Renny Harlin’s latest contribution to the masked-killer horror series is generous in serving up suspense and jolts, if stingy with any fresh ideas. The arrival of Harlin’s “Chapter 1” last May raised ...

Last year, Lionsgate and director Renny Harlin delivered one of the worst-received horror movies of 2024 with The Strangers: Chapter 1, which attempted to relaunch the Strangers franchise with the ...

The most ominous thing about 2024’s The Strangers: Chapter 1 was the implication behind the two words after that colon. Veteran director Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, Deep Blue Sea) agreed not just to ...

"The Strangers – Chapter 2" manages to be a slight improvement over "Chapter 1," which isn't saying much, but at least it's got that going for itself as we head ...

Zachary Lee is a film and culture writer based in Chicago. You can read his work at places like RogerEbert.com, Interview Magazine, Letterboxd Journal, Inverse, Block Club Chicago, Dread Central, ...

The Strangers – Chapter 2 is a movie built on promises. The first film in this pre-planned trilogy adapted from Bryan Bertino’s original 2008 classic functioned largely as a re-staging, a stable but ...

For more than a year now I’ve had a great swell of pity for “The Strangers.” Not the homicidal maniacs, the film about the homicidal maniacs. The original horror classic “The Strangers” and its ...

Ross Bonaime is the Senior Film Editor at Collider. He is a Virginia-based critic, writer, and editor who has written about all forms of entertainment for Paste Magazine, Brightest Young Things, ...

This second installment in Renny Harlin’s slasher trilogy is hackneyed and silly. By Jeannette Catsoulis When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an ...