"The Strangers" takes you for a terrorizing ride where a young couple battle for their lives one night after a party.
I just bought the film on DVD. And although i saw it in theaters i never really thought too much about it, and had many questions-like many other people. Now I'm able to look closer at what people are missing.
First of all, i do realize this is a movie. However, reading through a large number of comments and the posts on the message boards I notice people are really controversial about this film.
This whole premise of this movie is to show fear, and to portray terror to the audience without having the typical "slasher" movie scenes. I found it very effective seeing as I love a good horror movie, however i do not like blood and guts.
What i noticed most about the comments I have read, they say the characters are "unbelievable" and "no one would ever do "said thing" (ie, leave phone in the car, not shoot the one stranger when hearing something behind you etc.) But, how are we to know that we would handle the situation better? When faced with true terror, do your legs not shake, and do you not think irrationally? In all reality I would love to put those people in the same position and see what they do, and i think they'd think next time before speaking up.
This movie puts you in the spot of the actors, letting you feel the terror they feel knowing that at any moment someone will come at you through that door with a knife.
All in all, great movie. People underestimate this movie a lot. They don't see the great psychological terror these "strangers" put on the characters.
And it could in fact be realistic.
I just bought the film on DVD. And although i saw it in theaters i never really thought too much about it, and had many questions-like many other people. Now I'm able to look closer at what people are missing.
First of all, i do realize this is a movie. However, reading through a large number of comments and the posts on the message boards I notice people are really controversial about this film.
This whole premise of this movie is to show fear, and to portray terror to the audience without having the typical "slasher" movie scenes. I found it very effective seeing as I love a good horror movie, however i do not like blood and guts.
What i noticed most about the comments I have read, they say the characters are "unbelievable" and "no one would ever do "said thing" (ie, leave phone in the car, not shoot the one stranger when hearing something behind you etc.) But, how are we to know that we would handle the situation better? When faced with true terror, do your legs not shake, and do you not think irrationally? In all reality I would love to put those people in the same position and see what they do, and i think they'd think next time before speaking up.
This movie puts you in the spot of the actors, letting you feel the terror they feel knowing that at any moment someone will come at you through that door with a knife.
All in all, great movie. People underestimate this movie a lot. They don't see the great psychological terror these "strangers" put on the characters.
And it could in fact be realistic.
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