The Strangers Reviews. The Strangers. All Critics (153) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (68) | Rotten (82) | DVD (17) The Strangers has a couple of scares, but it's not anywhere near as frightening as advertised.
The creepy folks of the title are more fumbling than fiendish. This suspense film by first-time writer-director Bryan Bertino initially squeezes some surprisingly effective scares out of familiar elements. Sadly, the scenario quickly becomes attenuated and unbelievable. The Strangers. The Strangers is a 2008 American horror film written and directed by Bryan Bertino and starring Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman, Glenn Howerton, Gemma Ward, Laura Margolis and Kip Weeks.
The film revolves around a young couple who are terrorized by three masked assailants, who break into the remote summer home in which they are staying and damage all means of escape. The Strangers was made on a budget of $9 million and after two postponements was released theatrically on May 30, 2008, in North America. It grossed $82.3 million at the box office worldwide.
Marketed as "inspired by true events", writer and director Bryan Bertino stated that the film was inspired by a series of break-ins that occurred in his neighborhood as a child, as well as some incidents that occurred during the Manson killings.[1] Critical reaction to the film was mixed.[2] Plot[edit] The Strangers (2008.