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href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A8%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7_(%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85_%DB%B2%DB%B0%DB%B0%DB%B8)" title="غریبه‌ها (فیلم ۲۰۰۸) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="غریبه‌ها (فیلم ۲۰۰۸)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strangers_(film,_2008)" title="The Strangers (film, 2008) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="The Strangers (film, 2008)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strangers_(filme_de_2008)" title="The Strangers (filme de 2008) – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="The Strangers (filme de 2008)" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%85%B8%ED%81%AC:_%EB%82%AF%EC%84%A0_%EC%9E%90%EB%93%A4%EC%9D%98_%EB%B0%A9%EB%AC%B8" title="노크: 낯선 자들의 방문 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="노크: 낯선 자들의 방문" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strangers" title="The Strangers – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="The Strangers" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strangers" title="The Strangers – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="The Strangers" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%ADvatlanok" title="Hívatlanok – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Hívatlanok" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A1_(%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85_2008)" title="الغرباء (فيلم 2008) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="الغرباء (فيلم 2008)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a 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href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%AB_Huajt_(film,_2008)" title="Të Huajt (film, 2008) – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Të Huajt (film, 2008)" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tujci_(film)" title="Tujci (film) – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Tujci (film)" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8_(%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BC_%D0%B8%D0%B7_2008)" title="Странци (филм из 2008) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Странци (филм из 2008)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" 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font-style: italic;">The Strangers</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Strangersposter.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Strangersposter.jpg/220px-Strangersposter.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="326" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4a/Strangersposter.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="248" data-file-height="367" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Theatrical release poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Bertino" title="Bryan Bertino">Bryan Bertino</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data">Bryan Bertino</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Doug Davison</li><li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Lee" title="Roy Lee">Roy Lee</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Kahane" title="Nathan Kahane">Nathan Kahane</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liv_Tyler" title="Liv Tyler">Liv Tyler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Speedman" title="Scott Speedman">Scott Speedman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Sova" title="Peter Sova">Peter Sova</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Greutert" title="Kevin Greutert">Kevin Greutert</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tomandandy" title="Tomandandy">Tomandandy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />companies</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rogue_Pictures" title="Rogue Pictures">Rogue Pictures</a><sup id="cite_ref-afi_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intrepid_Pictures" title="Intrepid Pictures">Intrepid Pictures</a><sup id="cite_ref-afi_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vertigo_Entertainment" title="Vertigo Entertainment">Vertigo Entertainment</a><sup id="cite_ref-afi_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandate_Pictures" title="Mandate Pictures">Mandate Pictures</a><sup id="cite_ref-afi_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal Pictures</a><sup id="cite_ref-afi_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>May 30, 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2008-05-30</span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">85 minutes<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States<sup id="cite_ref-afi_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$9 million<sup id="cite_ref-mojo_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mojo-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$82.4 million<sup id="cite_ref-mojo_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mojo-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Strangers</b></i> is a 2008 American <a href="/wiki/Psychological_horror_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Psychological horror film">psychological horror film</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> written and directed by <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Bertino" title="Bryan Bertino">Bryan Bertino</a>. The film follows a couple (portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Liv_Tyler" title="Liv Tyler">Liv Tyler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scott_Speedman" title="Scott Speedman">Scott Speedman</a>) whose stay at a vacation home is disrupted by three masked intruders (portrayed by Kip Weeks, <a href="/wiki/Gemma_Ward" title="Gemma Ward">Gemma Ward</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Laura_Margolis" title="Laura Margolis">Laura Margolis</a>) who infiltrate the home one night. It is the first installment in <a href="/wiki/The_Strangers_(film_series)" title="The Strangers (film series)"><i>The Strangers</i> film series</a>. The screenplay was inspired by two real-life events: the multiple-homicide <a href="/wiki/Manson_family" class="mw-redirect" title="Manson family">Manson family</a> <a href="/wiki/Tate_murders" class="mw-redirect" title="Tate murders">Tate murders</a> and a series of <a href="/wiki/Burglary" title="Burglary">break-ins</a> that occurred in Bertino's neighborhood as a child. Some journalists noted similarities between the film and the <a href="/wiki/Keddie_murders" title="Keddie murders">Keddie cabin murders</a> that occurred in <a href="/wiki/Keddie,_California" title="Keddie, California">Keddie, California</a>, in 1981, though Bertino did not cite this as a reference. </p><p>Made on a budget of $9 million, the film was shot on location in rural <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a> in the fall of 2006. Originally slated for a theatrical release in November 2007, it was postponed before a theatrical release on May 30, 2008. The film became a <a href="/wiki/Sleeper_hit" title="Sleeper hit">sleeper hit</a>, grossing $82 million at the box office worldwide. It received mixed reviews from critics, with some praising its atmosphere and tension, and others criticizing its script and characters. </p><p>In the years since its release, it has become a <a href="/wiki/Cult_film" title="Cult film">cult film</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-iaboni_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iaboni-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-homage_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-homage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-needle_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-needle-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A sequel, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Strangers:_Prey_at_Night" title="The Strangers: Prey at Night">The Strangers: Prey at Night</a></i>, was released in March 2018, followed by a <a href="/wiki/Standalone_sequel" class="mw-redirect" title="Standalone sequel">standalone sequel</a> trilogy of <i>Strangers</i> films, with the first, subtitled <i><a href="/wiki/The_Strangers:_Chapter_1" title="The Strangers: Chapter 1">Chapter 1</a></i>, released in May 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strangers_(2008_film)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>James Hoyt and Kristen McKay arrive at James' isolated childhood summer home after attending a wedding. The couple is distraught after Kristen turned down James’ marriage proposal. James calls his friend Mike and asks to pick him up in the morning. The couple attempt to have sex, but are interrupted by a knock at the door. They answer to find a young woman, asking if Tamara is home. James dismisses her, and builds a fire for Kristen. </p><p>James goes to purchase cigarettes for Kristen. The woman from earlier returns, asking the same question. Kristen dismisses her again. A masked man is seen silently watching her from inside the house. </p><p>Kristen notices the smoke alarm she'd dropped on the floor earlier is now sitting on a chair and realizes someone is in the house. She finds her cellphone missing and is horrified when the front door is forced ajar. The young woman, now wearing a mask, peers into the house. She locks the door and retreats. </p><p>James returns and reassures Kristen that nobody is in the house. They see the young masked woman, Dollface, watching their house from outside. He attempts to get his cellphone from their car but finds it ransacked. The couple attempts to escape in the car, but are abruptly stopped when the masked brunette woman rear-ends them in a pickup truck. </p><p>Mike arrives and James accidentally shoots him dead. He remembers an old radio transmitter in a barn on the property. He leaves and the Man in the Mask knocks him unconscious, and eventually does the same to Kristen inside the house. The couple awakens tied to chairs in the living room. Kristen demands an explanation for the intruders' actions, to which Dollface replies, "Because you were home." </p><p>The offenders unmask themselves before taking turns stabbing the couple. They leave and come across two young boys distributing Mormon <a href="/wiki/Tract_(literature)" title="Tract (literature)">religious tracts</a>. The boy gives Dollface one, and right before the strangers drive away, Dollface says, "It will be easier next time." The two boys come upon the house, where they discover the bloodied bodies of Kristen and James. Kristen startles one of the boys by grabbing his hand and screaming, before they call the police. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strangers_(2008_film)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liv_Tyler" title="Liv Tyler">Liv Tyler</a> as Kristen McKay</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Speedman" title="Scott Speedman">Scott Speedman</a> as James Hoyt</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gemma_Ward" title="Gemma Ward">Gemma Ward</a> as Dollface</li> <li>Kip Weeks as Man in the Mask</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laura_Margolis" title="Laura Margolis">Laura Margolis</a> as Pin-Up Girl</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Howerton" title="Glenn Howerton">Glenn Howerton</a> as Mike</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Themes">Themes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strangers_(2008_film)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Themes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Film scholar Kevin Wetmore noted the film's portrayal of violence as a reflection of its contemporary culture, writing: "Death is a random act in post-<a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">9/11</a> horror—the result of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, as the cliché goes. Unlike in eighties <a href="/wiki/Slasher_film" title="Slasher film">slasher</a> horror, for example, where engaging in negative behavior such as drinking, doing drugs, and having premarital sex is often a forerunner to being killed by the killer(s); [here], death is random and unrelated to one's behavior."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWetmore201283_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWetmore201283-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i>The Horror Show Guide: The Ultimate Frightfest of Movies</i>, Mike Mayo noted the film's "grim realism," writing that the main characters "could have wandered out of a gloomy <a href="/wiki/Ingmar_Bergman" title="Ingmar Bergman">Ingmar Bergman</a> film," ultimately branding the film as an example of "naturalistic domestic horror" akin to <a href="/wiki/Michael_Haneke" title="Michael Haneke">Michael Haneke</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Funny_Games_(1997_film)" title="Funny Games (1997 film)">Funny Games</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMayo2013334_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMayo2013334-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The film has also been noted by scholar Philip Simpson as highlighting "the divide between the underprivileged and privileged classes," as well as for its inversion of commonly-held beliefs about violence in urban areas and pastoral ethics: "<i>The Strangers</i>, as many horror films do ... undermines the conventional notion of rural society as a simpler, crime-free place. One might call the narrative sensibility informing <i>The Strangers</i> 'pastoral paranoia', in that danger lurks among the rough folk of the country rather than the suburbs and cities. Of course, it may be that provincial violence is a result of contamination, or in other words that the kind of stranger-upon-stranger violence typically associated with urban life metastasizes to the rural, a phenomenon noted by <a href="/wiki/Louis_Wirth" title="Louis Wirth">Louis Wirth</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESimpson2013192–193_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESimpson2013192–193-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his book <i>Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror Film</i> (2014), scholar Tony Williams notes the film's setting within a 1970s-era home as representative of an "American tradition of violence that is random and without any coherent explanation." Additionally, Williams reads the three masked assailants as metaphors for the "repressed and unresolved tensions affecting the couple inside the house."