:06 yes, I literally used to have panic attacks when I tried to watch horror but now thanks to your videos I am able to watch and enjoy horror shows and movies and it's been so wonderful, so thank you ❤
I used to be one of those people that hated horror movies because I would think about the creepy moments at the most inopportune times, like going to the bathroom in the middle of the night. But my mom, who is a horror lover, had been trying to get me into horror for many years. So a few years ago I decided to face my fears and get into the genre. I basically watched nothing but horror for two whole years and now I am desensitized to most things. Every once in a while something will get me though, like I hate eye/finger gore, and it creeps me out when I can see people's eyes through masks, but by broadening my horizons, nothing really stops me now, even if there are moments I don't like. I've watched a lot of classic horror movies I always wished I could watch, and still have more to get to. So for those who are still afraid to watch horror, I suggest identifying what about horror specifically scares you, remind yourself it all fake, and slowly dip your toes in. If you watch enough, eventually it's not really a problem anymore.
normally i give "stupid" characters in horror movies a pass because, hey, they don't know they're in a horror movie. and most people aren't as skittish as i am but jfc these two!! can they act like real people for one scene PLEASE !!!
I loved how as soon as the went into the woods everyone became deaf… those were some dry ass crinkly leaves on the ground, I know for a fact none of them wouldve had a hope in hell of hiding… ALSO THE GUY WITH THE AXE COMES AT HIM FROM A 90* ANGLE, DOES RYAN OR WHATEVER HIS NAME IS NOT HAVE PERIPHERAL VISION? Edit: 25:26 RIGHT HERE, HOW THE HELL DOES HE NOT SEE THE GUY WHO WALKED UP DIRECTLY TO HIS LEFT
Home invasion movies always freak me out to my core because of how realistic the scenarios are and how real they could be. This movie still freaked me out a bit, because all horror does, but it was way less grounded and it seemed like the killers had super speed sometimes.
the "people having no self preservation" thing would be so much more interesting if there was a REASON like if my stuff suddenly appeared in a location I didn't leave it, I'd assume I simply forgot because I have ADHD. The lullaby would make me panic, but I have auditory hallucinations, so I wouldn't immediately run or all the cops. (and i don't mean "person with some sort of mental illness is experiencing stuff and you don't know what is real and what not" because yuck (usually))
Back when I was still in my horror phase, the Strangers was one of those movies that created a god damn core memory. Part of it's whole magic trick was making the threat entirely mundane, but utterly inscrutable. The randomness was so much the point. And, like... in the modern culture, I could actually see moving the premise towards "toxic communities crap out these kinds of psychos" as a premise, but to try and do that as a TRILOGY while also being this god damn inept, I do not think they have the presence of mind to make this effecting. Edit: Oh, but I am going to be legitimately MAD if they are trying to make the religious angle something genuinely supernatural. That is just crapping on the original in such an ugly way. Making the killers superpowered, or even just doing the killings for some kind of eldritch entity, just all the no.
The Strangers worked because you had a believable premise and the actors were excellent enough to pull off the heavy emotions they go though. When James shoots his friend you feel their mutual horror and heartbreak over what just happened and the movie lingers on it. His disbelief at Kristen's upset when he returns makes sense because they are fighting. The movie plays out like you watching a crime re-enactment, not a horror movie, which is why it works. This one is just...a bad knock off.
I have moderate to severe asthma and it's really dang rare to see a movie get how gnarly and terrifying in itself that it can be right, in fact I've not seen it ever conveyed well in a horror/thriller
“They’re calling it a film…bold” had me snort laughing. Unfortunately, at the same time as the video my husband is watching in the same room said “mounting nuts.” So he thought I was laughing at nuts.
honestly going off the first minute of the trailer alone I thought this would be a prequel showing how main character girl became the third stranger/Pinup Girl lol
It really frustrated me that they tried to make asthma a big thing right so why didn’t she go with him or go herself to get his lifesaving meds? Wtf was that weird water bottle trick? I was seriously waiting for it to be the case that he was in on it or she was bc l was like they keep doing bad things to each other????????????
I think all your gripes with this one are the exact same ones that I had with the original lol. The Strangers teleporting around was so immersion-breaking for the very grounded concept of a random home invasion (which also absolutely terrifies me too), it was like they had superpowers and it totally deflated the tension for me. At some point I just realized it didn't matter what the couple did, the Strangers were always gonna have a leg up on them so it felt like I was just waiting out the runtime for the second half of the film lol. If you can get through this one you can totally get through the original imo
I think the strangers would do so well as found footage if they want the audience to think these are True Stories, but I doubt that's coming up in the trilogy. Because this film ain't it for a ~realistic, brutal True Event~. AlSO that twilight blue filter in the intro and some of the outside shots took me out. The gift that keeps on giving 😅
I think that could be great, sort of like a paranormal activity type of movie with cameras in each room but we’re just watching them be stalked and later terrorized all night
I tell you what. I canNOT fathom being comfortable in an airbnb. It wigs me out to take a vacation in someone. Else's. House. That just terrifies me. I understand having a house you don't live in that you rent but that's also really wasteful?? Like there's a housing crisis, sharon. But staying in someone's house without the occupants present is so weird to me, i could never. I'd rather sleep in the car.
@@atomic747 it's not wasteful to loan out a house you actively live in. But if you are buying houses just to rent them out to vacationers, that's a good house in good condition that someone without a house can't acquire to live in. There are already hundreds of thousands of people looking for houses that aren't there to buy and this is another one taken off the market as a money maker rather than a place for a person to actually live in full time. That's what makes it wasteful. There are far too many property managers buying houses to loan as airbnbs that no one else can buy to live in during a time when there is a shortage of houses on the market to begin with.
We stayed in 2 AirBnBs in Japan and they were decent. The first one had janky towels and the second's first floor smelled like seaweed, but they were decent.
As a woman that loves my horror movies, loves reviews, but tends to not enjoy many female reviewers, you are awesome! My kind of humor, smart ass remarks, facial expressions.. etc! I'm a solid fan! I've always wanted to do this, but never did! Living vicariously through you guys and loving it! You rock! Hilarious review! She really should've put her damn pants on!😅
The original The Strangers movie has such a special place in my heart. When I was very young (maybe 4 or 5 so maybe this was in the early 2000s) I was looking for a movie to watch in our VHS collection. Probably something like The Land Before Time and I found a movie that looked scary. The cover had a woman tied up with two people wearing freaky masks on either side of her holding a phone up to her head. It looked scary to me, and I passed by it in favor of ANYTHING else, and I eventually forgot about it. Fast forward to like 2017, and I first saw the masks of The Strangers and had this distinct memory of me seeing a movie with these same masks. I never looked further into it, or I would have known that The Strangers came out years after I saw that movie’s cover. Now fast forward again about a year ago, and my mom, brother and I were looking for Danny Devito movies we had never seen and put one up that looked… Familiar. It was Ruthless People. I thought The Strangers and Ruthless People were the same movie for many years and never thought twice about it.
It just seems like a movie made out of obligation instead of passion. And that is how you turn a classic horror-thriller into an unintentional slasher parody.
I mean, I love my horror - especially horror comedy, camp, and hilarious medical horror - but the same things annoy me. So I trust your judgement as to whether it's worth a view.
I feel like this movie is worse than Imaginary or Night Swim because a) it's basically the first one but only done worse. It's like they saw the flaws of the first one and said YES Lets amp that up. b) the marketing lied leading us to believe this is an origin story while clearly this wasn't At least the other two tried to do something, this one feels like it didn't even try edit: typos
I also don't think those two really - tried - but fair points! I still give it to this because it DID creep me out at times and the other two are just so incredibly boring that they fail at everything they're trying to be
The marketing never lied because the marketing never said that. You just didn’t do your research properly. This was always going to be a new take on the story, never a prequel.
I have to believe that people who enjoy horror movies don't regularly experience intrusive thoughts that would be worsened by unintentional and unexpected recall of images and scenes from those movies. Whenever a friend or ex bf has tried to convince me to watch something scary with them, they often focused on how scary it was going to be in the moment and how they were going to be there with me during the movie... but that's not the problem. If I could watch it then retain no memory of the movie later on when I'm alone, I'd have no problem watching it with them! But, since I unfortunately have a working memory, I'd always have to explain that they won't be with me during my walk home in the dark from classes downtown or from the bus stop if coming from work (esp when it was the 10p or 11p busses), or in my home every night, or in the dark parking garage at one of my downtown apts, or w.e example is specific to the situation in the movie if it's in a location that would be replicated in my life. For me, the biggest problem is the future intrusive thoughts, not just because I don't enjoy it in the moment. But, I have listened to you discuss scary movies! I can always look away and still hear you discuss what would be happening! Haha :D
This is what I love about Scream. At least with the first one, you can go back and work out exactly who's where at what point. Some dude on UA-cam even did a real-time character location map for the intro. Magic teleportion is the dumbest horror trope ever.
I am absolutely one of those people who watches your videos because I am way too much of a scaredy cat to watch horror films in full, so many thanks for your service!
I really thought the whole asthma thing was a set up for a role reversal! Having her rush out on the motor cycle & him, not only trapped without an escape, but trapped as still as possible, trying to calm his breathing until she returned. I can see where that may have added too much urgency, but without any ugency, I don't see the point of including it lol
So the original is literally the last time a movie genuinely creeped me out. I've only watched it one other time since 2008 because I find it that unsettling. Like the original Halloween I like a good stalking home invasion since those are more realistic than most horror movies. So WHYYY did they remake it and do it worse? oh my God. Im glad you made the video so i dont have to watch it. After Prey At Night I knew i wasn't going to like anymore Strangers movies. It should've been a one and done
The Strangers is the one scary movie that actually scared me after I saw it. I had trouble sleeping for days. I think it's the whole "someone is behind her but she doesn't know" thing.
They just ruined all the best parts of the original movie. The original movie was creepy. House in the middle of nowhere. Random people trying to kill you for no reason and it wasn’t OVERDONE. Their presence was realistic. They’re weren’t superhuman. They only showed up here and there and you weren’t sure where they were hiding. The main characters weren’t idiots. They were likable. They didn’t have iPhones and FaceTime. It just made sense. Now this main girl lives and we’re just supposed to expect that this killer is so obsessed with her he’s going to follow her in to a public hospital? (THAT LOOKS NOTHING LIKE A HOSPITAL let alone an ICU room as she’s clearly covering from a fricken stabbing). If they wanted to make another scream movie, they could’ve just done that. I don’t want scream. I don’t want Michael Myers. I want the strangers!
I love the fact that this has two sequels well underway. Like, even if this movie bombs horribly, the creators are kinda screwed because they kinda HAVE to finish the others. And that’s hilarious.
Madelaine Petsch is just as talented as she is hot and deserves to get cast in a GOOD project. Never saw this movie nor her Christmas movie nor anything else besides Riverdale.
You should watch the film I See You, it was one of the first rated R horror films I've ever watched and it's still freaked me out to this day (and it's another one of the home invasion movies mixed in with a mystery).
The "Because you were here" line feels so inaccurate. I felt it was more like "These outsiders are in out town let's murder them." Sure you can say it was their misfortune to be in the town thus "Because you were here" but the townspeople sabatoged their ride. As a result it's not "Because you were here", it's "Because we did everything to prevent you from leaving". So it just doesnt hold the same weigh as it did in the orginal.
17:39 I did that once. I was at a sleepover at my toxic friend's house. Their only bathroom was downstairs so I had to go in the middle of the night and coming back up the stairs she jumped out at me to scare me and I hit her in the face. I really thought she'd yell at me but she just laughed. That hit felt good.
honestly i think she's galaxy-braining this - if their goal is psychological torture, if you simple refuse to be bothered about anything, what the fuck are they gonna do?
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I feel inspired by strangers. Thanks for this
I’m sorry but people do stupid things when they’re scared out of their minds
Did you ever watch vacancy?
@@lh9761 vacancy was a decent movie. Kinda messed up though
This movie was basically how to not survive a horror movie 101.
