I’ll to this day never understand who thought this was a good idea. Part remake, part reimagining, and part 1 of 3, The Strangers Chapter one fails at all aspects.
Following a similar premise to the original 2008 classic we follow a couple who while traveling get stranded in a small town and spend the night in a cabin in the woods. From there we find masked people who stalk and attempt to kill them. Simple premise, should be easy right, but its not.
This movie does everything wrong that made the original so good. Gone is the suspense and tension and instead we get 40 minutes of almost nothing leading into boring jump scares. Our two characters here have zero common sense and make dumb decisions left and right.
Worst part is nothing really happens. Even when the action itself picks up it feels so empty. Like a prolonged remake that should have been a tv episode entirely done to sell the next two following sequels. Sequels which we will see them attempt to make a story out of this given the ending ruins another aspect of what made the original so good.
In the end this isn’t worth anyones time really. Will I watch the next two, of course. Do I think there is any chance they are even slightly solid, not in the slightest.
Score :
1 / 5
