![]() ![]() It's slightly worse than fine, as far as slashers go. ![]() There are too many things wrong with this movie for me to give it a strong recommendation. Don't be polite to the person trying to kill you. The two reactions that tie at the top for most annoying are asking the killer "why are you doing this?" and saying "please" to the killer. It's the second most annoying because it is so understandable. Actually, I just convinced myself to change my own mind. Side note: whimpering about how scared you are is both the most annoying and most understandable horror movie reaction. I allowed myself to root hard for the family because they were legitimately trying, instead of cowering and whimpering about how scared they are. At that point, real actual interesting action started happening. Much of the movie thoroughly dissatisfied me. A bit of advice: if killers chase you and you find a loaded gun, be sure to hold onto the gun. For the most part, they flat out don't do smart things. Characters said things like, "let's split up," "you stay here," and "who's there?" It's frustrating. At other times, the movie fell prey (sorry) to cliché horror movie tropes. In the amount of time it takes to stop, slip off the shoe and remove the pebble, the scary moment was over. Instead, I felt slight discomfort, the way I do when I have a pebble in my shoe. The buildup wasn't executed well enough to evoke any agonizing suspense, and the action didn't last long enough to elicit true terror. The buildups felt dull then suddenly the action occurred and ended too quickly. ![]() When The Strangers start doing their thing, everything feels a bit tepid. I might not have noticed the boring beginning if the rest thrilled me a bit more. The back story, especially a weakly developed and acted one, is a waste of time. As a reasonable human being, I can sympathize with this family and root for them to survive without knowing about their drama. Spare me the 15 minutes spent on this unnecessary plot line. The daughter misbehaves a lot, so the parents are sending her to boarding school. What we don't care about in a movie like this is half-baked family drama. Anyway, we want to witness this sort of messed thing because it's scary and creepy in a way that lingers. I know that sounds messed up, but it's just a movie, so this family isn't actually harmed. We want to see the creepy killers stalk and terrorize an innocent family. With a movie like The Strangers Prey at Night, we know what we want as viewers.
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