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The Strangers: Chapter One | Film Review

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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...