ormally, a sequel arriving a decade after the original is a bad sign but Strangers: Prey at Night manages to buck the trend with a good entry into the slasher genre. The first one was really good and I expected the sequel to be at least watchable and it is. It is less creepy and more focused on gore and violence but at least it is done well and is not completely nihilistic as is par for the course for the genre.
All the performances are really good (for a horror movie) particularly Christina Hendricks and Bailee Madison. Madison takes what could have been an annoying character and makes her sympathetic. Lewis Pullman seems to have got some of his dad's likable charisma and he has probably the scene of the movie where he goes toe to toe against the killers by the pool. Speaking of the killers, they are provided no backstory which is always the right decision when it comes to horror.
The characters make some dumb decisions which is to be expected in a horror movie and the ending stretches credibility in a movie which was adhering to the rules of real life until then. On the whole, Strangers: Prey at Night is a nice way to kill a couple of hours. It does not sully the memory of the original and that is about the best I can say about it.
"The Strangers: Prey for Night" differs from its predecessor because its victims enjoy a greater chance of survival. Meantime, the filmmakers have scrupulously observed the rules of the slasher fest. The masked villains are virtually indestructible. Some can recover from the worst injuries.
An older man wearing a burlap bag drives them around in a battered Ford pick-up. He is dressed in a suit and tie. He favors an ax. Something about the way an ax sounds as it is dragged across concrete appeals to him.
The two girls prefer kitchen knives. They display no emotions whatsoever when they maim or slaughter their victims. The masked dastards in "The Strangers" behaved in similar fashion. One of Cindy's family asks her assailant why she is trying to kill her.
"Why not?" the girl utters with a dreamy gaze. Not surprisingly, when the stabbing starts, the family goes berserk. They do the usual, foolhardy things victims do. Everything about "The Strangers: Prey for Night" is hackneyed, but the film adheres to the slasher formula with enough style to make it adequate for a rental.
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The characters make some dumb decisions which is to be expected in a horror movie and the ending stretches credibility in a movie which was adhering to the rules of real life until then. On the whole, Strangers: Prey at Night is a nice way to kill a couple of hours. It does not sully the memory of the original and that is about the best I can say about it.
"The Strangers: Prey for Night" differs from its predecessor because its victims enjoy a greater chance of survival. Meantime, the filmmakers have scrupulously observed the rules of the slasher fest. The masked villains are virtually indestructible. Some can recover from the worst injuries.
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An older man wearing a burlap bag drives them around in a battered Ford pick-up. He is dressed in a suit and tie. He favors an ax. Something about the way an ax sounds as it is dragged across concrete appeals to him.
The two girls prefer kitchen knives. They display no emotions whatsoever when they maim or slaughter their victims. The masked dastards in "The Strangers" behaved in similar fashion. One of Cindy's family asks her assailant why she is trying to kill her.
"Why not?" the girl utters with a dreamy gaze. Not surprisingly, when the stabbing starts, the family goes berserk. They do the usual, foolhardy things victims do. Everything about "The Strangers: Prey for Night" is hackneyed, but the film adheres to the slasher formula with enough style to make it adequate for a rental.
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