Summary
A young couple goes off to the woods and get chopped up by the Strangers.
Whilst I thought it was good to see a new film in the franchise I didn’t like that it was a soft reboot, it makes the previous too films feel less important now and I enjoyed those for what they were.
I think this is going to be what a lot of people are expecting. If you want a generic slasher film than this is the film for you, it’s the same old set up the couple make dumb mistakes whilst you scream how they’re dumb at the screen and then they get slashed. Nothing new. If you want something new and novel then this is not the film for you.
I thought it was interesting that the film tried to create more of a mythology around the Strangers themselves and create this whole creepy town to, that was a nice bit of worldbuilding that could be used to a much greater effect in the coming sequel.
Overall, a serviceable slasher film.
3/5
Pros.
It is what you would want it to be
The Strangers are always interesting
The worldbuilding
Cons.
It is dumb at times
The ending makes no sense
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