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Current status - Released
Total runtime - 91 mins.
Release date - 15-05-2024
Release year - 2024
Genres - Horror, Thriller
Overall ratings and scores for The Strangers: Chapter 1:
Happiness Score - 5.911/10, World Popularity Score - 11.49993/100, IMDB Score - 4.7, Metascore - N/A, Internet Movie Database - 4.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes - 21%, .
The Strangers: Chapter 1 movie has Total Global Votes - 220, Total IMD Votes - 14,343
The Strangers: Chapter 1 Movie Introduction: Movie The Strangers: Chapter 1, release year 2024 is written by Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland, Bryan Bertino and directed by Renny Harlin. The leading star-cast in this movie are Madelaine Petsch, Ryan Bown, Matus Lajcak along with the other stars and crew members.
Trailers, Clips, Featurettes and Behind the Scenes
Official Trailer
Madelaine Petsch Scares Influencers for The Strangers – Chapter 1 “Scarebnb Prank”
Movie overview and plot by Nishanath Satyanarayana
Movie in-short: After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple is forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motive.
Movie story-line: After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple are forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motives.
Movie synopsis: After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple is forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motive.
Highlights - The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024)
Total budget - $8,500,000.00
Total revenue - $42,452,206.00
Produced by - Fifth Element ProductionsSherbone MediaLipsync ProductionsStream MediaLionsgateHasbula ProductionsThe Strangers Films LimitedFrame Film SKVertigo Entertainment
Produced in - SlovakiaSpainUnited KingdomUnited States of America
Available languages - English (English),
Homepage URL - https://thestrangers.movie
Awards won / Nominations - N/A
Certificate(s) - AU : M BR : 16 CZ : 15+ FR : 12 GB : 15 GB : 15 HU : 17+ ID : 15A IE : 16 LA : N-16 RU : 15 SK : 18 TH : 16+ UA : R UA : R UA : R
Lead Actors, Writer(s), Director(s) of The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024)
Lead Actors - Madelaine Petsch, Ryan Bown, Matus Lajcak
Writer(s) - Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland, Bryan Bertino
Director(s) - Renny Harlin
Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ) about The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024)
What is the release date of The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024)?
Release date of The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) is 15-05-2024.
What is the total runtime of The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) in minutes?
Total runtime of The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) in minutes is 91 min.
What is the budget consumed to produce The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) movie?
The budget consumed to produce The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) movie is around $8,500,000.00.
How much revenue is expected from movie The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024)?
Expected revenue from movie movie The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) is around $42,452,206.00.
What is the pupularity of The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024)?
Worldwide pupularity of The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) movie is 11.49993%.
What is the name of the production company of film The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024)?
Production company of film The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) is/are Fifth Element Productions, Sherbone Media, Lipsync Productions, Stream Media, Lionsgate, Hasbula Productions, The Strangers Films Limited, Frame Film SK, Vertigo Entertainment, .
Which country the film The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) is produced in?
Film production country for the film The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) is Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America, .
Which language the film The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) is produced in?
Film The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) is produced in English (English), language(s).
Which Genre the film The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) belongs to?
Movie The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) is categorized under Horror genre(s).
Who are the lead actors of the film The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024)?
Lead actors of the film The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) are Madelaine Petsch, Ryan Bown, Matus Lajcak.
Who is the writer of the film The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024)?
The writer(s) of the film The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) is/are Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland, Bryan Bertino.
Who is the director of the film The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024)?
The director(s) of the film The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) is/are Renny Harlin.
Which awards, nominations and recognitions are won by The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) movie?
Movie The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) has N/A awards and nomination in it's profile.
What is the story of The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) in-short?
Short plot of movie The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024): After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple is forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motive..
What is the full story of The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) movie?
Full plot of movie The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024): After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple is forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motive..
Where to find full details of The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) movie?