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams2014294_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliams2014294-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strangers_(2008_film)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Screenplay_and_inspiration">Screenplay and inspiration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strangers_(2008_film)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Screenplay and inspiration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:30%; ; color: #202122;background-color: cornsilk;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>I was thinking about the <a href="/wiki/Tate_murders" class="mw-redirect" title="Tate murders">Tate murders</a> and realizing that these detailed descriptions had painted a story of what it was like in the house with the victims. But none of the victims knew about the Manson family or why it was happening to them. So, I got really fascinated with telling the victims' tale. And not filling it in with an FBI profile and not filling it in with finding out that somebody's grandmother beat them and now they want to kill everybody. You read obituaries every day where someone is killed for a random reason. Yes, we may eventually find out why, but sometimes they don't. </p> </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">Bryan Bertino, on his inspiration for the film.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESimpson2013187_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESimpson2013187-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div> </div><p> Writer-director Bryan Bertino wrote the screenplay which was originally titled <i>The Faces</i>;<sup id="cite_ref-production_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-production-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was the third screenplay he had ever written.<sup id="cite_ref-moments_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moments-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bertino had a particular interest in the horror genre, noting how one can connect to an audience by scaring them, and would state in subsequent interviews that he grew up watching horror films.<sup id="cite_ref-moments_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moments-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In particular, he stated he was significantly inspired by thriller films of the 1970s while writing the screenplay,<sup id="cite_ref-production_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-production-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and envisioned a film that "put the audience in the world of the victims."<sup id="cite_ref-moments_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moments-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to production notes<sup id="cite_ref-production_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-production-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and subsequent interviews,<sup id="cite_ref-moments_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moments-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the film was inspired by true events from Bertino's childhood: Bertino explains:<sup id="cite_ref-azcentral_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-azcentral-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>As a kid, I lived in a house on a street in the middle of nowhere. One night, while our parents were out, somebody knocked on the front door and my little sister answered it. At the door were some people asking for somebody who didn't live there. We later found out that these people were knocking on doors in the area and, if no one was home, breaking into the houses.<sup id="cite_ref-production_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-production-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In interviews, Bertino stated he was "very impressed" with some of the theories circulating on the Internet about the "true events" the movie is allegedly based on, but said that his main inspiration was the <a href="/wiki/True_crime" title="True crime">true crime</a> book <i><a href="/wiki/Helter_Skelter_(book)" title="Helter Skelter (book)">Helter Skelter</a></i>, which is about the <a href="/wiki/Tate_murders" class="mw-redirect" title="Tate murders">Manson Family murders</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> some journalists speculated that the film was also inspired by the unsolved <a href="/wiki/Keddie_murders" title="Keddie murders">Keddie Cabin Murders of 1981</a> that occurred in a small vacation community in California's <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sierra Nevada (U.S.)">Sierra Nevada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-shock_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shock-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film's premise has been compared by some film critics to the French horror film <i><a href="/wiki/Them_(2006_film)" title="Them (2006 film)">Them</a></i>, released two years earlier, which also features a couple terrorized by strangers in their remote home.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWest2016140_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWest2016140-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bertino entered the screenplay for <i>The Strangers</i> into a screenwriting contest, after which he sold its directorial rights to Universal Pictures.<sup id="cite_ref-moments_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moments-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Casting">Casting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strangers_(2008_film)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Casting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When casting the two leading actors in the film, Bertino sought <a href="/wiki/Liv_Tyler" title="Liv Tyler">Liv Tyler</a> for the role of Kristen.