DVD Review - The Strangers

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I have to admit to doing some research about this movie before I watched it.

I did this because I felt there was more to the story, simply because it says it is "inspired by true events."

So, I Googled it and it appears that the movie is loosely based on a few different events, and could even be based on something that did happen in real life.

So that freaked me out.  I kept thinking "how could someone go through that" as I watched the movie.

The movie is about a couple that is terrorized by a group of people who mysteriously show up one night to a rural house in the middle of nowhere.

It begins with a late night knock on the door and what seems like a confused girl looking for someone at the wrong place.


It slowly escalates from there and the tension becomes palpable.  We soon learn that this lost girl is actually part of a group of 3 people set on terrorizing and ultimately killing this couple.

But why do they kill them?  Well it seems like for no reason other than the fact that they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.  The couple is chosen at random because they happen to be at the house (which is really something like a summer cabin).

The story goes through some twists and turns and at a few points you think they might get out of this alive.

In the end we don't really know if they do - we think one of them may survive but we aren't sure.

I give this movie an A+ for it's fear factor.  It's the type of movie that makes you make sure your doors are locked at night and makes you think twice about answering the door to strangers.

What's more is it makes me think about our summer hideaway - very similar to the one in the movie.  Who knows, maybe that's why it freaked me out so much.

But in the end, if you want to watch something suspenseful and entertaining, I highly recommend this movie.

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