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From Sam Peckinpath’s Straw Dogs to Michael Haneke’s Funny Games, the home-invasion thriller has proved adept at eliciting the fear and dislocation that accompany the violation of our most sacred space.
The Strangers is no exception, raising the stakes with a bloody preview of the ending before flashing back to the horrors that precede it. But this is no splatter movie: spare, suspenseful and brilliantly invested in silence, Bryan Bertino’s debut feature unfolds in a slow crescendo of intimidation as a young couple (Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman, both terrific) arrive at a country getaway after a friend’s wedding.
While navigating a tense crossroads in their relationship, the pair are interrupted by a sinister threesome whose identities and motivations are concealed. Alternately innocent and threatening, the intruders bang on the door and manifest as masked, blurred shapes behind the unwitting lovers. But even as the campaign of terror escalates, the movie remains level-headed, smartly maintaining its commitment to tingling creepiness over bludgeoning horror.
Claiming inspiration from true events, The Strangers builds tension with tiny details — a moved cellphone, a looping song on the record player — and empathy with victims whose intimacy is affectingly real. Like Nimrod Antal’s recent Vacancy, this highly effective thriller suggests that a relationship in extremes is the most honest of all.
If you are into horror flicks, this one is certainly for you. Definitely not one of those floss movies where you get up wondering when were we supposed to get scared? And if you have little ones, its best to keep them away and if at all they want to view the movie, then you'd better accompany them. A must-watch for horror movie buffs.