You can find the full details of movie The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22050754
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List of full Starcast and crew members of The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024)
Full Starcast:
Name: Madelaine Petsch
Character: Maya
Name: Froy Gutierrez
Character: Ryan
Name: Gabriel Basso
Character: Gregory
Name: Ema Horvath
Character: Shelly
Name: Richard Brake
Character: Sheriff Rotter
Name: Rachel Shenton
Character: Debbie
Name: Ella Bruccoleri
Character: Jasmine
Name: George Young
Character: Howard
Name: Janis Ahern
Character: Carol
Name: Pedro Leandro
Character: Deputy Walters
Name: Ryan Brown
Character: Jeff Morell
Name: Ben Cartwright
Character: Rudy
Name: Florian Clare
Character: Chris Sampson
Name: Miles Yekinni
Character: Marcus
Name: Rebecka Johnston
Character: Lucy
Name: Stevee Davies
Character: Dougie
Name: Brooke Lena Johnson
Character: Danica
Name: Brian Law
Character: EMT Driver
Name: Rafaella Biscayn
Character: Eden
Name: Pablo Sandstorm
Character: Neil
Name: Sara Freedland
Character: Annie
Name: J.R. Esposito
Character: Dr. Tate
Name: Milo Callaghan
Character: Wayne
Name: Matus Lajcak
Character: Scarecrow
Name: Olivia Kreutzota
Character: Dollface
Name: Letizia Fabbri
Character: Pin-Up Girl
Crew Members:
Name: Renny Harlin
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Director
Name: Courtney Solomon
Department: Production
Job/Role: Producer
Name: Mark Canton
Department: Production
Job/Role: Producer
Name: Christopher Milburn
Department: Production
Job/Role: Producer
Name: Gary Raskin
Department: Production
Job/Role: Producer
Name: Charlie Dombeck
Department: Production
Job/Role: Producer
Name: Andrei Boncea
Department: Production
Job/Role: Executive Producer
Name: Dorothy Canton
Department: Production
Job/Role: Executive Producer
Name: Roy Lee
Department: Production
Job/Role: Executive Producer
Name: Rafaella Biscayn-Debest
Department: Production
Job/Role: Executive Producer
Name: Rafaella Biscayn
Department: Production
Job/Role: Co-Producer
Name: Alberto Burgueño
Department: Production
Job/Role: Co-Producer
Name: Alastair Burlingham
Department: Production
Job/Role: Producer
Name: Charlie Dombek
Department: Production
Job/Role: Producer
Name: Juan Antonio García Peredo
Department: Production
Job/Role: Co-Producer
Name: Johanna Harlin
Department: Production
Job/Role: Co-Producer
Name: Kia Jam
Department: Production
Job/Role: Executive Producer
Name: Rasto Kuril
Department: Production
Job/Role: Production Supervisor
Name: Alex Johnson
Department: Production
Job/Role: Casting
Name: Sydney Shircliff
Department: Production
Job/Role: Casting
Name: Mary Vernieu
Department: Production
Job/Role: Casting
Name: Adrian Curelea
Department: Art
Job/Role: Production Design
Name: Ghinea Diana
Department: Art
Job/Role: Art Direction
Name: Iulia Petrescu
Department: Art
Job/Role: Set Decoration
Name: Olena Andreitseva
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Job/Role: Makeup Designer
Name: Ria Pontikis
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Job/Role: Makeup Effects Designer
Name: Ionel Popa
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Job/Role: Prosthetic Supervisor
Name: Anna Rebrikova
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Job/Role: Makeup Effects Designer
Name: Ovidiu Stoia
Department: Production
Job/Role: Production Manager
Name: José David Montero
Department: Camera
Job/Role: Director of Photography
Name: Emilie Balusson
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Second Second Assistant Director
Name: Dusan Prvy
Department: Crew
Job/Role: Special Effects Coordinator
Name: Bogdan Stanciu
Department: Camera
Job/Role: "B" Camera Operator
Name: Bogdan Stanciu
Department: Camera
Job/Role: Steadicam Operator
Name: Vladimir Orlov
Department: Crew
Job/Role: Stunt Coordinator
Name: Vladimir Orlov
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Second Unit Director
Name: Madelaine Petsch
Department: Production
Job/Role: Executive Producer
Name: Simon Haupt
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Sound Designer
Name: Bryan Bertino
Department: Writing
Job/Role: Original Film Writer
Name: Matt Curtis
Department: Art
Job/Role: Title Designer
Name: Alan R. Cohen
Department: Writing
Job/Role: Screenplay
Name: Alan Freedland
Department: Writing
Job/Role: Screenplay
Name: Bryan Bertino
Department: Writing
Job/Role: Story
Name: Oana Draghici
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Job/Role: Costume Design
Name: Murat Çelikkol
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Sound Effects Editor
Name: Tom Beale
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Dialogue Editor
Name: Roland Heap
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Name: Roland Heap
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Supervising Sound Editor
Name: Matt Hovland
Department: Sound
Job/Role: ADR Mixer
Name: Matus Imrisek
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Boom Operator
