Renny Harlin’s three-movie remake of 2008’s The Strangers is coming to a close, with The Strangers: Chapter 3 hitting the 2026 movie calendar on February 6. The finale picks up where Chapter 2 left off, with Maya celebrating the death of one of her masked assailants as she continues her attempts to survive. Critics panned the first chapter for writing lousy protagonists, while they called the follow-up “a complete betrayal of the franchise.” Will the trilogy find its footing in its closing chapter?
That answer would be no, if you ask the critics, who aren’t hiding their relief that no more visits to Venus, Oregon, will be required of them. In The Strangers: Chapter 3 Madelaine Petsch’s Maya is joined by her sister Debbie (Rachel Shenton), but according to Meagan Navarro of Bloody Disgusting, this ends up being just another underbaked idea. The critic gives the movie 1.5 out of 5 skulls, writing:
