Last year, director Renny Harlin released The Strangers: Chapter 1 — the first of a planned trilogy rebooting one of the best horror movies of the 2000s — and now he’s back to give us round 2. The Strangers: Chapter 2 is set to hit the 2025 movie calendar on September 26, with Madelaine Petsch reprising her role as Maya Lucas. The first of the series was panned by critics, so will the sequel fare better?
After getting feedback on the first movie, Renny Harlin and co. reportedly did reshoots on the second and third chapters, but the changes apparently didn't win over the critics. Meagan Navarro of Bloody Disgusting says instead of amping up the stakes for next year’s final installation, Chapter 2 is just a chase movie filled with asinine scenarios including a bad CGI boar attack. The critic rates it 1 out of 5 skulls, writing:
