In an empty trailer park one night, the three masked Strangers who previously attacked James and Kristen arrive outside the only occupied trailer in the park. [23] IGN also praised the film, writing that "Skillfully made, spooky, stylish, and featuring some quite good character work, The Strangers: Prey at Night stands much taller than the 2008 original. Side-by-side with Kinsey's car, the masked man cranks the radio on Tiffany's "I Think We're Alone Now," a coincidentally on-the-nose choice for the encounter. Jun 12, 2018. What would that reveal, anyway? The stranger's prey doesn't realize this immediately. Tension and dissatisfaction plague their relationship . Mike is impaled with a wooden plank before giving Luke the gun and telling him to go find his sister. Mike and Cindy decide to go find the kids, whom they find in hysterics. When he makes it to the trailer park's pool, he comes face-to-face with the axe-wielding Man in the Mask, the bagheaded daddy figure of the sick Strangers family. Danny and Gory bring you along on date night to see The Strangers Prey at Night (2018). Christina Hendricks and Bailee Madison in The Strangers: Prey at Night. In the original movie, the targets were chosen "because you were home." The Strangers unmask themselves off-screen and stab Kristen and James to death, before fleeing, but not before collecting a pamphlet on Christian Living. They then drive their minivan around shouting for Kinsey, before the Man in the Mask throws a brick at the windshield, causing the van to crash. You don't really get The Strangers: Prey at Night is the worst movie I've seen so far this year and that's including Summer . Luke lays in the bed, unconscious, while Kinsey sits at his side, lost in contemplation. When they are told that they are not home, they then pretend to leave and return to terrorize and, later, murder the inhabitants of the home. If the new Strangers movies reveal nothing new about their villains, they will likely play out like mere retreads of the original (as The Strangers: Prey At Night did). I honestly dont understand why this movie isnt set in the 80s, I get that the original film was set in 2005 and it wouldnt make sense for the sequel to take place in the 80s but there is so many 80s horror cliches, 80s style cinematography, the soundtrack is almost all 80s music. makes me believe these are not the same killers from the original Strangers. The Gorge Sigourney Weaver Joins the Cast of Scott Derricksons New Movie. The Strangers: Prey at Night. In The Strangers:Prey at Night, Dollface's stated motivation is just as sinister, and twice as succinct: "Why not?". The family members soon find themselves in a desperate fight for survival when . Christina Hendricks, Bailee Madison, Lewis Pullman, Martin Henderson. Save for the machines, the room is silent until there comes a knock at the door. She is the only character to have been unmasked. That said, Russo is no longer part of the project, so it may have changed direction. Mike and Cindy decide to go find the kids, whom they find in hysterics. With Alex Fisher, Peter Clayton-Luce, Scott Speedman, Liv Tyler. Her real face wouldn't tell us any more about her motives than the mask does, so Kinsey leaves without investigating, the woman behind the mask remaining anonymous. Whilesearching the home,Mike entersthe room in whichJames and Kristen were hidden, and is shot dead, beingmistaken for one of the attackers, devastatingJames. Starring Bailee Madison, Lewis Pullman, Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson, and Damian Maffei, the plot follows a family vacationing to a secluded mobile home park, where they are attacked by three masked strangers. The Strangers: Prey at Night is a 2018 slasher film directed by Johannes Roberts, with a script co-written by Bryan Bertino and Ben Ketai, is a sequel to The Strangers and the second installment of The Strangers film series. In the second film, Dollface is wearing Jeans, a Purple Top and Pink Jacket. Kinsey finds Luke and rescues him before setting off to find help. After fending off the Man in the Mask with a gun, they head back to the family trailer, where they find Cindy dead. Kinsey arrives at the pooland pulls Lukeoutand sets off to find help. Miles Teller is set to executive produce in addition to starring. If the new Strangers movies reveal nothing new about their villains, they will likely play out like mere retreads of the original (as The Strangers: Prey At Night did). Troubled by the encounter, Mike and Cindy go find the kids, who are in hysterics. Then he mixed that in with the Charles Manson stuff. The Strangers are a group of the three main antagonists that appear in the 2008 film The Strangers, and its 2018 sequel The Strangers: Prey at Night. The