The Strangers

I was so excited for this movie. The trailer was creepy, it looked good. Along the lines up Funny Games (reviewed earlier this year).

Sadly the film fails in every sense. It's slow moving and often tedious. The acting, while good, relies on Liv Tyler screaming and Speedman just denying everything. Sad truth is that the audience I was with was overreacting to the film and was making it better than the actos were able to do.

The idea is simple. A couple goes to stay at their cabin and some people in masks show up and torment them. If you consider tormenting as pounding on walls and popping out for cheap scares. Out heroes are constantly running around their own, small home, and it feels too redundant.

The ass of an ending makes it even worse and I can't recommend this film at all and that's a shame because the trailer really was promising.

entertainment Value - 2/5

Movie - 1/5