Bria Lou Reviews

  After learning that their previous victim, Maya (Madelaine Petsch) has survived, three masked figures return to finish the job. I gave the first film a 4/10, so you can tell exactly how excited I was to see a sequel, or to even hear that a sequel was coming out. This was not a good film. I didn't think it would be, and yet it still surprised me. For a start, the thing that the first three Strangers movies did was centre each story around completely different people with no connection. Not only does that keep things interesting, but it also means that these villains actually feel scary because they can do this to anyone. I wasn't interested in seeing the characters from Chapter 1 again, and have no idea why the film didn't just go for another fresh take. While watching, it feels like most decisions are made for comedic effect, because it made no sense for a single person to make so many bad decisions over and over again. It got so bad that I actually ended up rooting again...

After their car breaks down, a couple who are forced to spend the night in a remote cabin find themselves at the mercy of masked assassins. I was really looking forward to this one! Initially I didn't love the first two movies, or the premise in general, but I've seen them both multiple times since then and have really grown to love them, so I was really glad to hear that more were being made. Unfortunately, this one wasn't as good as either of the other two. But it started really well. The tense, sinister atmosphere was present from the very beginning, and we got to know the characters right away. In saying that, though, the characters themselves quickly became frustrating to watch. They didn't really have distinct personalities and the unrealistic, bad decisions they made left me rooting more for the masked assassins. Because of this, when the characters actually start being terrorised, I didn't care too much what happened to them, which made me less interested in...