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haha boo ur thread got closed, way to go Boo!
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Sad day for UHM IMO.
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Well I got back from The Strangers tonight. I went in not expecting much so I was quite surprised by the quality of film. There a few too many jump scares which no longer seem to have an effect one me and just feel over done and cheap. However the atmosphere was amazing and costumes were fucking great. There were some generally creepy parts. I can honestly say this is the best horror movie of 08 so far. Thats not saying much. In the end it was a satisfying film, I would probably give it an 8/10.
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maybe it was. the way they splattered i assumed they were paintballs. and i dont remember seeing any muddy areas around the house or anything. it was just really odd whatever it was.Originally Posted by BooBerry
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The Strangers
By Halloween of 78
*THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS*
**1/2 of *****
The first time I watched the trailer for The Strangers, I felt like someone had finally filled the deflated lungs of horror with a blast of fresh air. Unfortunately, as promising as the scary masks, the mute killers, and the rural setting in The Strangers seemed to be, what the movie exceeded in originality it lacked with knowledge of what to do with it.
On the surface, The Strangers is hardly a detour from the basic horror movie recipe: a young couple, mysterious killers, screams, blood splats, unfortunate friends, sound-cued jumps, and unusable cell phones. But, despite those stale ingredients, what promised to make The Strangers original was its "true story" claim that went alongside its apparently amiable - though completely uncertain - killers.
That said, what ultimately scares you about The Strangers is the premise of the movie, not the actual content of the movie itself. Writer and Director Bryan Bertino certainly introduces the "what's unknown is scary" realm of fear with his story, but from there, past the oddly-familiar opening dialog, he doesn't seem as if he knows what to do with that premeditated fear. What ultimately serves as the demise for The Strangers is what made it relevant in the first place - great marketing. Think "Blair Witch Project," only not quite to the same extreme. A great idea generated interest, but The Strangers proves that sometimes an idea can deliver more than an actual story.
So, you may be asking, "OK, so what's actually happening in the movie?" Well, nothing really. Over the course of 90 minutes we see Liv Tyler running and screaming, Scott Speedman depressed, and, ultimately, both of them dead. Of course, we know from the aforementioned opening dialog that our heroine and hero would be killed, as the dialog spoils any suspense by immediately stating that what exactly happened on "the night of the crimes" was still not entirely known. Obviously, if someone had lived, what happened on the night of the crimes would have been known.
One final point - The Strangers' claim of being "based on a true story" can be taken one of two ways:
1) It is an extremely loose portrayal of the Manson Family murders.
2) It is a true story the same way the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre was a true story - the events seen actually happened...while they were being filmed, of course.
So what does that mean? It means The Strangers is a work of fiction. In this reviewer's mind, you need more than 5% accuracy (if you believed this was based on the Manson murders) in order to claim your story is based on true events. Under Bertino's definition of "true events," John Carpenter's Halloween could have been based on true events because surely at some point in American history a killer has worn a mask and killed a couple of people.
The Strangers is a nice popcorn flick with a couple of ordinary scares. If you have some extra cash and have seen enough of Harrison Ford, give The Strangers a watch. If not, keep watching the trailer - after all, it is the best part of the movie.
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FrighT MasteR : in all seriousness, i really do think he's a little slow in the head
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God I love this movie.
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Pretty good review which sums up a lot of my issues with the movie. :bigthumbup:
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Dread Central brought up a good point
"To help further this trend, I’d like to point out (especially to the studios) that the last three PG-13 horror crapfests released (THE EYE, SHUTTER, and ONE MISSED CALL) ALL made Under $13 million in their opening weekend. That’s more than $7 million LESS than the R-rated STRANGERS. Are we bearing witness to the decline of tame/lame PG-13 horror? I believe so!"
I didn't know this was the directors debut movie. Pretty great for a debut director.
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I liked this movie alot. Made me jump outta my seat about 5 times. Decent story with some fine acting fromm the tortured couple and their captors.
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The acting by Liv and her onscreen boyfriend wasn't bad. The Strangers, though, how can you really consider that acting? They just walked around with masks on for the most part, said about 12 words between them the entire movie and only one of them is ever seen with her mask off.
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Whatever you want to call what they did, acting, walking, hopping, or skipping, IMO it was done effectively. Believe it or not, there is a method to being scary just by the way you stand in a certain way/position...that's what I was talking about.
(i.e. Tony Moran [the guy in the first Halloween wearing the Shatner mask] walked and tilted his head with perfection causing a chilling effect)
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Well put:nod:
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Thanx.
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IMO it was not. No need to be condescending, I just totally disagree. You could have put just about anyone in those masks and it would not have made a difference.
Maybe if they did it 30 years ago I would have liked it better. I didn't notice anything particularly scary about them. And I think the reason Michael Myers was as scary as it was is because he was the first of the silent masked killers. Going back and watching the movie, he really didn't do anything that just about any other professional could not have done.(i.e. Tony Moran [the guy in the first Halloween wearing the Shatner mask] walked and tilted his head with perfection causing a chilling effect)
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Get your facts straight. John Carpenter, in an interview said he took special care in finding the right body type and size and coached Moran on how to walk and tilt his head to create his desired effect.
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Wasn't being condescending and I disagree with your last remark.
The youngest girl was perfectly eerie. Some other girl may have lessened the effect (to me)
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I agree with you all the way on this. Acting is done even if you don't talk or show your face. The blonde scared the shit out of me. For some reason, and as much as I love her, I couldn't see some other blonde like Sarah Michelle Gellar or Kirsten Dunst doing what she did with the character.
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Do you know that the youngest girl is actually model in real life?
I agree she was very eerie.
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I'm sure there are a lot of people with the right body size and type. And how hard is it to learn how to walk a certain way.
Tilting his head on cue? Wow, I'm stunned he didn't win an Oscar for that one!
Come on guy, this isn't Pacino as Michael Corleone or DeNiro as Travis Bickle or even Gunnar Hansen as Leatherface.
It's a tall guy in a mask who tilts his head a couple times at the right part. He did a fine job for what he was supposed to do, but he didn't make or break the film. And chances are there were hundreds of actors out there who could have done what he did and the film likely would have been just as good.
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