The Strangers: Prey at Night

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R ‧ 2018 ‧ Horror ‧ 1h 25min

A family of four staying at a secluded mobile home park for the night are stalked and then hunted by three masked psychopaths.

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A family's road trip takes a dangerous turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park to stay with some relatives and find it mysteriously deserted. Under the cover of darkness, three masked psychopaths pay them a visit to test the family's every limit as they struggle to survive. The Strangers: Prey at Night is a 2018 slasher film directed by Johannes Roberts, and written by Bryan Bertino and Ben Ketai. It is the sequel to The Strangers (2008) and the second installment of The Strangers film series. The film stars Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson, Bailee Madison, and Lewis Pullman as a family vacationing at a secluded mobile home park, where they are attacked by three masked strangers.

The Strangers: Prey at Night was released in the United States on March 9, 2018, and in the United Kingdom on May 4, 2018, grossing $32.1 million worldwide on a budget of $5 million. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with some considering it to be more entertaining than its predecessor and appreciating its satire of horror films, while others noted it as inferior to the original and called it clichéd.

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CREDITS

Director

Johannes Roberts

Writer

Bryan Bertino, Ben Ketai

Stars

Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson, Bailee Madison

Companies

Aviron Pictures, The Fyzz, White Comet Films

DETAILS

Released

2018-03-09

Runtime

1h 25min

Rating

Genres

Horror

CONTEXT

Countries

UK, USA

Languages

English

Awards

Not Available

Keywords

sequel,american horror,violence,extreme gore,mutilated body

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RATINGS

5.3/10

48%

5.7/10

40%

4.4/10

CRITICS REVIEWS

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IndieWireKate Erbland
“The only thing scarier than Prey at Night is the possibility that we might have to wait another decade for more of its very special mask-faced chills.”

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IGNWitney Seibold
“Skillfully made, spooky, stylish, and featuring some quite good character work, The Strangers: Prey at Night stands much taller than the 2008 original. The central killers are plenty scary, and some of the images on display would make John Carpenter proud.”

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The A.V. ClubIgnatiy Vishnevetsky
“Just as the movie seems to have exhausted its supply of generic guilty pleasures, it ascends to some more operatic and mordant plane of slasher-dom in a wacko sequence that involves the aforementioned “Total Eclipse Of The Heart,” a swimming pool, and a perfectly timed smash zoom.”

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Slant MagazineKeith Watson
“Opening with the pulsing synth lines of Kim Wilde's “Kids in America,” Johannes Roberts's film announces itself as a looser, bouncier, more self-consciously frivolous effort than its now decade-old predecessor.”

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ConsequenceClint Worthington
“Simply put, Prey at Night sacrifices its own identity to drench horror audiences in throwback familiarity.”

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The GuardianBenjamin Lee
“The cast all perform adequately, with Hendricks in particular proving effective, but it’s just difficult to really invest in what happens to any of them. Before long, characters are all making stock horror movie decisions, and there’s no amount of effective craftsmanship that can sell stupidity.”

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Arizona RepublicBill Goodykoontz
“There are some scares here, in the same way that there is some pain when you hit your thumb with a hammer. Blunt force carries a lot of power. But there isn’t a lot of thought. It’s the same idea as the first movie, just not as well-done.”

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The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
“This is the sort of exasperating horror film that whips audiences into a frenzy. Not because they're having fun, mind you, but rather because the characters behave so stupidly and self-destructively that yelling profanity-laden advice to the screen becomes a bonding exercise.”

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Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
“Despite such flashes of originality, the whole thing has the air of a cynical, low-quality knockoff of something that wasn’t very good to begin with.”

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VarietyOwen Gleiberman
“There’s no real terror or dread in it, just the same old meat-puppet gore and cattle-prod scares served up with a kind of ritualized self-satisfaction.”