View Full Version : The Strangers... I dont get it.
Jake.Ashworth
03-31-2015, 10:13 AM
This is rep'd a lot of times as one of the scariest movies out there. Me and the wife watched it a few years ago and I have to say, I don't get it. We were ready to turn it off about halfway through out of sheer boredom. I kept hoping it would get better, but it never did, it just dragged along. It was brutally unrealistic and just to damn slow. Eh, I just don't get it.
Raegan
03-31-2015, 10:40 AM
This is rep'd a lot of times as one of the scariest movies out there. Me and the wife watched it a few years ago and I have to say, I don't get it. We were ready to turn it off about halfway through out of sheer boredom. I kept hoping it would get better, but it never did, it just dragged along. It was brutally unrealistic and just to damn slow. Eh, I just don't get it.
100% agree
MichaelMyers
03-31-2015, 10:51 AM
200% agree. Horrorcrux, defend yourself.
Angra
03-31-2015, 11:07 AM
It was pretty painful, yes.
I've never heard anything good about it tho. "Ills" on the other hand..
horcrux2007
03-31-2015, 03:11 PM
I can't explain why some movies make me physically uncomfortable, but this one did for some reason. I think what scared me most was the fact that they were in the house but you only knew where they were for about 2 seconds at a time... and the fact that there's 3 means that they can be in multiple places at once.
Jake.Ashworth
03-31-2015, 06:52 PM
I feel better knowing that I'm not alone. Damn movie gets great reviews and all sorts of credit everywhere I look but I just never understood the attraction.
horcrux2007
04-01-2015, 03:50 AM
I feel better knowing that I'm not alone. Damn movie gets great reviews and all sorts of credit everywhere I look but I just never understood the attraction.
44% on rotten tomatoes isn't necessarily "great reviews".
Jake.Ashworth
04-01-2015, 04:43 AM
44% on rotten tomatoes isn't necessarily "great reviews".
Im not normally one to depend on reviews from "critics". I was more talking about horror fans like us. If you follow the link below to www.Bloody-disgusting.com you can see by the comments that people loved this shit. Normally the only reason I watch something that doesn't particularly look good is if people who I believe to be my peers and on the same wavelength say its good. This time, people where wrong.
http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3329430/strangers-2-finally-happening/
Then there is the reviews on IMDB, which as I said I don't normally take into consideration but it almost seems like its either 1 star or 5 stars. The people who love it really rave about it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482606/reviews?ref_=tt_ov_rt
The Amazon reviews are even crazier.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Strangers-Liv-Tyler/dp/B001D2WU9I
And there are plenty of reviews out there like this one...
http://www.film.com/movies/the-strangers-is-the-scariest-movie-ever-made
horcrux2007
04-01-2015, 05:04 AM
Im not normally one to depend on reviews from "critics". I was more talking about horror fans like us. If you follow the link below to www.Bloody-disgusting.com you can see by the comments that people loved this shit. Normally the only reason I watch something that doesn't particularly look good is if people who I believe to be my peers and on the same wavelength say its good. This time, people where wrong.
http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3329430/strangers-2-finally-happening/
Then there is the reviews on IMDB, which as I said I don't normally take into consideration but it almost seems like its either 1 star or 5 stars. The people who love it really rave about it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482606/reviews?ref_=tt_ov_rt
The Amazon reviews are even crazier.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Strangers-Liv-Tyler/dp/B001D2WU9I
And there are plenty of reviews out there like this one...
http://www.film.com/movies/the-strangers-is-the-scariest-movie-ever-made
Sorry, I didn't understand if you meant critics or fans ::shocked::
I thought The Strangers was a great movie, and I was really scared by it, but it wasn't perfect. The skeptical boyfriend character in every movie is always aggravating, and the intruders seemed to warp around the house at will. I really liked it because it was effective, even if it's a little unrealistic.
Jake.Ashworth
04-01-2015, 06:33 AM
Sorry, I didn't understand if you meant critics or fans ::shocked::
I thought The Strangers was a great movie, and I was really scared by it, but it wasn't perfect. The skeptical boyfriend character in every movie is always aggravating, and the intruders seemed to warp around the house at will. I really liked it because it was effective, even if it's a little unrealistic.
That's the beauty of our genre, you get to love things I hate and visa versa. To each their own and whatnot. Lol. Regardless we could probably both agree, when they make a second, it has to be completely different or it will fall flat on its face. It would be way to easy to just repeat the original with a new cast and a new location.
tfantasy
04-02-2015, 09:23 PM
Sorry, I didn't understand if you meant critics or fans ::shocked::
I thought The Strangers was a great movie, and I was really scared by it, but it wasn't perfect. The skeptical boyfriend character in every movie is always aggravating, and the intruders seemed to warp around the house at will. I really liked it because it was effective, even if it's a little unrealistic.
Horcrux, we actually agree!! I also enjoyed The Strangers. I liked the suspense of it and how the intruders were basically a deranged family.
"Why are you doing this?"
"Because you were home."
FryeDwight
04-04-2015, 11:37 PM
Don't understand the love for this either...just found it bland. And home invasion stuff DOES scare me, especially in HENRY;PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER.
Jake.Ashworth
04-07-2015, 04:26 AM
Don't understand the love for this either...just found it bland. And home invasion stuff DOES scare me, especially in HENRY;PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER.
Henry was wicked, and real which makes it even more crazy. But that's realistic home invasion. The Strangers was just predictable and bland like you said.