It would be a grand task to craft a whole-new universe of movies based on the sneakily simple concept of senseless, murderous, home-invasioning strangers who seemingly have no personalities whatsoever. We do get some indicators of these Strangers' backstories, though.
For example, we know the Strangers don't know where Tamara is, let alone where Tamara lives. We know the Strangers have bad fashion sense, especially when it comes to choice of masks. We know the Strangers can move extremely silently, entering rooms without making a single squeak of a hinge or door latch. Most importantly to our The Strangers Greater Cinematic Universe, we know the Strangers hate phones more than anything. If they see a phone, they smash it. If there are landlines, they cut them. The Strangers don't even have phones, that's how much they hate phones.
The Strangers: Chapter 1 lacks the fun, dark humor of The Strangers: Prey at Night. The pool scene from The Strangers: Prey at Night is one of the most amazing scenes of modern American cinema. There are no scenes in The Strangers: Chapter 1 that have anywhere near that level of gravitas. Thanks so much, you master of Hollywood, director of Cliffhanger and Die Hard 2, Renny Harlin. If you're going to make a paint-by-numbers-home-invasion-flick, cast hotter victims.
For example, we know the Strangers don't know where Tamara is, let alone where Tamara lives. We know the Strangers have bad fashion sense, especially when it comes to choice of masks. We know the Strangers can move extremely silently, entering rooms without making a single squeak of a hinge or door latch. Most importantly to our The Strangers Greater Cinematic Universe, we know the Strangers hate phones more than anything. If they see a phone, they smash it. If there are landlines, they cut them. The Strangers don't even have phones, that's how much they hate phones.
The Strangers: Chapter 1 lacks the fun, dark humor of The Strangers: Prey at Night. The pool scene from The Strangers: Prey at Night is one of the most amazing scenes of modern American cinema. There are no scenes in The Strangers: Chapter 1 that have anywhere near that level of gravitas. Thanks so much, you master of Hollywood, director of Cliffhanger and Die Hard 2, Renny Harlin. If you're going to make a paint-by-numbers-home-invasion-flick, cast hotter victims.
Tell Your Friends