“The Strangers: Chapter 1”

7.3

^This song pretty much sums up my review. Man, was this bad luck. The motivation boiling down to “because you were here” never ceases to be unsettling. This one was more of a mixed bag than I expected. For the first 90% of the runtime, they mostly had me. Tension, surprise cameos, and genuine dread. That being said, they lost the plot with the end. It was almost “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” cop-out ending level rug pull at the end. The silver lining/saving grace is that chapter 2 comes out later this year, and hopefully the fumbled ending was just lack of ideas for a smooth transition.