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  • Actors: Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman
  • Directors: Bryan Bertino
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Universal Pictures UK
  • DVD Release Date: 26 Dec 2008
  • Run Time: 82 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001DDR6QE
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,806 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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A lean, briskly paced and exceptionally creepy thriller, The Strangers earns its scares the old-fashioned way: through atmosphere, sound design, and a simple yet undeniably upsetting central premise that allows for maximum tension throughout its running time. Attractive young lovers Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman are already having a bad day--she's turned down his marriage proposal--before a knock on the door in the middle of the night announces a full-fledged siege on their remote vacation home by a trio of masked assailants. The film's first third delivers the most consistent shivers as the visitors make their presence and intentions known to Tyler; the second half grows more frantic and bloody before a gruesome finale that may leave viewers either rattled to their core or bothered by its empty nihilism. Speedman is fine as the downtrodden male lead (who's seen tucking into a carton of ice cream after being rejected), but it's Tyler who impresses the most by shouldering the lion's share of the terror. First-time writer/director Bryan Bertino impresses by forsaking the current passion for over-the-top violence (save for the finale) in favour of more traditional means of generating fear, and if his project borrows heavily from other films, most notably the French chiller Them (which shares its "inspired by a true story" origin) and Michael Haneke's Funny Games, at least he's taking from the best. The sound design is among the many technical standouts, and the unsettling score by tomandandy (The Hills Have Eyes) pleasantly evokes Ennio Morricone's fuzztone-heavy work for Dario Argento in the early '70s. On a completely unrelated note, LP fanatics should appreciate how both the film's heroes and villains share an affinity for folk and country music on vinyl. --Paul Gaita


Synopsis

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.

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39 of 46 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Turning up the tension, 16 Sep 2008
By R. Fisher "entertainment lover" (west midlands uk) - See all my reviews
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The strangers,a thriller/horror proves to be a gripping hour an half of twisted entertainment.

James and Kristen's relationship lies in tatters after a rejected marriage proposal, isolated in what was to be an idyllic getaway late into the night a stranger comes a knocking appearing to be lost, they attempt to help her on her way little realising she's not going anywhere and she's not alone.

The strangers is an interesting film in the fact its a very visual experience, there's little dialogue using mainly visuals and sound or in some cases silence to crank up the tension.
A lot of the films scary moments are classic 'BOO' moments which most of time you can see coming if these types of scares do little for you it probably wont be a film for you. But for those of us who do it proves to be an enthralling ride that flies by.

Also anyone who has seenVacancy [2007]may get a feeling of deja vu as the films are rather similar in certain aspects but if you enjoyed vacancy chances are you'll enjoy this.

All in all the strangers proves to be an effective thriller mixing psychological scares with sparse disturbing violence which gives the end product a lasting impression. If your a fan of psychological thrillers/horror it's worth checking out

P.S- you may want to avoid S. Ahmed's review while its good to see he enjoyed the film it does ruin the ending
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17 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars A complete waste of time, 13 Jan 2009
By KM (England) - See all my reviews
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`The Strangers' stars Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman who are a young couple who have just returned to their remote holiday home after a wedding where Tyler has turned down a marriage proposal. The couple are then terrorised by some masked strangers throughout the night and won't let them get away.

I watched this last night with high hopes as the DVD cover looked very scary and the clips I'd seen previously looked very tense and exciting. What we have here though is a dull, pointless "thriller" that failed to impress or scare me in the slightest. For a start, I didn't care for the couple at all as they were both incredibly annoying and unlikeable from the opening minutes. The strangers themselves also weren't very scary at all, just popping up here and there giving the odd, cheap jump. The premise of the remote house in the woods, with only a small lamp for lighting was so clichéd it was laughable.

The ending was what topped this off as the guff that it was as there was just no point to it all. No twist, no surprises, nothing. What a waste of time. I'm just glad I rented this as this would have been such a waste of money.
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10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Contrived..., 2 Jun 2009
By Martin A Hogan "Marty From SF" (San Francisco, CA. (Hercules)) - See all my reviews
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Liv Tyler ("Lord of the Rings", "Jersey Girl") and Scott Speedman ("Underworld") play a couple with a dissolving relationship spending the night in a vacation home. Claiming to be `inspired by true events', it's not difficult to believe. The story is a rehash of possibly every slasher film from the seventies. The real star here is the sound effects. The viewer is initially spooked by loud knockings on doors and other things that `go bump in the night'. After ten minutes, it becomes wearisome and nearly the entire film is a series of sound effects to fill in the voids. This is particularly annoying if you have surround sound.

The plot is remarkably static and contrived. A portly man and two women wearing masks besiege the couple throughout the night. They appear and disappear, seeming to just enjoy terrorizing the couple. But this couple does all the typical `do not go there' and `do not do that' stuff you've seen before. Why would the guy leave his girlfriend alone in the house to get cigarettes with this going on? Why would the gal leave the house and run in the dark to the barn to try and make a call? How could the guy claim to not know how to work a shotgun and then make a pinpoint perfect hit? Thankfully, director Bryan Bertino keeps the gore to a minimum until the end. However, even that has been done before. If you remember the end of "Carrie", you won't be shocked like you supposed to be. Thankfully, this film is only 86 minutes long.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The Strangers
My daughter watched this and the following is her review:

Good movie - rates with the best of the horrors - good for Halloween!
Published 24 days ago by M. Feeney

3.0 out of 5 stars Fiction Stranger Than Truth
The style of "The Strangers" is one of claustrophobic psychological terrorism, inflicted apparently randomly on a middle-class couple by three strangers. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Green Man Music

3.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic climax.......But no end product
This film frustrated me for 3 reasons. 1 - It took to long to get going. 2 - When it did it didn't last long enough and 3 - the end is awful. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Dezza

4.0 out of 5 stars Some genuine scares
I`m not surprised this film receives what could respectfully be called "mixed reviews". It doesn`t have any utterly terrifying shocks (but then how many films do? Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mr. Simon A. Macklin

4.0 out of 5 stars strangers
the film picks up in tension with loud bangs and knock on the door untill the real threat takes place holding a couple captive in thier own home not very gore but its the... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Frank Traynor

2.0 out of 5 stars HUGE let down
I taped this because it was on TV and then watched it late at night thinking it would add to the horror but there was no horror to be added to. Read more
Published 2 months ago by S. Evans

2.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre at its finest
I watched this movie with the anticipation of being terrified, with the reality of feeling bored.
In my opinion, this has a very similar concept to 'Vacancy', with masked... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Ms. K. J. Mcmahon

3.0 out of 5 stars Stylish and has its moments
The Strangers is a reasonable horror film based (loosely) on a true story. For the first 45 minutes the director does a good job of cranking up the suspense in a similar way to... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars its not THAT bad.
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