<sup id="cite_ref-production_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-production-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tyler, who had not worked for several years after the birth of her son, accepted the part after being impressed by the script, which she read while on a flight from Japan to Los Angeles:<sup id="cite_ref-door_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-door-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "I especially liked Bryan's way of saying a lot, but not saying everything. Often in movies, it's all spelled out for you, and the dialogue is very explanatory. But Bryan doesn't write like that; he writes how normal people communicate—with questions lingering. I knew it would be interesting to act that."<sup id="cite_ref-production_14-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-production-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tyler later noted that she felt the screenplay was "extremely well-written" and that Bertino's "vision was greater than most."<sup id="cite_ref-fighter_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fighter-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Thandiwe_Newton" title="Thandiwe Newton">Thandie Newton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charlize_Theron" title="Charlize Theron">Charlize Theron</a> also expressed interest in the role.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Canadian actor Scott Speedman was cast as James. Speedman was also impressed by the script, stating that "the audience actually gets time to breathe with the characters before things get scary as hell. That got me interested from the first pages".<sup id="cite_ref-production_14-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-production-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In casting the three masked intruders, Bertino chose Australian <a href="/wiki/Fashion_model" class="mw-redirect" title="Fashion model">fashion model</a> <a href="/wiki/Gemma_Ward" title="Gemma Ward">Gemma Ward</a> for the part of Dollface, feeling she had the exact "look" he had imagined; Ward was officially cast in the film in September 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In preparing for the role, Ward read <a href="/wiki/Vincent_Bugliosi" title="Vincent Bugliosi">Vincent Bugliosi</a>'s <i>Helter Skelter</i> for inspiration.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESimpson2013188_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESimpson2013188-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kip Weeks was then chosen as the Man in the Mask, and television actress <a href="/wiki/Laura_Margolis" title="Laura Margolis">Laura Margolis</a>, who found the script to be a real "page turner", was cast in the part of Pin-Up Girl.<sup id="cite_ref-production_14-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-production-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In retrospect, Bertino said he chose the three actors based on their abilities to convey their characters in spite of the fact that their faces remain unseen onscreen.<sup id="cite_ref-moments_15-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moments-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Filming">Filming</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strangers_(2008_film)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Filming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_Romanek_Tokyo_Intl_Filmfest_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Mark_Romanek_Tokyo_Intl_Filmfest_2010.jpg/150px-Mark_Romanek_Tokyo_Intl_Filmfest_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Mark_Romanek_Tokyo_Intl_Filmfest_2010.jpg/225px-Mark_Romanek_Tokyo_Intl_Filmfest_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Mark_Romanek_Tokyo_Intl_Filmfest_2010.jpg/300px-Mark_Romanek_Tokyo_Intl_Filmfest_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1266" data-file-height="1688" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mark_Romanek" title="Mark Romanek">Mark Romanek</a> (<i>pictured</i>) was originally attached to direct the project but after he backed out, Bertino took over.</figcaption></figure> <p>Bertino had not initially planned on directing <i>The Strangers</i>, and had been disconnected from the project after selling directorial rights to Universal Pictures.<sup id="cite_ref-moments_15-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moments-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both <a href="/wiki/Justin_Lin" title="Justin Lin">Justin Lin</a><sup id="cite_ref-moments_15-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moments-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Romanek" title="Mark Romanek">Mark Romanek</a> were attached to direct, but eventually backed out.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVander_KaayFernandez-Vander_Kaay2016157_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVander_KaayFernandez-Vander_Kaay2016157-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Approximately two years after Bertino had sold the screenplay, Universal passed the project on to its subsidiary, <a href="/wiki/Rogue_Pictures" title="Rogue Pictures">Rogue Pictures</a>, who approached Bertino to direct the project, despite his lack of experience.<sup id="cite_ref-moments_15-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moments-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ca_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ca-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On a $9 million budget, filming for <i>The Strangers</i> began on October 10, 2006, and finished in early 2007. It was shot on location roughly 10 miles (16 km) outside of <a href="/wiki/Florence,_South_Carolina" title="Florence, South Carolina">Florence, South Carolina</a>, and the 2,000-square-foot (190 m<sup>2</sup>) house interior was constructed by a <a href="/wiki/Set_design" class="mw-redirect" title="Set design">set crew</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though the film takes place in 2005, the house itself was deliberately constructed with an architecture reminiscent of 1970s <a href="/wiki/Ranch_house" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranch house">ranch houses</a> and dressed in furnishings applicable to the era.<sup id="cite_ref-production_14-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-production-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bertino based the house on the types of homes common where he had grown up in rural <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-moments_15-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moments-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The property was located on the outskirts of <a href="/wiki/Timmonsville,_South_Carolina" title="Timmonsville, South Carolina">Timmonsville, South Carolina</a>. Despite weather complications, the film was largely shot in chronological order.