1/1/2024 0 Comments Strangers prey at night castI think they all hate each otherĭuring the drive we learn Kinsey is being sent to boarding school because she has been a problem child for the last year though we don’t learn what exactly she did. Weird that Luke would not already be home despite it appearing like this trip is a big deal but I guess it’s supposed to show that the family isn’t the closest. We also learn they have another kid, Luke (played by Lewis Pullman) who is playing baseball somewhere despite Mike stating they’re already late. It appears as if the family is taking Kinsey somewhere she doesn’t want to go to. Inside the house, we see there’s some tension between the mother, Cindy (played by Christina Hendricks) and Kinsey. Mike, the father (played by Martin Henderson) packs his daughter Kinsey’s (played by Bailee Madison) things into the car. I’m going out on a limb and saying he’s going to die too.Ī title screen fades in and we fade out to our main characters. Since the last movie I’ve learned the names of the killers, this one is Dollface. She locks the door (why wasn’t it already locked?!) and then hears the knocking coming from inside the home! She turns around and sees and intruder. Going to check she sees the truck outside now empty. Cutting to the inside, an elderly couple is asleep with a dog at the foot of the bed, when the wife is woken up by banging on the front door. We next see a truck with the silhouettes of three people inside drive up the road and pull up to a trailer home. At least this movie barely tries compared to the first movie’s full screen text. Like the first movie which tries really hard to make you believe the event’s actually happened, this movie also never happened and were made up by a screenwriter. In the corner of the screen we see “Based on true events.” Spoiler: it’s not actually based on true events. But, if you’re staying at an isolated trailer park home, you’ll definitely be a bit terrified. Unfortunately the film is also not as scary or suspenseful as the original but that doesn’t mean the movie is a bad choice for a horror movie watch. There are some extremely effective jump scares in The Strangers: Prey at Night but they are few and far between. Sometimes just called The Strangers 2, The Strangers: Prey at Night is obviously a sequel to The Strangers, one of my first reviews! You can read that here.ĭuring a stop on a road trip, a family of four is stalked by a trio of serial killers at an isolated trailer park and must fight back in the dead of night to survive. Today we’re looking at 2018’s The Strangers: Prey at Night The Strangers: Prey at Night is gleefully unrelentless and unpredictable in its chaos, never slowing down and leaving us in perpetual fear of what may be lurking behind the next corner - a frightful experience for vintage thrillseekers and series strangers alike.I love horror movies and if I’m going to watch them anyway, why not write an entertaining/funny review from the POV of an average movie-goer and not a professional critic. With strong performances from its cast, the central family feel less like lambs led to slaughter and more, genuine people pushed to their very limits, which is perfectly contrasted by the disturbing auras emitted by Bellamy, Maffei and Enslin behind the masks of The Strangers. Blending John Carpenter’s iconic mastery of horror’s best friend, lighting, with a fun retro ‘80s soundtrack imbues The Strangers: Prey at Night with the spirit of beloved vintage slashers, with spectacular set pieces, like a particular poolside tussle set to Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” sure to become a staple of our nightmares! Inheriting the series from Bryan Bertini, who assists here as co-writer, director Johannes Roberts and cinematographer Ryan Samul prove a formidable tag team of style. While many consider the 2008 original a genre classic, a stronger focus on its cast, tantalising cinematography and eerily playful soundtrack lets The Strangers: Prey at Night achieve the coveted feat of being a sequel that not only lives up to the expectations set by its predecessor, but exceeds them.
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