The Strangers: Chapter 2 teaser creates a lot of confusion regarding the killers' identities, and how many there are. Renny Harlin promises to answer the mysteries of the 2008 home invasion movie while maintaining its popular premise. The Strangers: Chapter 1 offered a beat-by-beat remake of Bryan Bertino's classic, centering on a couple stalked and terrorized by three strangers known as Scarecrow, Dollface, and Pin-Up Girl. The Strangers: Chapter 1's characters find themselves in slightly different circumstances than those from the original, a change that suggests the director is interested in taking the franchise in a completely different direction.

While The Strangers merely focused on the secluded house and not its surrounding area, Harlin extends the danger zone to a creepy small town called Venus, Oregon. The town's characters acquire a larger role, as their early hostility toward the couple hints at a larger conspiracy behind the killings. Everyone on-screen becomes a suspect,...