<sup id="cite_ref-production_14-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-production-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tyler described the shoot as mentally and physically taxing due to the "heightened emotional state" that she and her fellow actors had to sustain.<sup id="cite_ref-fighter_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fighter-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At one point, she came down with <a href="/wiki/Tonsillitis" title="Tonsillitis">tonsillitis</a> due to the extensive screaming the role required of her.<sup id="cite_ref-production_14-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-production-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tyler later said it was the most difficult film she had ever worked on, "both physically and emotionally."<sup id="cite_ref-door_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-door-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Laura Margolis, who played the Pin-Up Girl, Tyler specifically requested that she not see her mask prior to filming: "I got strict instructions not to let Liv see me in my mask before we shot," Margolis recalled. "The first scene that I shot was stalking [her] outside of the barn. I had been told that she really wanted to be scared. She didn't want to have to fake it, and so it was my responsibility to really scare her. So we shot that scene, I ran at her, she started actually screaming, and then she kicked me away."<sup id="cite_ref-collis_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-collis-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The masks featured in the film were chosen by Bertino, who wanted them to appear as though the killers "could have picked them up at any store."<sup id="cite_ref-moments_15-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moments-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-production">Post-production</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strangers_(2008_film)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Post-production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Film editor <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Greutert" title="Kevin Greutert">Kevin Greutert</a> was hired to edit the film; at the time, he had recently finished editing <i><a href="/wiki/Saw_III" title="Saw III">Saw III</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-cuts_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cuts-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several changes were made to the film during post-production, primarily regarding the conclusion: In the screenplay and the original footage shot, the three masked strangers reveal their faces on camera.<sup id="cite_ref-cuts_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cuts-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the sequence in which Kristen and James are stabbed, the strangers wander around the house, cleaning up parts of the crime scene before dressing into Kristen and James's clothes.<sup id="cite_ref-cuts_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cuts-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following test screenings, it was decided by the producers that the strangers' faces should remain unseen to the audience, which required the sequences following the stabbing to be excised.<sup id="cite_ref-cuts_30-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cuts-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music">Music</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strangers_(2008_film)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vevent haudio"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary album" style="font-style: italic; color: inherit; background-color: gainsboro; font-size: 125%;">The Strangers</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: gainsboro"><a href="/wiki/Film_score" title="Film score">Film score</a> by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="/wiki/Tomandandy" title="Tomandandy">Tomandandy</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">May 27, 2008</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Soundtrack" title="Soundtrack">Soundtracks</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Film_scores" class="mw-redirect" title="Film scores">Film scores</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Lakeshore Records</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A musical score, consisting of 19 pieces composed by score producers <a href="/wiki/Tomandandy" title="Tomandandy">Tomandandy</a>, was released on May 27, 2008, and was distributed by <a href="/wiki/Lakeshore_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Lakeshore Records">Lakeshore Records</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album was received with generally positive reviews by critics. "It's a creepy score for what appears to be a movie that will make you jump as well as make sure that the doors are locked at night," writes reviewer Jeff Swindoll.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "This is an impressive score and adds a tremendous chill-factor to the film," says Zach Freeman of <i>Blogger News</i>, grading it with an A.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strangers_(2008_film)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236635009">.mw-parser-output .tracklist{border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr:nth-child(2n-1){background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist caption{text-align:left;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist td,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="col"]{text-align:left;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th.tracklist-length-header,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th.tracklist-number-header,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"],.mw-parser-output .tracklist-length,.