I only saw the first Strangers movie in theatres when it came out.....and i had the same thought back then 😂
Or how not to survive in a home invasion, home invasions happen sometimes way out in the country where there’s no reception and it’s like 30 minutes arrival for police officers in time of dispatch. You can’t exactly plan for this. You guys can can make fun all you want and I’m pretty sure that ya’ll wouldnt do much better
And the strangers movies are based on the crimes of the MANSON FAMILY
@@dustinbrown1815 Probably, but I would put on pants
@@dustinbrown1815 No it's based on Three teenagers that murdered an Austrian couple in their Romanian vacation home, which was the basis for the film. Also Watch Them 2006 based on the same invasion.
The original gets to me so hard cause it's not completely implausible to have a group of home invaders just absolutely terrorise you. Gives me the heebie jeebies
Absolutely, genuinely unsettling
@@AmandaTheJedi shame this one is so... For lack of a better term complete ass
When I saw the “based on a true story” at the end I was horrified 🤣 so glad it wasnt actually but I did not sleep that night
It's not COMPLETELY implausible for a teleporting doll with sexual innuendo to run around stabbing people eithet
Not only that, home invaders torturing and killing complete strangers has 100% happened in real life. Not so cinematicalky, but it has happened.
When they were in the dusty crawl space under the house…this man has asthma you say? It was like they just kept forgetting
All I could keep thinking about was "I thought he had asthma? Wouldn't the panic trigger it? Wouldn't a sudden scare trigger it?" I really just kept thinking "why highlight his asthma/inhaler if you won't utilize it at all???" And when they did I was even more confused
Yeah, as a lifelong asthma sufferer and a fellow, "I need my inhaler or I am f***ed" person... staying at an old cabin in the woods AT ALL would not be great for your asthma. The woods have all the natural irritants (like pollen), the cabin is old so it has lots of dust (especially in the crawlspace), the girl starts a fire AND smokes (both triggers). And that's not to mention the panic of being attacked and the physical exertion if running. Dude should have been DYING.
Come to think of it, it would be creepier of they had the inhaler come back by having the strangers GIVE HIM his inhaler so he would be breathing/conscious while they stabbed him to make sure they inflicted all the pain.
Lmao for real!!! I would have needed my inhaler IMMEDIATELY!
they only used it when it was convenient. Just like a character with glasses, you already know they will be bumped off at some point.
The phone being in a different spot to where you thought you last left it is such a normal experience for me that it would not phase me at all 😂
anyone with adhd will know this experience hahaha
@@gabriellabermanYep.
Me with my glasses
"People with masks wandering about the house? Meh, maybe I let them in. I forget these things."
Tru I thought the same at first until I thought about it lol no way Ik for a fact I only got up once and went straight to the door and it’s across the room😂
I like the idea of the strangers just being exasperated that they can’t get this woman to give a shit about the effort they’re putting into being creepy. It’s like she’s trolling them. In a cartoon she’d be like Mr.Magoo going about her evening narrowly avoiding traps while the home invaders get killed off one by one
I would watch that movie
@@KelpieRider Sounds a bit like Tucker & Dale vs. Evil
You talking about sleeping in shifts, etc. made me think of Abed in Community, "No. We should call 911 on my fully charged cell phone, lock the doors, and then stand back-to-back in the middle of the room holding kn1v3s." LOL
That's what I thought of, too! It's nice to find community fans in the wild
that dude was truly streets ahead
@gnocchidokey and if you don't know it you are streets behind
@@Glam_Geek_Girl it's my favorite
“some people just don’t deserve to survive in horror movies, idk what to tell you”
i need this on a tee!
Honestly. It's the opposite of the "final girl".
@@lowkeybruja I cant say this enough, the strangers movies are literally based on the crimes of the mansion family ran by Charlie mansion.
10:17 The point is, there is no Tamara!
This is why prequels and reboots are losing popularity. They’re answering questions that don’t need answering.
or Tamara is the real prequel to The Strangers.
They did the same with Black Christmas...they created a whole backstory, and then it's way less creepy... it's scarier not knowing.
Their whole bit is that they're just doing all this horrible torment to the whoever happens to be home when they check! The question they ask as a cover when they check your door isn't supposed to be meaningful! How can someone miss something so simple and still get handed the keys to make a whole trilogy?
I mean The Strangers is a film that really doesn't lend itself to being turned into a franchise, so why the production company thought a trilogy would be a good idea at all is a mystery.
It’s been a while since I watched the original film, but I swear she even hesitates slightly before she asks for Tamara, right? I always got the sense she made the name up as she was asking for it, rather than it being some big grand conspiracy or whatever.
They ask if Tamara is home in all three movies
Amanda's secondhand survival instincts culminating with, "And you know what?! I think I can take this f***er!"
I would genuinely love to see a subversion of this type of horror where the victims DO make the smart choices, who do pull the trigger when they have the antagonist dead to rights, and maybe halfway through the script completely flips and suddenly it's the villains running for their lives scared to death.
I would recommend checking out You're Next then! A lot of characters are still dumb but the main girl does pretty well everything you want!
@@AmandaTheJedi Awesome, thanks! I'll check it out.
Not entirely a script flip, but Mike Flanagan’s Hush features a heroine who is so smart in the face of a home invasion.
I second the you’re next, it’s so good!
I would totally checkout the Swedish Slasher called The Conference. Thought it was gonna be a fun slasher movie but it was so awesome to see people actually try to be smart and not become brainless
As a firm member of 'I can't watch horror movies, I just can't, but I find the stories very interesting' club, I thank you
Ditto!
There's dozens of us, dozens!
"reading the plot on Wikipedia and looking up reviews but never really watching it" gang
You are not alone.
@@Andreaa_-_ god i LOVE reading wiki plots
honestly making characters so useless and annoying that you almost want them to die for being so stupid is impressive
That’s intentional. Slasher movies don’t have characters, they have meat that you pay to see get killed. They never make them likeable or smart because they’re going to die
@@danieltobin4498 yeah idk why I never processed that, probably why I don’t like the genre very much
@@danieltobin4498I mean that’s just not true. If it were, the “Final Girl/Guy” wouldn’t be such a slasher staple. While it’s undeniable that slasher movies in particular tend to have a habit of making “characters” that you ultimately want to see die for one reason or another, not every character is designed to garner that response
@@raymondfisheriii791 That's why I think this level of stupidity in a slasher flick only works when you have a bigger cast to work through. Stupid side characters getting killed off can be fun, but for me, a main character who is TSTL makes me not care at all about their survival and that takes the tension away.
