Archive for June 2nd, 2008
The Strangers (2008)
I now know why I don’t like horror flicks. They just don’t do it for me… Sure, there’s the jumpy music. But that’s about it. The story wasn’t that scary. Two people, Scott Speedman (of TV’s Felicity and the Underworld trilogy) and Liv Tyler (from Inventing the Abbotts and Armageddon) spend a night at a cabin in the woods. They get harassed by three masked strangers. And that’s pretty much the gist of it.
The two characters do a pretty good job of acting scared. Liv Tyler and her whispy voice and all… But really, there’s just no story behind it. You don’t find out why they were assaulted. You don’t find out who the assailants are. There are just so many loose ends.
The Strangers is written and directed by Bryan Bertino, who’s done two other movies I’ve never heard of. He’s no good.