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length td{padding-right:10px;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-number-header{width:2em;padding-left:10px}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-length-header{width:4em}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr.tracklist-total-length{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tracklist .tracklist-total-length th{padding:0;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length th>span{float:right;padding:0 10px;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length td{background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);font-weight:bold;padding:0 10px 0 0}</style><div class="track-listing"><p>All tracks are written by <a href="/wiki/Tomandandy" title="Tomandandy">Tomandandy</a></p><table class="tracklist"><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"Opening"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:31</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"The House"</td><td class="tracklist-length">1:46</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"Empty"</td><td class="tracklist-length">1:26</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"Wedding"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:53</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"Apology"</td><td class="tracklist-length">0:49</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"James and Kristen"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:39</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"3 AM Knock"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:47</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"Alone"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:02</td></tr><tr><th id="track9" scope="row">9.</th><td>"James Returns"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:51</td></tr><tr><th id="track10" scope="row">10.</th><td>"Run to Car"</td><td class="tracklist-length">1:54</td></tr><tr><th id="track11" scope="row">11.</th><td>"Waiting"</td><td class="tracklist-length">1:11</td></tr><tr><th id="track12" scope="row">12.</th><td>"Angry"</td><td class="tracklist-length">1:44</td></tr><tr><th id="track13" scope="row">13.</th><td>"Mike"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:17</td></tr><tr><th id="track14" scope="row">14.</th><td>"Cold"</td><td class="tracklist-length">0:53</td></tr><tr><th id="track15" scope="row">15.</th><td>"The Barn"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:05</td></tr><tr><th id="track16" scope="row">16.</th><td>"Run"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:36</td></tr><tr><th id="track17" scope="row">17.</th><td>"Scrape"</td><td class="tracklist-length">1:57</td></tr><tr><th id="track18" scope="row">18.</th><td>"Mercy"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:02</td></tr><tr><th id="track19" scope="row">19.</th><td>"Alone"</td><td class="tracklist-length">1:22</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <dl><dt>Songs from Film, but not on Soundtrack</dt></dl> <ol><li>"Ariel Ramirez" - <a href="/wiki/Richard_Buckner_(musician)" title="Richard Buckner (musician)">Richard Buckner</a></li> <li>"Hopeful" - <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_O%27Connor_(musician)" title="Jennifer O'Connor (musician)">Jennifer O'Connor</a></li> <li>"At My Window Sad and Lonely" - <a href="/wiki/Billy_Bragg" title="Billy Bragg">Billy Bragg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wilco" title="Wilco">Wilco</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sprout_and_the_Bean" title="Sprout and the Bean">Sprout and the Bean</a>" - <a href="/wiki/Joanna_Newsom" title="Joanna Newsom">Joanna Newsom</a></li> <li>"My First Lover" - <a href="/wiki/Gillian_Welch" title="Gillian Welch">Gillian Welch</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mama_Tried_(song)" title="Mama Tried (song)">Mama Tried</a>" - <a href="/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard">Merle Haggard</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strangers_(2008_film)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marketing_and_promotion">Marketing and promotion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strangers_(2008_film)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Marketing and promotion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Liv_Tyler_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Liv_Tyler_2007.jpg/220px-Liv_Tyler_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Liv_Tyler_2007.jpg/330px-Liv_Tyler_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Liv_Tyler_2007.jpg/440px-Liv_Tyler_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Scott Speedman and Liv Tyler promoting the film at the 2007 <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Comic-Con" title="San Diego Comic-Con">San Diego Comic-Con</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In late July 2007, Bertino, Tyler and Speedman attended <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Comic-Con" title="San Diego Comic-Con">San Diego Comic-Con</a> to promote the film; all three were present for a questions-and-answers panel session, as well as a screening of the film's official <a href="/wiki/Trailer_(promotion)" title="Trailer (promotion)">teaser trailer</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> this trailer was released on the internet several weeks later. It was not until March 2008 that a full-length trailer for the film was released, which can be found on <a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a>'s <a href="/wiki/QuickTime" title="QuickTime">QuickTime</a> trailer gallery.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The trailer originally began running in theaters attached to <a href="/wiki/Rogue_Pictures" title="Rogue Pictures">Rogue Pictures</a>' sci-fi film <i><a href="/wiki/Doomsday_(2008_film)" title="Doomsday (2008 film)">Doomsday</a></i> in March 2008,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and television advertisements began airing on networks in early-mid April 2008 to promote the film's May release. </p><p>Two <a href="/wiki/One-sheet" class="mw-redirect" title="One-sheet">one-sheet</a> posters for the film were released in August 2007, one showing the three masked Strangers,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the other displaying a wounded Liv Tyler.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2008, roughly two months before the film's official theatrical debut, the final, official one-sheet for the film was released,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> featuring Liv Tyler standing in a darkened kitchen with a masked man looming behind her in the shadows. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Box_office">Box office</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strangers_(2008_film)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Box office"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The producers originally planned for a summer release on July 13, 2007,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was eventually postponed to November 2007; however, this date was postponed as well.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The producers instead opted for a summer release, and <i>The Strangers</i> had its theatrical debut in the United States and Canada on May 30, 2008. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $21 million in 2,467 theaters, ranking #3 at the box office and averaging $8,514 per theater.