Hallo-Week, Day 1: The Strangers



Very rarely am I scared, startled, creeped out or upset by a film, but we've started Halloween week (or hallo-week... get it?) off right by watching The Strangers. First time director Bryan Bertino really fucking freaked me out with this one. This and [REC] are the only two movies that I've seen in the last several years that affected me the way horror movies are meant to. This one's a slow burn, with not that much gore, but well worth the wait. The cinematic tension is well paced, the audio is stunningly edited, and the Volvo 240 is well featured throughout the first 45 minutes (I know, I'm a nerd).

Synopsis: A couple is brutally and inexplicably captured and tortured (psychologically and psychosocially) by a group of complete strangers. Why? Just because. Creepy.
- posted by Mason @ 3:47 PM