Coming hot on the heels of the latest installment in the home invasion horror franchise, The Strangers: Chapter 2 is already coming soon. Released in May 2024, The Strangers: Chapter 1 is a pseudo-remake of the 2008 film and follows a couple who are traveling across the country but find themselves stranded in a rural town. Forced to find lodgings for the night, the unsuspecting couple become the victims of masked killers who stalk and torture them for seemingly no reason but the thrill.

Like its predecessors, The Strangers and 2018's The Strangers: Prey at Night, The Strangers: Chapter 1 is an effective chiller because of its horrifying plausibility. The randomness of the crimes goes against the usual tropes of the slasher genre and reflects real-life fears in a way that horror films rarely achieve. As its name implies, Chapter 1 is only the first of a trilogy of films, and Chapter 2 is already green-lit. While...