<sup id="cite_ref-mojo_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mojo-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film became a <a href="/wiki/Sleeper_hit" title="Sleeper hit">sleeper hit</a><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a successful box-office return,<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> earning $82.4 million worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-mojo_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mojo-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_response">Critical response</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strangers_(2008_film)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Critical response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a>, the film holds an approval rating of 49% based on 164 reviews, with an average rating of 5.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "<i>The Strangers</i> has a handful of genuinely scary moments, but they're not enough to elevate the end results above standard slasher fare."<sup id="cite_ref-rottenstrangers_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rottenstrangers-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a> reported a weighted average score of 47 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Audiences polled by <a href="/wiki/CinemaScore" title="CinemaScore">CinemaScore</a> gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Unfavorable reviews included <a href="/wiki/Roger_Ebert" title="Roger Ebert">Roger Ebert</a>'s of the <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times" title="Chicago Sun-Times">Chicago Sun-Times</a></i>, who gave the film one-and-a-half stars out of four, saying: "The movie deserves more stars for its bottom-line craft, but all the craft in the world can't redeem its story."<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bob Mondello of <a href="/wiki/NPR" title="NPR">NPR</a> said the film was "A sadistic, unmotivated home-invasion flick."<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Steven Rea of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Philadelphia_Inquirer" title="The Philadelphia Inquirer">The Philadelphia Inquirer</a></i> noted that "No one is getting at anything in The Strangers, except the cheapest, ugliest kind of sadistic titillation."<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Elizabeth Weitzman of the <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Daily_News" title="New York Daily News">New York Daily News</a></i> compared the film to 2007's <i><a href="/wiki/Vacancy_(film)" title="Vacancy (film)">Vacancy</a></i> – a "comparison which does 'Strangers' no favors. 'Vacancy' director <a href="/wiki/Nimr%C3%B3d_Antal" title="Nimród Antal">Nimród Antal</a> gave us a pair of heroes who fought like hell to survive, becoming closer and stronger in the effort. Bertino's undeveloped protagonists are colossally stupid and frustratingly passive."<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Hunter" title="Stephen Hunter">Stephen Hunter</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> panned the film, calling it "a fraud from start to finish."<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mick_LaSalle" title="Mick LaSalle">Mick LaSalle</a> of the <i><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle" title="San Francisco Chronicle">San Francisco Chronicle</a></i>, said the film "uses cinema to ends that are objectionable and vile," but admitted that "it does it well, with more than usual skill."<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Wesley_Morris" title="Wesley Morris">Wesley Morris</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Boston_Globe" title="The Boston Globe">The Boston Globe</a></i> said of the director, "Bertino has the pretensions of an artist and the indelicacy of a hack. He tries to get under our skin with a pile driver."<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stephen Whitty of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Star-Ledger" title="The Star-Ledger">The Star-Ledger</a></i> opined of the film, "Unfolding with an almost startling lack of self-awareness, young filmmaker Bryan Bertino's debut is such a careful, straight-faced knockoff of '70s exploitation films that it plays like a parody."<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among the positive reviews, Jeannette Catsoulis of <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> said <i>The Strangers</i> is "suspenseful," "highly effective," and "smartly maintain[s] its commitment to tingling creepiness over bludgeoning horror."<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Michael Rechtshaffen of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter" title="The Hollywood Reporter">The Hollywood Reporter</a></i> called the film a "creepily atmospheric psychological thriller with a death grip on the psychological aspect."<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/James_Berardinelli" title="James Berardinelli">James Berardinelli</a> of ReelViews gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, saying that, "This is one of those rare horror movies that concentrates on suspense and terror rather than on gore and a high body count."<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scott Tobias of <i><a href="/wiki/The_A.V._Club" title="The A.V. Club">The A.V. Club</a></i> said that "as an exercise in controlled mayhem, horror movies don't get much scarier."<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Additional positive feedback for the film came from <a href="/wiki/JoBlo.com" title="JoBlo.com">JoBlo.com</a> reviewer Berge Garabedian, who praised director Bertino for "building the tension nicely, with lots of silences, creepy voices, jump scares, use of songs and a sharp eye behind the camera, as well as plenty of Steadicam give it all more of a voyeuristic feel."<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Critic <a href="/wiki/Kim_Newman" title="Kim Newman">Kim Newman</a>, writing for <i><a href="/wiki/Empire_(magazine)" title="Empire (magazine)">Empire</a></i> magazine, remarked the film's <a href="/wiki/Retro" class="mw-redirect" title="Retro">retro</a> style, noting: "Like much recent horror, from the homages of the grindhouse gang through flat multiplex remakes of drive-in classics, <i>The Strangers</i> looks to the '70s", and ultimately summarized it as "an effective, scary emotional work-out."