Sequel To The Strangers Planned New horror franchise joins the crowd Source: Variety
Part of a mini-trend for home invasion movies, with films like Funny Games and Them, The Strangers scared the wiggins out of anyone who ever answered a ring on the doorbell late at night. It also made $80million on a $9million budget, so it should come as no surprise to learn that Strangers 2 is on its way.
The film film, written and directed by Bryan Bertino, saw Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman terrorised by masked visitors to their house. This new film's plot is still under wraps, but we're betting that it also involves masks and uninvited guests.
Bertino also wrote this sequel, but this time directorial duties will be handed over to French commercials and music video director Laurent Briet, who's no stranger to horror after contributing visual effects to The Ring. Whether that means that this second film will have a more supernatural bent remains to be seen, but we're betting on rather more believable scares.
The first movie is ace, one of the best horror movies for years.
I really don't see how they can make a worthy sequel. Oooh just had a though, unless the masked killers go back after Liv's character. Bit Scream-esque though. ... Read More
I understand that horror movie writers and directors have it tough these days. It's all been done so often, it's a struggle to be original, hence the slew of shoddy remakes and cheap gore-fests that flood the market. All The Strangers proved was, even when a writer/director attempts a new story, it's all been seen before. Be it the curtains opening to a scary face, the distressed damsel stumbling in the woods or the best friend falling victim to the heroes' own stupidity.
Given the shee... Read More
