The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)

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

Director:

Johannes Roberts

Writers:

Bryan Bertino, Ben Ketai

Stars:

Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson, Bailee Madison

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Christina Hendricks	...	Cindy
Martin Henderson	...	Mike
Bailee Madison	...	Kinsey
Lewis Pullman	...	Luke
Damian Maffei	...	Man in the Mask
Emma Bellomy	...	Dollface
Lea Enslin	...	Pinup
Mary Louise Casanta	...	Aunt Sheryl
Ken Strunk	...	Uncle Marv
Rachel Kuhn	...	Waitress
Leah Roberts	...	Young Mother
Preston Sadleir	...	State Trooper
Gabriel A. Byrne	...	Young Son

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

sequel | american horror | american cinema | violence | extreme gore | 

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Taglines:

Let us prey.

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for horror violence and terror throughout, and for language

Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 March 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Strangers: Part 2

Filming Locations:

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$10,402,271, 11 March 2018, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$24,431,472, 24 May 2018

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aviron Pictures,thefyzz,White Comet Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Members of the horror podcast Night of the Living Podcast can be seen sitting at a table in the background of the diner scene filmed at Fillmore's Dairy Hut.

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Goofs

When the Mom and daughter are leaning against the van talking early in the film, the daughter is showing a white bra strap. In other scenes later when the daughter's bra strap is showing it's black, even though she never changed clothes.

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Quotes

Luke: I killed one of yours! How's that feel, huh? How does that fucking feel?

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Alternate Versions

There is an Unrated Version that runs for 86 minutes on the U.S. Blu-ray which also contains an alternate ending as a bonus feature.

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Connections

References The Fog (1980)

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Soundtracks

Cambodia
Performed by Kim Wilde
Written by Marty Wilde, Ricki Wilde (as Ricky Wilde)
Licensed courtesy of Rak Publishing/Cherry Red Records

User Reviews

Unoriginal and Stupid Slasher

"The Strangers: Prey at Night" is another unoriginal and stupid slasher, with a storyline that is on the shelf of any mediocre screenwriter ready to be reprocessed and usually said "based on true events". The most impressive is that even this type of storyline is able to produce good and scary low-budget slashers, such as the French-Romanian "Ils" ("Them" - 2006) or the Austrian "Funny Games" (1997) by Michael Haneke. Both films are tense and make the viewer nervous with the frightening atmospheres. The cruelty in "Funny Games" is impressively cold and therefore horrifying.

In "The Strangers: Prey at Night", there is no character development or motive and the situations are stupid with many cliches. The family splits in the beginning, aware that their relatives have been slaughtered, instead of immediately driving to the police station. The father sees what happened to his wife, but does not shoot the killer. The survivors have many chances to leave the camping area and to possess weapon, but are surprised in the most clichés situations. The police officer has his throat cut in another typical clichés, when the good girl believes that is safe. Advice when most needed is least heeded, but do not spend your time watching this movie. There are much better options in the genre. My vote is three.

Title (Brazil): "Os Estranhos: Caçada Noturna" ("The Strangers: Prey at Night")