The Strangers
2008
Lock the door. Pretend you're safe.
Directed by Bryan Bertino
User Rating
Intensity
After a 4 a.m. knock at the door and haunting voices, Kristen McKay and James Hoyt’s remote getaway becomes a psychological night of terror as three masked strangers invade. Now they must go far beyond what they thought themselves capable of if they hope to survive.
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- Director
- Bryan Bertino
- Written by
- Bryan Bertino
- Produced by
- Doug Davison, Nathan Kahane, Roy Lee
- Composers
- Andy Milburn, Tom Hajdu, tomandandy
- Cinematographer
- Peter Sova
- Editor
- Kevin Greutert
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- R
- Also known as
- The Faces
- TMDB
- 6.1/10 (2,733 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 50% Rotten
- Metacritic
- 47/100
- IMDb
- 6.1/10 (155,327 votes)
Awards
- NominatedFangoria Chainsaw Award— Best Wide Release Film(2009)
- NominatedSaturn Award— Best Horror Film(2009)
Cast
Liv Tyler
Kristen McKay
Scott Speedman
James Hoyt
Gemma Ward
Dollface
Kip Weeks
Man in the Mask
Laura Margolis
Pin-Up Girl
Glenn Howerton
Mike
Alex Fisher
Mormon Boy #1
Peter Clayton-Luce
Mormon Boy #2
Nick Barghini
Joe - Lumberjack (uncredited)
Shawn McClellan
Shawn the Bartender (uncredited)
Jordan Orr
Jordan - 911 Caller (voice) (uncredited)
Crew
Bryan Bertino
Director
Doug Davison
Producer
Nathan Kahane
Producer
Roy Lee
Producer
Andy Milburn
Original Music Composer
Tom Hajdu
Original Music Composer
tomandandy
Original Music Composer
Peter Sova
Director of Photography
Kevin Greutert
Editor
John D. Kretschmer
Production Design
Joseph Drake
Executive Producer
Kelli Konop
Executive Producer
Keywords
Links
Trailer
Score
Tomandandy
The Strangers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Podcasts
The Evolution of Horror — HOME INVASION Pt 23: The Strangers (2008) & The Strangers: Prey At Night (2018)
The Strangers Collection
Appears in
100 Favorites
Films with prominent Jeep Cherokees
Home Invasion - The Evolution of Horror Podcast
Kim Newman — Nightmare Movies
Rolling Stone: 101 Best Horror Movies of All Time
Scream Factory
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