original The Strangers was a chilling slasher movie about a couple who are terrorized in their isolated home by three masked killers. Kristen tries to contact help, but is later captured, as well. She is portrayed by Gemma Ward and Emma Bellomy. He swings his axe at her and tries to climb up, only to be brutally hit in the left temple by Kinsey with a baseball bat. The original, actually intelligent strangers from the first movie are back and are ready to get revenge on Kinsey for killing their cousins. The movie's most hopeless scene then pivots to its most triumphant moment as Kinsey grabs the shotty, chambers a cartridge, and executes that witch Dollface with one brutal blast to the dome. Enigmatic Serial Killers, "Dollface""Pin-Up Girl"The StrangersThe Faces, TortureTrickeryAbuse and mind-breaking methodology, Multiple mutilationsKidnappingStalkingVandalismBreaking and enteringAnimal cruelty. A brief glimpse of the side of his face shows that he has a beard. I was breathless from start to finish. However, in the end, they fail to kill the entire family and are finally killed by the protagonists. See other DVD options under "Other Formats & Versions". The signal changes to green and the car drives . Hi. Paragraphs, motherfucker. The first film had its jump scares, but hands down one of the scariest parts is just the killers lurking in the background while the protagonists didn't notice. ", "Relativity Dates Five Films For 2016 Including 'Kidnap' & 'Masterminds', "Interview: Director Johannes Roberts For The Strangers: Prey At Night", "Berlin: Johannes Roberts to Direct 'The Strangers' Sequel", "Christina Hendricks, Bailee Madison, Lewis Pullman Join 'Strangers 2', "Christina Hendricks to Star in The Strangers 2", "The Long-Awaited 'The Strangers' Sequel Gets a Release Date and First-Look Image", "[TRAILER] THE STRANGERS: PREY AT NIGHT Stalks Again", "Box Office Preview: 'A Wrinkle in Time' Looks to Lure Kids as 'Black Panther' Stays Muscular", "[Review] 'The Strangers: Prey At Night' Is a Relentless, Next Level Stalker Sequel! The Man in the Mask survives and pursues her in his truck, engulfed in flames, but still functional. Now that's out of the way, a brief introduction. This detail is an important part of the ending that informsThe Strangers: Prey at Night'sambiguous final moments if you survived an encounter this brutal, how could you ever trust a stranger again? Despite being a surprise success, it took a decade for a sequel to arrive. Conversely, if the new movies do reveal more about their killers, the reboot runs the risk of demystifying them and making them less scary. ", Kinsey then finishes her off with a shotgun blast to the head. [10][11], Roberts said that while he was in Los Angeles, the producers of 47 Meters Down met him for dinner and asked if he could read a script called Prey At Night. During the fight at the trailer park fence, it seems like Kinsey might be able to take out Dollface. I kind of already went over this in point 6, but this time Im gonna focus more on Kinsey in particular. Mike - Impaled on a wooden beam and then stabbed in the neck by the Man In the Mask with an icepick. "[31], "The Strangers 2 Update: Casting, and Liv Tyler Expected Back", "Breaking: 'The Strangers: Part 2' Filming in April!? He is credited as "The Man in the Mask" but is also called "Sackhead" or "Baghead" by fans. The main character Kinsey is the stereotypical bad teenager who skips class and smokes cigarettes and uses her phone too much, but other than that theres nothing to explain what she actually did or why she is being sent away to boarding school. of "the strangers" is to approach isolated homes and knock on the door late at night. With that said, The Strangers: Prey At Night is such a bizarre viewing experience. The murderous strangers of the title pick their victims at random, and the unlucky pair who answer a knock at their door at 4am in this film are James and his girlfriend (well, now sort of his ex . Is it really that hard to make a coherent horror movie? Luckily, The Strangers 2: Prey at Night is fictional, though the idea is the same. Kinsey encounters Dollface and is stabbed before being rescued by Luke who points a gun at Dollface, threatening to shoot her. The Strangers: Directed by Bryan Bertino. The Pin-Up Girl is the most mysterious of the three, and only has a single line in the film, suggesting that "next time" it will be "easier". She wears a cheerfully creepy mask of a big-eyed smiling woman with blushing cheeks, lipstick and pouty lips. Killers chase people down in a trailer park. ", "Why 'The Strangers: Prey at Night' Is the Purest Slasher Film in Years", "The Strangers: Prey at Night Review You'll Be Breathless From Start to Finish", "Review: 'The Strangers: Prey at Night' Delivers on Its Title", "Murder, mayhem, mobile homes and the return of Dollface in 'The Strangers: Prey at Night', "Film Review: 'The Strangers: Prey at Night', "The Strangers: Prey at Night review slick sequel fails to replicate scares", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Strangers:_Prey_at_Night&oldid=1137966247, This page was last edited on 7 February 2023, at 08:58. If you are 18 years or older or are comfortable with graphic material, you are free to view this page. Inside, they find their aunt and uncle brutally murdered. The killers were treated very strangely by the story. A sequel to the 2008 film The Strangers, the movie shows the story of a family staying at a secluded mobile home park for a night. Cindy informs her she is at the wrong trailer, and Dollface leaves. The ending is highly reminiscent of the conclusion of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and just as open-ended. An unused ending for The Strangers: Prey At Night confirmed the fate of serial killer Man In The Mask. Plot details, at this time, are completely under wraps. In Prey at Night after Pin-Up Girl is killed, the Man in Mask shows no reaction or emotion to her death, barely even batting an eyelid. Characters are stabbed, beaten, and shot, often very graphically. Initial thoughts before the show and a spoiler-free review after.Pre-. According to director Bryan Bertino the film is partially based on an incident he experienced as a child. In order to evade their pursuers, James and Kristen hide inside ofa room with a shotgun they had obtained towaitfordawn to arrive. This isn't a horror movie that will take up residence in your nightmares for weeks, but the sequel to the solid 2008 original The Strangers is nonetheless just as effective in the short term as its well-made counterparts. Shortly after 4 a.m., there is a knock at the door, surprising since the house is so remote and far from any civilization. The climax of The Strangers:Prey at Nightkicks into high gear once the parents are out of the picture, with both Cindy and Mike meeting their ends at the hands of the sadistic invaders. The Strangers: Prey At Night currently ends with the two survivors in a hospital safe and sound, only for teenager Kinsey to freak out when she hears an ominous knock on the door. Kinsey reaches the road and flags down a mother and her son in a pickup truck, but they attempt to flee when they see the Man in the Mask appear behind Kinsey. Also, did anyone keep a "LEAVE US ALOOOONE" count?? Universal Pictures and 2 . [16] In June 2017, it was announced Martin Henderson had also joined, along with the other main cast members. While that kind of performance warranted a sequel, no one thought it would take nearly ten years to happen. The cult home invasion horror The Strangers is set to receive a 3-movie reboot starring Madelaine Petsch, but does the franchise need a revival? The Gorgeis said to be an action love story with genre-bending elements, and Deadline additionally reports today that Apple Original Films has also come on board the project. Before they manage to meet, Kinsey has a horrifying encounter with Dollface, caught at a fence at the edge of the park and getting wounded in the encounter. Warning: SPOILERS for The Strangers: Prey At Nightahead. 1h 37mlength. In the window behind her, headlights loom and then approach. Prey at Night director Johannes Roberts just told Metro, Bryan Bertino, who wrote the screenplay, actually had the same exact things happen to him in terms of the girl coming up to the house and knocking at the door. In this movie, they seem to just be idiotic, as if they want to die. The members consist of "Man in the Mask", "Dollface" and "Pin-Up Girl". Most of them say how they're influenced by the greatest films and directors of all timeSO WHY DO THEY CONTINUE TO CHURN OUT CRAP? Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. With Strangers 2 due out on May 4, we take a look at the real crimes behind the movies. C. Robert Cargill(Sinister) andSherryl Clarkare on board to produce. You can go back and watch The Strangers and be just as happy for their previous relentless onslaughts. But while that movie cut to credits at that point, The Stangers: Prey at Night continues and that's when things get ambiguous. By the time the kids are making their last run for it, the strangers are down to two in number. $3.99. We first see James (Scott Speedman) and Kristen (Liv Tyler) sitting side by side in their car, their faces in the deep red glow of a traffic light. I even wanted the dog to die and I'm one of those "I don't care if you kill every motherfucker in the room, but he better not hurt that dog" people. 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