<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Slant_Magazine" title="Slant Magazine">Slant Magazine</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Nick Schager listed <i>The Strangers</i> as the 9th best film of 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Home_media">Home media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strangers_(2008_film)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Home media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures_Home_Entertainment" title="Universal Pictures Home Entertainment">Universal Pictures Home Entertainment</a> released <i>The Strangers</i> on <a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a> and <a href="/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc" class="mw-redirect" title="Blu-ray Disc">Blu-ray</a> in the United States on October 21, 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both the Blu-ray and DVD feature rated and unrated versions of the film, with the unrated edition running approximately two minutes longer; bonus materials include two <a href="/wiki/Deleted_scene" title="Deleted scene">deleted scenes</a> and a making-of featurette.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The DVD was released in the United Kingdom on December 26, 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film was available on Universal VOD (<a href="/wiki/Video_on_Demand" class="mw-redirect" title="Video on Demand">Video on Demand</a>) from November 19, 2008, through March 31, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In commemoration of the film's 10th anniversary, a two-disc <a href="/wiki/Special_edition" title="Special edition">collector's edition</a> Blu-ray by <a href="/wiki/Scream_Factory" class="mw-redirect" title="Scream Factory">Scream Factory</a> was released on March 6, 2018, featuring a <a href="/wiki/2K_resolution" title="2K resolution">2K video transfer</a>, as well as a combination of new and archival cast and crew interviews.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Regional_lockout" title="Regional lockout">region B</a> limited edition Blu-ray was released in September 2020 by the United Kingdom-based distributor Second Sight Films.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scream Factory announced a new <a href="/wiki/Ultra_HD_Blu-ray" title="Ultra HD Blu-ray">4K UHD Blu-ray</a> in North America scheduled for release on September 10, 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strangers_(2008_film)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the years since its original release, <i>The Strangers</i> has developed a <a href="/wiki/Cult_film" title="Cult film">cult following</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-iaboni_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iaboni-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-homage_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-homage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-needle_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-needle-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, it was ranked #13 on "<a href="/wiki/CTV_Drama_Channel" title="CTV Drama Channel">Bravo</a>'s 13 Scarier Movie Moments" television piece,<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in a 2018 retrospective, Clark Collis of <i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i> deemed the film a "modern-day <a href="/wiki/Slasher_film" title="Slasher film">slasher</a> classic."<sup id="cite_ref-collis_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-collis-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_A.V._Club" title="The A.V. Club">The A.V. Club</a></i> named it the 23rd best horror film made since 2000,<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 2023, it was included in a list of the most disturbing films of the 21st century by <i><a href="/wiki//Film" title="/Film">/Film</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_works">Related works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strangers_(2008_film)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Related works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_Strangers_(film_series)" title="The Strangers (film series)">The Strangers (film series)</a></div> <p>In August 2008, <a href="/wiki/Rogue_Pictures" title="Rogue Pictures">Rogue Pictures</a> confirmed that a <a href="/wiki/Sequel" title="Sequel">sequel</a> was in the works,<sup id="cite_ref-Worst_Previews_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Worst_Previews-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with Brian Bertino co-writing the screenplay with <a href="/wiki/Ben_Ketai" title="Ben Ketai">Ben Ketai</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-digitalspy_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-digitalspy-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The project was originally slated to enter <a href="/wiki/Principal_photography" title="Principal photography">principal photography</a> in 2009,<sup id="cite_ref-digitalspy_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-digitalspy-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> during which time it was tentatively titled <i>The Strangers: Part II</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Worst_Previews_73-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Worst_Previews-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Directors Laurent Briet and <a href="/wiki/Marcel_Langenegger" title="Marcel Langenegger">Marcel Langenegger</a> were considered to direct, but landed eventually to <a href="/wiki/Johannes_Roberts" title="Johannes Roberts">Johannes Roberts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ewsequel_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ewsequel-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a <a href="/wiki/Development_hell" title="Development hell">troubled development period</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-ewsequel_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ewsequel-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> filming on the sequel began May 30, 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later titled <i><a href="/wiki/The_Strangers:_Prey_at_Night" title="The Strangers: Prey at Night">The Strangers: Prey at Night</a></i>, the film was released on March 9, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strangers_(2008_film)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_films_featuring_home_invasions" title="List of films featuring home invasions">List of films featuring home invasions</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Strangers_(2008_film)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/20105-meet-one-of-the-strangers">the original</a> on November 10, 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=ComingSoon.net&rft.atitle=Meet+One+of+The+Strangers&rft.date=2007-04-26&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.comingsoon.net%2Fmovies%2Fnews%2F20105-meet-one-of-the-strangers&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Strangers+%282008+film%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCoffman" class="citation web cs1">Coffman, Jason. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170307044959/http://www.filmmonthly.com/now_playing/the_strangers.html">"The Strangers (2008)"</a>. <i>Film Monthly</i>. 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