Despite its low Rotten Tomatoes score, I’ve always found the original 2008 “The Strangers” to be a solid horror movie. It takes a simple concept and makes it incredibly unsettling, because home invasions do happen, and killers don’t always have a reason. Usually, as the movie makes clear, it’s because “you’re home.”
With a concept that stripped-down, you’d think sequels or spinoffs would only dilute its impact, right? Well, in 2018 we got “The Strangers: Prey at Night,” an averagely fun entry that swaps a home invasion for a trailer park showdown, with the masked intruders engaging in some tense action sequences.