@@danieltobin4498I wish they made a horror movie where the characters try their hardest to survive and make smart decisions and the twist is the killer is just too intelligent and prepared for the smartest person to fight back….would be an amazing shift in horror films. Character being able to make perfect life or death decisions and still getting killed would have me on the edge of my seat routing for them to get out but they simply can’t
I was in my bedroom during a home invasion (thought it was my dad walking up the stairs), and some rando in a mask pokes his head in my room, looks petrified to see me, and asks, "Is Chad here?" So I guess home invaders really hold on to that question as being their "get out of jail free" card. (I mean, it worked, to my knowledge, he was never caught)
That is horrifying
But did he ever find Chad, tho?
@@beksfue5937 turns out Chad was cheating on him with Tamara
He was actually worried that you were roommates with Chad from those memes
@@Abcdefg-tf7cu He broke into the house to make sure OP was safe
ok wait that wolf of wall street joke was actually amazing
Thank you so much it was so dumb so I appreciate that
Top tier honestly
How has The Asylum studios not even bothered making Werewolf of Wall Street yet?
I did unironically laugh at the boyfriend's "turkey melt" line. That was exactly the correct response to a nosy stranger snidely butting in on their personal business. Good on you, boyfriend character; you may have turned out to be a dumbass overall, but I salute you for that retort.
I used to read the Wikipages about the movies before watching them. Your reviews are FAR more informative, accurate and HILARIOUS! You're one of my favorite youtubers.
I second this. I also read the wiki plots to know what to expect but usually never watch them and just watch these reviews lol
Thank god it’s not just me
the fact that this dumpster fire made more money than Abigail, which is a horror film with an original concept, drives me crazy! people are complaining but they are watching and at the end of the day the studios care about money not bad reviews.
The dumbest part is how much more they could've made if the movie wasn't hot garbage. Even halfway passable, double your revenue.
@@michelcomenta The thing is it went there version of viral for the 2000s. Every movie store you went to at least I did as a kid had this poster, trailers playing constantly and commercials up the ass. People might hate being beat over the head with ads but it works, it sticks in your brain whether you want it to or not. Thats why there is still a group of people with deep nostalgia for the 2010s my bloody valentine. Bc of being beat over the head with those iconic ads.
It's because this is piggybacking off a franchise. People who liked the original come in hoping for more of that.
This movie just made me want a Strangers/Riverdale crossover. Hollywood needs to quit dragging its feet.
That's kinda what Pretty Little Liars original sins is but not really but kinda?
@@AmandaTheJediHave you done a video on that show already? I was hoping for someone to truncate that whole thing into a spoiler filled video to save me the time. 😬
@@TalentCaldwellshe did! It was so funny.
@@filmfangirls9163 Oh awesome! I’ll go look for it right now. Thank you!
Considering the odd musical episode(s) in Riverdale I dont think a crossover with Strangers would be a stretch 😂
This is is such a random, nitpicky thing but the lighting in this film is so artificial and soundstagey that it automatically took me out. I was constantly aware when the actors were on a set in a studio and not a real world filming location. This isn't the only film lately where I've had this problem too. Its like cinematographers have no idea how to light soundstages to look realistic anymore.
this is like way off both from horror movies and recent hollywood but the change in lighting is what killed Gilmore Girls for me. At some point it just started to look plastic and unreal and it's taking me out so much, and as you pointed out its absolutely a pervasive problem across the board now
The movie was ruined for me because of the sound, dont know if anyone else had this issue but in my theater it was SO LOUD! I had to put in earbuds to muffle it
A lot of this is due to filming on digital. Everything looks too crisp, too uncanny. In our heads, we still picture "movies" looking like movies that were actually shot on film. A good director with a decent budget will edit their film so that it removes some of that artificiality that certain digital cameras can give. And the lighting plays a HUGE part in that too. Horror movies have never been given big budgets, but now they can shoot digital and make a big glossy movie on the cheap that looks "good".
@@squidthing A lot of 2000s horror suffers from this. Specifically movies made after 2010, I think studios and directors were still getting used to the more high def cameras and how to work them with said lighting. I notice this issue in lots of them, insidious, the ward, rob zombies halloween movies, amongst others.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this. I was more than willing to give this movie a chance bc it looked fun, but that soundstagey look to the whole film just made it feel fake
"Because you're here" is the biggest vibe killer I can think of. "Because you were home" is so much more terrifying. I was living alone for the first time in my 3rd year of college when The Strangers came out and it made me scared to answer the fucking door afterwards. "Because you're here"? I guess its not their home technically, which kind of fucks with the future movies because if they know its not their home then obviously its people that live in the town and there is most likely some major conspiracy within the town. Strangers felt so much scarier when Prey at Night came out and you find out these people just go driving around, going out of their own town at times, to find people to fucking kill. There's no ties to anyone, no conspiracy, just human being psychologically torturing other human beings they don't know or know anything about and eventually murdering them.
Remember: if it seems like no one's home, a murderer will be deterred. But if it seems like no one's home, a robber looking for money or a drug fix will be lured in.
So your best option is probably to make it look like a lot of people are home, and/or like someone is armed and/or too crazy to be f--ked with. Or a cop lives here.
This series should end where the Stranger's "because you were here" line bites them in ass because they accidently bring their axe to a gun fight, where the situation is reversed on them. The odds are not everyone that annoys them is a stupid weakling, especially if they're choosing at random.
That would be cool! Like a "Lights Out" situation where home invaders unwittingly walk into a psycho doomsday prepper den.
I think it would have been fun to see such a scenario where they just "haunt" the wrong people.
@@anaiswinter9893There are a few movies that kind of do that. “You’re Next” being one. The movie “Housebound” and “Intruders” (2015) play with that bad guys picked the wrong house to be bad guys in.
Also another movie I can’t remember the name of but it’s about a married couple who have been secretly preparing to kill one another in their home on a certain day only to be interrupted by a home invasion where the crooks have NO idea how much these two people hate each other and have things set up to kill.
Dude "the hunter becomes the hunted" is like my favorite trope, and I wish there were more movies based around this concept! Just the look of "you've done goofed" come across the supposed victim's face is sooo satisfying!!!
@@mrsmaggiekochI think you mean don’t breathe? But I totally confuse those two a lot very similar movie eras
I kept screaming in my mind “PUT ON YOUR DAMN PANTS!!!” 🤦🏻♀️
The problem with The Strangers Chapter One.. not only is it just a blatant remake of the original, but they completely missed the point of why it was scary in the first place.. also, the town being creepy was completely unnecessary and provided no addition to the story..
It completely distracts from the main point.. being secluded in a home that has basically been turned into a cage for you to be tortured in.. they even have the boyfriend go into town for food, so it doesn't feel far at all..
I loved the difference of making the couple actually be into each other.. The town should've just been a normal town, could've even been a super friendly town..
It could've been a remake or sequel, they stop at a diner on their way across the state, and meet an old lady who offers her AirBnB, after talking about the sites nearby, and the couple wanna stay a little longer to check them out.. the AirBnB could be an old lakeside cabin even just 15mi into the forest, out of town.. part of a neighborhood of lakeside expensive summer properties that are just unoccupied, because it's winter, (or really close to winter, we don't even need snow to be a hindrance in this story)(.. although, creepy footsteps leading to the house, but not away, would be a cool detail for the couple to notice).. Then the events of the attack happen, and the old lady drives over to give them breakfast in the morning, and discovers them.. and if we want to make a trilogy with the girlfriend, an easy quick couple flashes of the lady rushing her to the hospital is all we need
The town being normal or friendly would be infinitely better than generic "weird small town". It would feel much scarier in a "you are never safe" sort of way if everything before the cabin was idealic. That even on a perfect vacation, something like this can happen.
I'm firing the director and hiring you. This is infinitely better.
I'm a freezer, vs a fighter or flighter. But am I wrong - my strongest inclination is to sit with my back to a wall, all house lights on, swingable weapon in hand. No looking around, showing my back to the whole house. No hiding in a small room where I can't see anything. Unless we're in Scream. Then it's not upstairs, but straight out into the street for an audience.
I have a tendency to freeze due to decision paralysis in a dangerous or stressful situation. I try to assess my options and their outcomes, but then the outcomes start branching and the choices become overwhelming and I get stuck in that place of analysis. Fortunately, someone telling me what to do snaps me out of it right quick, but it isn't a great reaction.
Man, after hearing a lullaby in my house, I’d grab a knife and start booking it. I jump when i see a coat hanger in the corner of my room in the middle of the night, so hearing voices when I’m home alone would make me lose my damn mind. Great vid as usual.
I once was in the process of calling 911 because I was convinced someone was in my house when I realized the movement I'd seen was actually some fuzz that got stuck to my glasses. I grabbed my phone and the knife block and ran to my car so fast when I thought I saw something. I realize my protective instincts are a bit over the top, but I sure as hell wouldn't have drank, smoked and showered while actively experiencing freaky things.
17:38 it was nice of them to let her finish drying her hair before they cut the power 😹
there is a chance that the dryer ACTUAL cut the power cause it's an old house but yes, very nice either way
I feel like part of the appeal of the first Strangers movie was that the main characters were pretty logical with how they would handle things. They didn't take too long to decide something weird was going on. They tried to call the cops, they tried to leave, etc. My only complaint is that they didn't try hanging out in the kitchen with a pot of hot oil until the morning to throw at anyone who came at them (what I would have done). These folks seem dumb
Everyone knows what they would do in a crisis, until they're actually in that crisis. Would you do that? Would you be able to quell the panic pushing you to run? Would you be able to grit your teeth and commit to confronting a group of killers with force, while your mind turns to fuzz and time itself blurs as the adrenaline forces you out of lucidity and into true panic?
Doubt it. Everyone says they could, and then they face a situation that's less than half as terrifying and fold.
It's just ridiculous to pretend you're Black Widow or something when 99.99% of people simply do not handle crisis or conflict well.
@@Jane-oz7pp always with the dumbest come back when people say this, sometimes in a crisis the coward can actually lock in, and sometimes when someone says they know how theyll act in a crisis, will act exactly like they said.
@@samanthaburns6956 Heres the thing, Say in some crazy turn of events I somehow convince my wife who has a crippling fear of being isolated to go out to this cabin. The second some random bitch in a mask knocks on the mfin door asking for someone she would demand we leave. And Id also be armed, there would be no logical way in hell my wife would agree to it otherwise. Im sure lots of people feel the same, thats whats stupid about it. These prople went to total isolation completely unprepared just thinking everything would be hunky dorey.
Personally for the first one, forget the oil😂 his plan with the gun was good. Sure he caught his friend first but I would mourn him later and wait for the next person that comes through. I'd shoot and cry when I am safe. I don't know if it's full proof but from what I saw, the only way they would be in trouble was if the strangers rammed them from behind(through a concrete wall, which would take a lot of machine power) or threw something in that could cause a fire.
Asthma facts from a nurse, breathing in water vapor can help similar to a humidifier. Breathing in water is just mild drowning. Actually could be helpful would be slow breathing, there are techniques for this you can look up.
I haven’t seen Imaginary or Night Swim, but as someone that really likes the first Strangers film, I hated this movie. That’s why to me it’s the worst film of the year. Horror or otherwise. This was one of the most paint by numbers, trope filled, predictable horror films I’ve ever seen. With some poorly written leads that had no real romantic chemistry.
Just seeing the commercial made me sigh. The Strangers, like many things, should have stayed a stand alone because there is nothing really to add to it since the there was no motive beyond "bad people doing bad things" and the more they try and add some meaning to it the more muddy it will get.
If they really want to milk the franchise they should have kept making the movies as "the strangers" targeting a new couples every time. Sometimes you think it is just random other times you question if there is more to it but never actually answer the question. Another stupid change they made was having them attacked at a rental... It was scarier in their own home because you think you are safe at home and the strangers subverted that. Besides that them having "home field" advantage made audiences think they have more of a chance.
As it stands now I predict some type of cult/brainwashing/hive mind thing controlling different people each time. Like a if you don't join us we will kill you without telling you why. Whatever it ends up being it will be stupid when compared to the brutal "because you were home" of the original...
"I haven’t seen Imaginary or Night Swim," THAT is why you think this is the worst of the year. I've seen 6 horror movies this year so far (Night Swim, Imaginary, Late Night With the Devil in streaming, Tarot, The Watchers, The Strangers, Chapter 1). The first 2 are easily worse, though I liked Imaginary marginally better than Night Swim. The Strangers sucked, but trust me, it wasn't as bad as those 2. Tarot was also crap, thought the monsters looked good. The Watchers was interesting, but not a masterpiece. Late Night was actually good (weird ending, though).
Edit: Forgot Abigail, which was also entertaining, but far better if you didn't see the trailers.
Out of all the reviews, this is the one where I think a heart monitor on the screen would’ve been hilarious cuz Amanda was STRESSED from the absolute stupidity of the couple and the random supernatural abilities the killers seem to have. That edit when the panic intensified made me cackle. 🤣
I was not a fan of Prey at Night due to how different it was from the original Strangers, but at the very least it did try to be different in a significant way. This movie was literally just a rehash of the first movie, just done worse and with extra plot beats that make no sense + add nothing (but are probably there to justify this being a trilogy let's be honest).
Not everything has to be a franchise, some things can stay as they are. The original Strangers was terrifying BECAUSE there was no lore or motivation behind the strangers. They terrorized and killed innocent people solely because they wanted to. You didn't need horror tropes like a creepy town or religious undertones to make it scary, it was scary because it felt like something that could actually happen to someone. Whether the follow up films follow the original plot or do their own thing, either way they'll never capture the same lightning in a bottle the original did.
In the original movie, she actually turns down a marriage proposal. They weren't married.
AHH see, that's a part I might not have seen, I thought they had a rocky marriage and they were there to try and reconnect and it just didn't go well but failed proposal makes way more sense. That literally makes this movie even more lame with how they handled that.
"Volatilizing both the rules of horror movie survival and Air BnB in one go!" is legitimately a very funny line, you are a godsend.
I hate the "woman in a horror movie isn't believed" trope
Pretty sure it's not a trope that the woman isn't believed. It's "whoever is first to be aware of the issue isn't believed"
@@Jane-oz7pp It's definitely a trope and still going strong, even in 2024.
That still annoys the crap out of me and t's still so prevelent.
The only time it was done well was The Invisible Man since the literal point was him trying to get everyone to think she's crazy to get back at her
For once, I’d like for the woman to be believed instantly only for the twist to be that she was full of shit anyway.
I know I wouldn’t make it in a horror movie but I’d do better than these characters
Right! I wont survive but my chances of being the first one dead are slim if all this crazy crap was happening around me!
So the next 2 movies take place over 4 days. So that means Maya encounters the Strangers again & survives again. & for some reason she stays in Oregon instead of leaving the state completely. Unless the second movie ends with her being captured.
Calling it now, Chapter 2 is going to essentially be a ripoff of Halloween 2 & take place almost exclusively in that hospital Maya is in
I can’t see that actor without remembering his character sucker punching his girlfriend in the face in Cruel Summer…
I saw the original The Strangers in theatres and it was the first time a horror movie genuinely scared me. I refuse to ever taint that memory, so thank you for your service.
The thing I hate the most in horror movies is when the characters are written so incredibly stupid that it just makes no sense!
No person in the history of the world would ever see creepy people outside where they are, in the middle of nowhere and alone and act that way! showering? 🤦♀️ playing the fucking piano?! 🤦♀️ Going outside half naked?!? 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
"Like the wolf of Wallstreet was a literal creature" made me choke on my drink!
1:06 yes, I literally used to have panic attacks when I tried to watch horror but now thanks to your videos I am able to watch and enjoy horror shows and movies and it's been so wonderful, so thank you ❤
Some people don’t wanna wear pants, Amanda
So i always wonder what if there is someone named Tamara in the house?
"woman wafting all over the place" had me in TEARSSSSSS
12:53 "Woman wafting around." killed me. I am going to use that from now on.
So, they follow the survivor to stalk her in the hospital? Like…Halloween II…which came out in 1981? How original.
I think it's funny that you think a genre as old and played out as slashers has any room left for originality.
You know you can do this with literally any movie made after 2010, right?
It just makes it worse cause the movie already is horrible and a copy
I used to be one of those people that hated horror movies because I would think about the creepy moments at the most inopportune times, like going to the bathroom in the middle of the night. But my mom, who is a horror lover, had been trying to get me into horror for many years. So a few years ago I decided to face my fears and get into the genre. I basically watched nothing but horror for two whole years and now I am desensitized to most things. Every once in a while something will get me though, like I hate eye/finger gore, and it creeps me out when I can see people's eyes through masks, but by broadening my horizons, nothing really stops me now, even if there are moments I don't like. I've watched a lot of classic horror movies I always wished I could watch, and still have more to get to. So for those who are still afraid to watch horror, I suggest identifying what about horror specifically scares you, remind yourself it all fake, and slowly dip your toes in. If you watch enough, eventually it's not really a problem anymore.
This was truly an awful start to this reboot trilogy cause damn I was so bored and annoyed sm throughout the film.
If you closed your eyes and waited for every sound sting you’d get the same experience.
normally i give "stupid" characters in horror movies a pass because, hey, they don't know they're in a horror movie. and most people aren't as skittish as i am
but jfc these two!! can they act like real people for one scene PLEASE !!!
I loved how as soon as the went into the woods everyone became deaf… those were some dry ass crinkly leaves on the ground, I know for a fact none of them wouldve had a hope in hell of hiding… ALSO THE GUY WITH THE AXE COMES AT HIM FROM A 90* ANGLE, DOES RYAN OR WHATEVER HIS NAME IS NOT HAVE PERIPHERAL VISION?
Edit: 25:26 RIGHT HERE, HOW THE HELL DOES HE NOT SEE THE GUY WHO WALKED UP DIRECTLY TO HIS LEFT
A lot of people pay no attention to their periphery. Like, you'd be surprised about that one.
Home invasion movies always freak me out to my core because of how realistic the scenarios are and how real they could be. This movie still freaked me out a bit, because all horror does, but it was way less grounded and it seemed like the killers had super speed sometimes.
the "people having no self preservation" thing would be so much more interesting if there was a REASON
like if my stuff suddenly appeared in a location I didn't leave it, I'd assume I simply forgot because I have ADHD. The lullaby would make me panic, but I have auditory hallucinations, so I wouldn't immediately run or all the cops.
(and i don't mean "person with some sort of mental illness is experiencing stuff and you don't know what is real and what not" because yuck (usually))
Back when I was still in my horror phase, the Strangers was one of those movies that created a god damn core memory. Part of it's whole magic trick was making the threat entirely mundane, but utterly inscrutable. The randomness was so much the point.
And, like... in the modern culture, I could actually see moving the premise towards "toxic communities crap out these kinds of psychos" as a premise, but to try and do that as a TRILOGY while also being this god damn inept, I do not think they have the presence of mind to make this effecting.
Edit: Oh, but I am going to be legitimately MAD if they are trying to make the religious angle something genuinely supernatural. That is just crapping on the original in such an ugly way. Making the killers superpowered, or even just doing the killings for some kind of eldritch entity, just all the no.
heck yeah was waiting to hear from you on this one!
The Strangers worked because you had a believable premise and the actors were excellent enough to pull off the heavy emotions they go though. When James shoots his friend you feel their mutual horror and heartbreak over what just happened and the movie lingers on it. His disbelief at Kristen's upset when he returns makes sense because they are fighting. The movie plays out like you watching a crime re-enactment, not a horror movie, which is why it works. This one is just...a bad knock off.
I have moderate to severe asthma and it's really dang rare to see a movie get how gnarly and terrifying in itself that it can be right, in fact I've not seen it ever conveyed well in a horror/thriller
“They’re calling it a film…bold” had me snort laughing. Unfortunately, at the same time as the video my husband is watching in the same room said “mounting nuts.” So he thought I was laughing at nuts.
honestly going off the first minute of the trailer alone I thought this would be a prequel showing how main character girl became the third stranger/Pinup Girl lol
It's like 2024 is giving us crappy horror movies just for Amanda to tear into them.
It really frustrated me that they tried to make asthma a big thing right so why didn’t she go with him or go herself to get his lifesaving meds? Wtf was that weird water bottle trick? I was seriously waiting for it to be the case that he was in on it or she was bc l was like they keep doing bad things to each other????????????
I think all your gripes with this one are the exact same ones that I had with the original lol. The Strangers teleporting around was so immersion-breaking for the very grounded concept of a random home invasion (which also absolutely terrifies me too), it was like they had superpowers and it totally deflated the tension for me. At some point I just realized it didn't matter what the couple did, the Strangers were always gonna have a leg up on them so it felt like I was just waiting out the runtime for the second half of the film lol. If you can get through this one you can totally get through the original imo
I think the strangers would do so well as found footage if they want the audience to think these are True Stories, but I doubt that's coming up in the trilogy. Because this film ain't it for a ~realistic, brutal True Event~. AlSO that twilight blue filter in the intro and some of the outside shots took me out. The gift that keeps on giving 😅
I think that could be great, sort of like a paranormal activity type of movie with cameras in each room but we’re just watching them be stalked and later terrorized all night
11:05 "Here's a lifetime supply of tangerines!" - "You only gave me one." - cli-click "I know."
I tell you what. I canNOT fathom being comfortable in an airbnb. It wigs me out to take a vacation in someone. Else's. House. That just terrifies me. I understand having a house you don't live in that you rent but that's also really wasteful?? Like there's a housing crisis, sharon. But staying in someone's house without the occupants present is so weird to me, i could never. I'd rather sleep in the car.
how is it wasteful? just trying to make some money.
@@atomic747 it's not wasteful to loan out a house you actively live in. But if you are buying houses just to rent them out to vacationers, that's a good house in good condition that someone without a house can't acquire to live in. There are already hundreds of thousands of people looking for houses that aren't there to buy and this is another one taken off the market as a money maker rather than a place for a person to actually live in full time. That's what makes it wasteful. There are far too many property managers buying houses to loan as airbnbs that no one else can buy to live in during a time when there is a shortage of houses on the market to begin with.
@@roselover411 It’s the owners hunting cabin it’s not actually full airbnb he usually lives there he just rents it sometimes
@@Nevae_696 that makes sense. I still personally could not stay there comfortably but at least in this case it's not an actual Airbnb lol
We stayed in 2 AirBnBs in Japan and they were decent. The first one had janky towels and the second's first floor smelled like seaweed, but they were decent.
8:18 “aren’t we all?” (sweats) is really getting me
As a woman that loves my horror movies, loves reviews, but tends to not enjoy many female reviewers, you are awesome! My kind of humor, smart ass remarks, facial expressions.. etc! I'm a solid fan! I've always wanted to do this, but never did! Living vicariously through you guys and loving it! You rock! Hilarious review! She really should've put her damn pants on!😅
The original The Strangers movie has such a special place in my heart.
When I was very young (maybe 4 or 5 so maybe this was in the early 2000s) I was looking for a movie to watch in our VHS collection. Probably something like The Land Before Time and I found a movie that looked scary. The cover had a woman tied up with two people wearing freaky masks on either side of her holding a phone up to her head.
It looked scary to me, and I passed by it in favor of ANYTHING else, and I eventually forgot about it.
Fast forward to like 2017, and I first saw the masks of The Strangers and had this distinct memory of me seeing a movie with these same masks. I never looked further into it, or I would have known that The Strangers came out years after I saw that movie’s cover.
Now fast forward again about a year ago, and my mom, brother and I were looking for Danny Devito movies we had never seen and put one up that looked… Familiar.
It was Ruthless People.
I thought The Strangers and Ruthless People were the same movie for many years and never thought twice about it.
Would I be scared? yes, I'm a big fat chicken, but, would I be complaining about how non existent their survival instincts are? also yes
the "its insulting" sounded so irish lmao
It just seems like a movie made out of obligation instead of passion. And that is how you turn a classic horror-thriller into an unintentional slasher parody.
I mean, I love my horror - especially horror comedy, camp, and hilarious medical horror - but the same things annoy me. So I trust your judgement as to whether it's worth a view.
ditto
Amanda, thank you!
