The Strangers: Prey at Night

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The Strangers: Prey at Night

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2018

1h 25m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Mike and his wife Cindy take their son and daughter on a road trip that becomes their worst nightmare. The family members soon find themselves in a desperate fight for survival when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park that's mysteriously deserted -- until three masked psychopaths show up to satisfy their thirst for blood.

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Critics Consensus

The Strangers: Prey at Night may appeal to fans of the original who've been jonesing for a sequel, but its thin story and ironic embrace of genre tropes add up to a bloody step back.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

03/09/2020

Grimly efficient sequel to the 2008 shocker The Strangers.

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Amy West

Empire Magazine

05/05/2018

2/5

With its infuriatingly dim-witted characters and generic slasher movie feel, The Strangers: Prey At Night is a surprisingly tame and forgettable rehash.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

05/04/2018

0/5

No tension, no drama, no interest, no scares, no emotional involvement and no motive. No chance.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

08/25/2022

1.5/5

The movie is a wash of reprocessed horror gimmicks which we’ve all seen over and over.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

03/14/2022

3.5/4

Prey at Night makes the audience feel everything it wants us to, and what's more, it outdoes the original in every way, making for an unexpected, satisfying slasher - a rarity to be sure.

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Eve Tushnet

Patheos

06/05/2021

I loved watching this film, for one reason and one reason only: it is gorgeous.

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Allyssa Deleon

Apr 21

Hated it, walked out.

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Theodore F.

@Sirhotness Mar 11

Definitely a disappointment from the 2008 original but surprisingly had some entertaining moments. The characters that make a lot of stupid decisions that’s always annoying.

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acsdoug D

@acsdoug Mar 11

I felt none of the dread, none of the sense of impending doom, that I felt in the 2008 version. This just seems like another in a long line of dime a dozen psycho slasher movies. The fact that there are three psycho slashers is a little unique, but not enough to recommend. By the way, what happened to the gun? The victims had a gun, then one second later they didn't have a gun. Huh?

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Shristhi M

@Shri_M Mar 11

The entire Strangers movie series feels like a complete waste and terribly made. The movies try very hard to copy the aesthetic and tension of classic slasher films, but instead of feeling gritty or authentic, they come off as slow, empty, and artificial. There is barely any real plot, character development, or meaningful tension. Most of the runtime is filled with characters making unbelievably dumb decisions while the story crawls forward at an exhausting pace. Horror classics like Halloween, Friday the 13th, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and Scream had characters and atmosphere that still feel real decades later. The Strangers movies feel like they’re trying to imitate those vibes without understanding what made them work in the first place. It feels like the audience has simply lost time they could have spent watching far better horror films. Honestly, unless the writers and directors drastically improve the storytelling, the series probably doesn’t need more installments.

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Matt H.

@hodnick Mar 4

Okay follow up, plays the gore up.

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Sam

@SamColacito Feb 11

My Rotten Tomatoes score: 🍅

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Synopsis

Mike and his wife Cindy take their son and daughter on a road trip that becomes their worst nightmare. The family members soon find themselves in a desperate fight for survival when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park that's mysteriously deserted -- until three masked psychopaths show up to satisfy their thirst for blood.

Director: Johannes Roberts
Producer: James Harris, Wayne Marc Godfrey, Mark Lane, Robert Jones, Ryan Kavanaugh
Screenwriter: Bryan Bertino, Ben Ketai
Distributor: Aviron Pictures
Production Co: Rogue Pictures, Relativity Media
Rating: R (Language|Horror Violence|Terror Throughout)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 9, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $24.4M
Runtime: 1h 25m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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