Each horror movie has The Second: the place you see the principle characters do one thing that each kicks off the plot and is commonly additionally a particularly boneheaded transfer. Normally, it includes a door and somebody making the selection to open it or go in there, which they need to by no means, ever do. So it goes with Lionsgate’s upcoming semi-remake for The Strangers, by which the 2 leads make the very unhealthy resolution to reply the door in the midst of the night time.
Directed by Renny Harlin, the latest entry within the slasher sequence sees lovestruck duo Maya (Madelaine Petsch) and Ryan (Froy Gutierrez) spend the night time at an Oregon Airbnb. The city of Venus doesn’t actually take a shine to them, for no matter purpose, after which issues get bizarre when somebody reveals up and asks the query longtime followers will keep in mind: “Is Tamara dwelling?”
From there, issues get aggressively worse for the couple. Odd occasions round the home then evolve into Maya and Ryan being straight up terrorized by a trio of masked psychopaths doing all of this only for kicks. Harlin beforehand acknowledged this new Strangers—which is the primary of a trilogy—will comply with comparable beats as the unique cult basic from 2008. (It’s additionally reportedly set in the identical continuity as that movie and its 2018 sequel, Prey at Evening.)
Issues will diverge with the second and third films, which can comply with Maya after she’s survived that harrowing night time. If luck is on Lionsgate’s aspect, the hope is for the three movies to reinvigorate the franchise and provides it one other franchise to launch on a gradual cadence just like Noticed. And if not…effectively, three new horror films to have within the Halloween rotation ain’t a nasty factor.
The Strangers: Chapter 1 will launch in theaters on Could 17. Chapter 2 and 3 are anticipated to launch someday later this yr.
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