Review - The Strangers
THE STRANGERS [R]
review by Padraic Maroney
As children, we asked our parents to check the closet for monsters or look under the bed for anything scary. But once we grow up, we begin to realize that most of the fears we previously had were nothing to worry about and that our homes are one of the safest places. Few movies have successfully been able to breakdown that security wall reducing grown adults to be afraid to go home at night. That was before The Strangers came to town.
In an era filled with J-horror remakes making us think our televisions and cell phones are going to kill us and the so-called “torture porn” that eaves bloodied mutilated carcasses piled up, it’s interesting to see a simplistic horror movie throwback like this dropped in the height of summer. The Strangers has a plot seen plenty of times before – in films like Wait […]
Original post by Robert Newton
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