The Strangers R
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 26 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 21, 2008
- Originally Released: 2008
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Liv Tyler & Scott Speedman | |
Performer: | Peter Clayton-Luce, Gemma Ward, Alex Fisher, Laura Margolis, Glenn Howerton & Kip Weeks | |
Directed by | Bryan Bertino | |
Edited by | Kevin Greutert | |
Music by | tomandandy | |
Screenwriting by | Bryan Bertino | |
Art Direction by | Linwood Taylor | |
Produced by | Nathan Kahane, Doug Davison & Roy Lee | |
Director of Photography: | Peter Sova | |
Executive Production by | Marc D. Evans, Sonny Mallhi, Trevor Macy, Kelli Konop & Joe Drake |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/5 --
A good-looking, sophisticated, if somewhat pointless addition to the slasher-horror genre.
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London Evening Standard
[S]pare, suspenseful and brilliantly invested in silence, Bryant Bertino's debut feature unfolds in a slow crescendo of intimidation...
New York Times
The movie achieves an okay level of tension, especially in the first half, because first-time director Bryan Bertino has absorbed his Texas Chainsaw Massacre lessons well.
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NOW Toronto
Rating: 1.5/4 --
The Strangers has a couple of scares, but it's not anywhere near as frightening as advertised. The creepy folks of the title are more fumbling than fiendish.
USA Today
Bertino's directorial smarts are on display from the first slow-cut montage of rural homes glimpsed from the window of a moving car. It's a passage suggesting free-floating, arbitrary menace.
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The Ringer
Rating: B --
Some good chills in this intense offering from first-time writer-director Bryan Bertino.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
It's all admirably restrained and, for the most part, effective.
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The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
Product Description:
For his film debut, director Brian Bertino has crafted a fantastically creepy horror flick based on the very simple premise of strangers who come knocking late at night. Kristen (Liv Tyler) and James (Scott Speedman) have arrived at a secluded vacation home in the woods after attending a friend's wedding. It's four in the morning, and they're both tearful and emotionally exhausted after a disagreement about their relationship. As they awkwardly try to navigate the long night together, they are distracted by the sound of a heavy knock at the door. They open it to find a dazed young woman hidden in the shadows. Assuming she is lost, James sends her away, but Kristen is disturbed by the late-night visit. When James leaves to go on a drive and pick up some cigarettes, Kristen is left alone, and we watch her move through the huge house in a painfully eerie silence, all the while knowing that she is being watched. By the time James returns, Kristen is in hysterics, and together they must face the terrifying fact that they are indeed in grave danger.
Both Tyler and Speedman give excellent, understated performances that lend the film a truly frightening edge of realism. The story's simplicity is a refreshing change from over-the-top torture films like SAW, and the violence in the film is minimal, and much of it off camera. THE STRANGERS also lacks any big-budget special effects. You won't find any CGI creatures or armies of zombies. The only monsters depicted here are the very real human kind, which is what leaves you thoroughly spooked and shaken, and ready to push a chair against your own front door.
Both Tyler and Speedman give excellent, understated performances that lend the film a truly frightening edge of realism. The story's simplicity is a refreshing change from over-the-top torture films like SAW, and the violence in the film is minimal, and much of it off camera. THE STRANGERS also lacks any big-budget special effects. You won't find any CGI creatures or armies of zombies. The only monsters depicted here are the very real human kind, which is what leaves you thoroughly spooked and shaken, and ready to push a chair against your own front door.
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- Sales Rank: 38,608
- UPC: 025193330222
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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