I heard that this film really sucked and that the characters were dumb as fuck.
They are indeed dumb as fuck
I feel like this movie is worse than Imaginary or Night Swim because
a) it's basically the first one but only done worse. It's like they saw the flaws of the first one and said YES Lets amp that up.
b) the marketing lied leading us to believe this is an origin story while clearly this wasn't
At least the other two tried to do something, this one feels like it didn't even try
edit: typos
I also don't think those two really - tried - but fair points! I still give it to this because it DID creep me out at times and the other two are just so incredibly boring that they fail at everything they're trying to be
*worse :)
@@sanna9062 thanks, english ain't my first language :)
The marketing never lied because the marketing never said that. You just didn’t do your research properly. This was always going to be a new take on the story, never a prequel.
“They got us!”
That’s line gets me every time😂😂😂
Hi Amanda the Jedi! Thank you for uploading on a Thursday!
Thank you so much for watching on a Thursday!
I have to believe that people who enjoy horror movies don't regularly experience intrusive thoughts that would be worsened by unintentional and unexpected recall of images and scenes from those movies.
Whenever a friend or ex bf has tried to convince me to watch something scary with them, they often focused on how scary it was going to be in the moment and how they were going to be there with me during the movie... but that's not the problem. If I could watch it then retain no memory of the movie later on when I'm alone, I'd have no problem watching it with them!
But, since I unfortunately have a working memory, I'd always have to explain that they won't be with me during my walk home in the dark from classes downtown or from the bus stop if coming from work (esp when it was the 10p or 11p busses), or in my home every night, or in the dark parking garage at one of my downtown apts, or w.e example is specific to the situation in the movie if it's in a location that would be replicated in my life.
For me, the biggest problem is the future intrusive thoughts, not just because I don't enjoy it in the moment.
But, I have listened to you discuss scary movies! I can always look away and still hear you discuss what would be happening! Haha :D
I could never take the original seriously. The stalkers kept breaking the laws of physics, always somehow just out of eyeshot and teleporting.
😂😂😂
This is what I love about Scream. At least with the first one, you can go back and work out exactly who's where at what point. Some dude on UA-cam even did a real-time character location map for the intro. Magic teleportion is the dumbest horror trope ever.
I am absolutely one of those people who watches your videos because I am way too much of a scaredy cat to watch horror films in full, so many thanks for your service!
No worries, in the third movie we'll learn that the strangers were in the amazon with her mom when she was researching spiders
I really thought the whole asthma thing was a set up for a role reversal! Having her rush out on the motor cycle & him, not only trapped without an escape, but trapped as still as possible, trying to calm his breathing until she returned. I can see where that may have added too much urgency, but without any ugency, I don't see the point of including it lol
LOVE The original Strangers. Scares the crap outta me. Especially since I know live in a forest in the middle of nowhere.
as soon as i heard gg say he hated this movie i went “oh BOY i can’t wait for amanda’s review”
So the original is literally the last time a movie genuinely creeped me out. I've only watched it one other time since 2008 because I find it that unsettling. Like the original Halloween I like a good stalking home invasion since those are more realistic than most horror movies.
So WHYYY did they remake it and do it worse? oh my God. Im glad you made the video so i dont have to watch it. After Prey At Night I knew i wasn't going to like anymore Strangers movies. It should've been a one and done
The Strangers is the one scary movie that actually scared me after I saw it. I had trouble sleeping for days. I think it's the whole "someone is behind her but she doesn't know" thing.
I've contemplated between seeing The Strangers and The Watchers. Hoping Amanda does The Watchers soon
Most unrealistic part of this is the guy with apparently SEVERE asthma forgetting his inhaler somewhere inaccessible
They just ruined all the best parts of the original movie. The original movie was creepy. House in the middle of nowhere. Random people trying to kill you for no reason and it wasn’t OVERDONE. Their presence was realistic. They’re weren’t superhuman. They only showed up here and there and you weren’t sure where they were hiding. The main characters weren’t idiots. They were likable. They didn’t have iPhones and FaceTime. It just made sense.
Now this main girl lives and we’re just supposed to expect that this killer is so obsessed with her he’s going to follow her in to a public hospital? (THAT LOOKS NOTHING LIKE A HOSPITAL let alone an ICU room as she’s clearly covering from a fricken stabbing). If they wanted to make another scream movie, they could’ve just done that. I don’t want scream. I don’t want Michael Myers. I want the strangers!
Smoking a joint when you know you're being stalked is the dumbest thing you could do. Girl do you want a paranoia induced heart attack ?
I love the fact that this has two sequels well underway. Like, even if this movie bombs horribly, the creators are kinda screwed because they kinda HAVE to finish the others. And that’s hilarious.
If you’re high and paranoid, “it’s probably the weed” is that last thing you would think
Madelaine Petsch is just as talented as she is hot and deserves to get cast in a GOOD project. Never saw this movie nor her Christmas movie nor anything else besides Riverdale.
they keep casting her in trash 😭😭 free my girl!!!
You should watch the film I See You, it was one of the first rated R horror films I've ever watched and it's still freaked me out to this day (and it's another one of the home invasion movies mixed in with a mystery).
I really need a Love Lies Bleeding tee!
Your horror movie reviews are why i picked up a YA horror book and now i cant stop
Yeah I always thought that they were Nomads in the first Strangers, because of their disappearing act. Love the first Stranger movie
The "Because you were here" line feels so inaccurate. I felt it was more like "These outsiders are in out town let's murder them."
Sure you can say it was their misfortune to be in the town thus "Because you were here" but the townspeople sabatoged their ride. As a result it's not "Because you were here", it's "Because we did everything to prevent you from leaving".
So it just doesnt hold the same weigh as it did in the orginal.
17:39 I did that once. I was at a sleepover at my toxic friend's house. Their only bathroom was downstairs so I had to go in the middle of the night and coming back up the stairs she jumped out at me to scare me and I hit her in the face. I really thought she'd yell at me but she just laughed. That hit felt good.
You are the most underrated UA-camr out there. I always look forward to your perspectives and content.
honestly i think she's galaxy-braining this - if their goal is psychological torture, if you simple refuse to be bothered about anything, what the fuck are they gonna do?