Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman star in The Strangers. This is not a TRUE story, but it is based on actual events. I tried to research the true story, and the results are mixed. The ACTUAL true story is still a pretty well protected secret, but there are speculations on the web.
Tyler and Speedman star as lovers who go to his parents summer home in February 2006 after attending the wedding of a friend. They arrive very late at the house in the boonies, and almost from the start the are terrorized by some locals in masks. There is the usual loud banging, scary noises, darkness, cold and eerie silences. At the beginning of The Strangers, you feel like this is just another run-of -the-mill slasher flick, but you would be wrong.
The Strangers takes an intelligent turn, and relies far more on the old school method of scary movies. Anticipation, suspense, and high drama are the rules of the day. When a movie maker knows what really is scary to real people, you've got a winner. The Strangers, although not for everyone, IS a winner. The director also makes GREAT use of an old record player and some old school records as his basic soundtrack in the movie which totally make you feel like you are there. The record player is IN the movie, and not some recorded soundtrack that a composer wrote. This is used very skillfully.
What makes The Strangers so scarytoo, is that what happens to these two lovers could happen in real life. I think we all have hope that one time or another that we never meet up with some sicko nuts in the middle of nowhere, who are out to kill just for the thrill. There is some blood, but it is necessary to the story and a turn or two will leave you breathless from time to time.
A big surprise both with the critics, and at the box office, The Strangers is a must see for those who like a jolt at the flicks. The Strangers - very scary. well done. Scariest movie in a long while.
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