And speaking of expectations, I had an idea on how this follow-up should play out and, probably wrongfully, I would only like it if it did exactly what I hoped it would. It did. My friend was with me and he saw how incredibly excited I was in the superior third act.
The Strangers come a-knocking once again, not missing a beat from their decade long absence. Only, this time, their prey doubled as did the setting.
You see, there are three masked psychos who love to torment confused victims at night until they ultimately get down to business. That's all you need to know about them and it's very clear here who they are. Soooo...now you don't need to see part one. You're welcome.
This chapter (and hopefully, last one,) introduces us to a family of four dropping off the female half of the children at boarding school for some terrible thing she did previously. But, they'll need to stop at a "cabin," or really, manufactured home, overnight and instantly get introduced to the title's crazies. Good luck surviving their onslaught as they're good at what they do and have nothing to lose.
As stated, before going in, I had hoped certain events took place and while you'll have to wade through the slow start and bumbling middle, you'll eventually get to the goods. And man, it's effective. I was so pumped up with what I was waiting for, it was heartbreaking to see a few select WTF moments in the closing. Unfortunately, I had to give the film a pass as ultimately, the movie gave me exactly what I wanted.
I do really like home invasion horror films, but it's incredibly hard to watch people make monumental mistakes, which is why I hated the first one so much. That movie is chock-full of them. Practically the entire second half of the original Strangers is mistake after mistake. Here, before they got to my wish list of events, they only did a couple and I threw my hands up with the "here we go again" disappointment I felt. Mercifully, it was only two or so and then the movie sped into high gear and a total recommendation from me.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGOYK2A0GGRVbBO_oYtW34g
I hate to be so vague, but I am trying my best to both avoid spoilers and convey my entire feelings on what would've made up for the dreadful part 1. I almost didn't even see this, but I had an idea this would be the make-up horror sequel like Ouija: Origin of Evil, The Conjuring 2 and The Purge: Anarchy. All three had terrible first entries and all three had awesome follow-ups.
I was right to pursue seeing this. This was satisfying on so many levels. But, again, you'll need to make it through the first two-thirds to understand why.
Like I stated above, I hope there won't be a: "The Strangers Three Little Pigs and Another House They Came Upon" conclusion to an unnecessary trilogy. So, if you happened to suffer through the first one, know this film was the one that should've been made first. Or, if you were lucky to miss the original, you can just begin and end here.
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The Strangers come a-knocking once again, not missing a beat from their decade long absence. Only, this time, their prey doubled as did the setting.
You see, there are three masked psychos who love to torment confused victims at night until they ultimately get down to business. That's all you need to know about them and it's very clear here who they are. Soooo...now you don't need to see part one. You're welcome.
This chapter (and hopefully, last one,) introduces us to a family of four dropping off the female half of the children at boarding school for some terrible thing she did previously. But, they'll need to stop at a "cabin," or really, manufactured home, overnight and instantly get introduced to the title's crazies. Good luck surviving their onslaught as they're good at what they do and have nothing to lose.
As stated, before going in, I had hoped certain events took place and while you'll have to wade through the slow start and bumbling middle, you'll eventually get to the goods. And man, it's effective. I was so pumped up with what I was waiting for, it was heartbreaking to see a few select WTF moments in the closing. Unfortunately, I had to give the film a pass as ultimately, the movie gave me exactly what I wanted.
I do really like home invasion horror films, but it's incredibly hard to watch people make monumental mistakes, which is why I hated the first one so much. That movie is chock-full of them. Practically the entire second half of the original Strangers is mistake after mistake. Here, before they got to my wish list of events, they only did a couple and I threw my hands up with the "here we go again" disappointment I felt. Mercifully, it was only two or so and then the movie sped into high gear and a total recommendation from me.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGOYK2A0GGRVbBO_oYtW34g
I hate to be so vague, but I am trying my best to both avoid spoilers and convey my entire feelings on what would've made up for the dreadful part 1. I almost didn't even see this, but I had an idea this would be the make-up horror sequel like Ouija: Origin of Evil, The Conjuring 2 and The Purge: Anarchy. All three had terrible first entries and all three had awesome follow-ups.
I was right to pursue seeing this. This was satisfying on so many levels. But, again, you'll need to make it through the first two-thirds to understand why.
Like I stated above, I hope there won't be a: "The Strangers Three Little Pigs and Another House They Came Upon" conclusion to an unnecessary trilogy. So, if you happened to suffer through the first one, know this film was the one that should've been made first. Or, if you were lucky to miss the original, you can just begin and end here.
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