The Strangers Chapter 1 | Review 

It felt like TikTok saw the 2008 original and thought, "OMG, so scary! Let's remake it exactly, but with our generation's vibe, prettier cinematography, and then call it our own. I have zero hope for Chapters 2-3 but my dumbass will be seated of course. It’s a 1.5/5 for me Franchise Ranking: 1. Prey at Night (4/5) 2. The Strangers (2.5/5) 3. Chapter 1 (1.5/5)

I think they made a huge mistake rebooting the original again it was not needed

When that Nights in White Satin kicked in I was like LET’S GOOOOO!!!! It always reminds me of Halloween 2, which I’m a huge fan of both Rob Zombie Halloween films as well. 🤘🎃🤘

It had a really excellent beginning, it did a good job introducing the characters and side characters they meet on their trip. Everything was building to that dread then the movie fell apart about mid way through and it draaaaggged and dragged and the killers were completely overexposed. The woods scene goes on forever and my friend was falling asleep. Then we get a really flat ending too. I give it a 5/10 because it flamed out and I was ready for it to end. I was really looking forward to this one all year. Great review Nick

Really enjoyed your review. The first Strangers has such reverence and importance to me, I remember the first time watching it, the conversations with friends, & just the high of seeing it. It’s on my Rushmore of horror movies. The second goes off the originals track & gets nuts with it (with a top notch soundtrack) and provides a fantastic time. This movie put me in concrete. At no point did I care about anyone, I couldn’t have reacted if you zapped me with a taser. I’m not sure why this needed to happen but we’ve seen bad entries in franchises before, so I’ll go into chapter 2 with an open mind.

I enjoyed it for what it was. I’m very curious of what they will do in the next 2.

Big time bummer to hear this… loved the first 2!

Why would they escape the bigger cabin just to run into the smaller cabin and trap themselves again? I would’ve just ran out into the wood and kept running.

(I’ve seen the movie) As soon as you mentioned that it packed so many tropes i realized you were right and I now have to figure out how many were used cause MAN

I figured the problem with this was going to be the fact it was to much of a retread of the original. If you reboot something you need to really do something new or fresh with it to make it seem worth being made in my opinion.

I think for us diehards, this was a miss. But I saw it with a few friends who are casual movie goers, and they all loved it. The two girls in our group were shaking during some of the scenes.

Totally agree with your assessment, nothing new or interesting was brought to the table. Wash,rinse and repeat. In 2024 you have to be more original and creative and bring something different to the screen.

I would love to see you rank this franchise ❤❤❤❤

i thought it was absolutely awful. If this doesn't do well financially, those other two chapters are heading straight to streaming. Trailers looked good, but I knew better given that Renny Harlin was directing. This thing was a total wet fart.

What year was this supposed to be? Where did she get that flip phone?

I loved it! But I love every new movies that comes out and I have no taste anyway!

The first movie was okay. Definitely atmospheric and creepy. Prey At Night was better and was paced very well. Good soundtrack too. Probably gonna wait for a library rental on these, save my money for some better films

Just saw it. I liked it but definitely just a remake

Just got home from seeing it and I gotta say I agree with most of what you’re saying Nick. i liked it ok, but it certainly wasn't great.

Stopped by the bathroom on the way out of the theater. Overhead two guys talking to about how bad the reviews will be. 😂

I watched this in my theater the only one there. The chick with red hair was on cw show riverdale good show.

while watching it all i could think is, who is the target audience for this? they either think no one saw the original at all or something because man it was so lazy and uninspired.. and we have seen remakes of movies in the past be similar but also be different in their own way! but nope this was literal copy and paste but with different actors lol.. i checked out pretty early on sadly

Really like the other strangers films so I was excited for these new ones. Too bad that you were dissapointed by it. I will still see it tho

That's unfortunate... And I literally just finished Prey At Night! 😂 At least we have the first two 🤷🏻‍♂️

The first one is my all time horror movie. I did not care for the 2nd. Too cinematic and the strangers didn't go about things how they did in the first movie. But discrediting this new one for little to no body count is wild because the first one only had 1 or 2 definitive deaths depending on if you think the boyfriend died. I'm excited to see it tomorrow though. I've heard good and bad reviews.

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yea I could tell this was coming, their remaking the original except you can never come close to how good the original was, they should've just stuck with the slasher style of the prey at night

I thought it was okay I don’t see all the hate it’s getting

Well that sucks. I haven't bought the tickets yet and now I probably won't. I'll still watch it MAYBE but I'll wait till it comes to streaming. Boooooo Also tbh when I saw the trailer I did think it looked just like the 1st one but I thought I'll give it a shot because maybe I'm wrong. 🤷Well now I know never mind...it is.

Loved the first two movies. This one suckeddddd. First movie I paid for in a while and I completely regret it 😂

I haven’t been to the movie theater once this year. There hasn’t been a movie that I gotta see. I was however, thinking maybe this is the one to see but it’s not the one. Guess I’ll have to wait for Maxxxine in July. Definitely skipping chapter 1 I just don’t care to see it especially the cost of movie tickets these days. This is a pass for me.

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Watch chapter 1 make sense after chapter 3

Ok! You confirming it's a loose remake of the first one basically makes me have no interest in this. I was excited to hear they were making this movie but then I saw the trailer and was like, this looks like a remake...I'll check it out when it goes to streaming but I have no interest in giving it my money. I'll just watch the first one again.

Either 1 baddie dies or everyone survives

Welp, I guess I'm skipping this one, for now at least. I was on the fence about paying to see this one, but all the negativity I'm seeing was making me push it off maybe a week or matinee, but I trust your opinion so streaming it is.

So I should wait for on demand or streaming..damn that's disappointing

Not surprised it looked boring and cheesy from the get go, just another cash grab

As a fan of the franchise I actually give it a 10 out of 10

Here's the 1st of 3 films to be disappointed with coming soon

Watched the original it put me to sleep

Do u like slumber party massacre it was very just b level funny bad movie it saw it for the first time yesterday was ok

I F hate movies with killers in. Mask neber revealed🤬anyone can make 50 movies like that

I loved it

This movie sucked

You think Halloween Ends is a masterpiece. Does your opinion even hold merit anymore?

Another “let’s reboot instead of a sequel to a loose end” bullcrap

They should just stop with these reboots they're just getting worse

Couldn’t agree more…. 🤬

Every review is the same. Guess I’ll just rewatch the original again instead of going to the movie

As a HUGE movie lover/fanatic especially horror movies and aspiring actress I'm so excited to watch this movie! This was another solid movie review. ❤❤❤❤ 🎬🎥🎟️🎞️🍿🥤

That’s disappointing. I mean I can typically tell from a trailer if a movie is going to be bad but it’s nice to be wrong. Definitely sounds like an intentionally misbranded remake. If they didn’t have anything worthy to add to the legacy they should’ve kept it buttoned up. I’m gonna rewatch the original to remind myself why I love it.