Name: Karolina Jedrzejczyk
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Foley Editor
Name: Karolina Jedrzejczyk
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Foley Artist
Name: Karol Kuliffay
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Boom Operator
Name: Samuel Perunko
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Boom Operator
Name: Michelle Harrison
Department: Editing
Job/Role: Editor
Name: Jan Melikant
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Second Unit First Assistant Director
Name: Simona Dinu
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Second Assistant Director
Name: Mark Roper
Department: Directing
Job/Role: First Assistant Director
Name: Marco Rubiero
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Third Assistant Director
Name: Courtney Solomon
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Second Unit Director
Name: Mihai Ciurescu
Department: Art
Job/Role: Set Dresser
Name: Cosmin Istodor
Department: Art
Job/Role: Set Dresser
Name: Robert Galfy
Department: Crew
Job/Role: Special Effects Technician
Name: Milan Hrvol
Department: Crew
Job/Role: Special Effects Technician
Name: Ben Burrell
Department: Visual Effects
Job/Role: Visual Effects Supervisor
Name: Letizia Fabbri
Department: Crew
Job/Role: Stunt Double
Name: Michael Ferragamo
Department: Crew
Job/Role: Stunts
Name: Sona Havranova
Department: Crew
Job/Role: Stunts
Name: Sherzod Juraev
Department: Crew
Job/Role: Stunts
Name: Olivia Kreutzova
Department: Crew
Job/Role: Stunt Double
Name: Yulia Titova
Department: Crew
Job/Role: Stunt Double
Name: Michal Vesely
Department: Crew
Job/Role: Stunt Double
Name: Nina Zagozdzon
Department: Crew
Job/Role: Stunt Double
Name: Mark Droter
Department: Production
Job/Role: Casting Associate
Name: Slavka Rackova
Department: Production
Job/Role: Casting Associate
Name: Maia von Hurter
Department: Production
Job/Role: Casting Associate
Name: Jose Manuel Bahamonde
Department: Camera
Job/Role: Digital Imaging Technician
Name: Marco Godles
Department: Camera
Job/Role: Aerial Director of Photography
Name: Hugo Činčala
Department: Camera
Job/Role: Second Assistant "B" Camera
Name: Patrik Bora
Department: Camera
Job/Role: Second Assistant "A" Camera
Name: Andrei Cretan
Department: Camera
Job/Role: First Assistant "A" Camera
Name: Lukas Kacerjak
Department: Camera
Job/Role: "C" Camera Operator
Name: Radovan Novosad
Department: Camera
Job/Role: Second Assistant "C" Camera
Name: Liviu Pojoni Jr.
Department: Camera
Job/Role: "A" Camera Operator
Name: Teppo Salonen
Department: Camera
Job/Role: Aerial Director of Photography
Name: Tomi Stenqvist
Department: Camera
Job/Role: Drone Cinematographer
Name: Rasto Trizma
Department: Camera
Job/Role: First Assistant "C" Camera
Name: Juraj Valocsay
Department: Camera
Job/Role: Second Assistant "B" Camera
Reviews Section
The heavy trailing of this and the fact that it's part one does little to help any sense of menace as we follow the young "Maya" (Madelaine Petsch) and boyfriend "Ryan" (Froy Gutierrez) on their road trip to Portland. She's heading to start a new job as an architect, and it looks like she might have been responsible for manscaping her boyfriend's perfect visage as this annoyingly loved up and clingy couple arrive at a remote rural diner. They're not married, which seems to rile the locals and when they go to leave, their brand new car won't start. Ha! Luckily, there's an air b'n'b nearby. A remote cabin fully equipped with all the home comforts - even some Dolly to play on vinyl. They're famished so he borrows a motor bike to go fetch some burgers, she's left behind and that's where the paranoia sets in. Is she being watched? Is she alone? Will "Ryan" get back before she has finished smoking a dodgy joint, listening to an entire LP and having a long shower? Was the burger joint in California? Anyway, it's soon clear that they are in some danger and together they must use all their skill and guile to stay alive! The scenario works a bit like "Cabin in the Woods". The moonlit forest serving as a backdrop for some ridiculous choices and some woefully bad acting/writing. It does manage to engender a slight degree of peril near the conclusion, but there's really nothing at all new here and from fairly early on it is clear just what part two will be all about. Not terrible, but really predicable and disappointingly flat.
'The Strangers: Chapter 1' is a let-down. It sets the scene well with some tension and is held together by a strong score, visually in terms of cinematography and literally in the case of the masks it is fairly effective too but the film doesn't really do enough - with those aforementioned positives and just in general. It starts onscreen by describing forthcoming events as "brutal", yet by the end I don't really feel like I saw anything all that noteworthy; just your standard horror fare, at best, really. Madelaine Petsch and Froy Gutierrez are good in the lead roles I will say, though some of their character decisions (as is typical with this genre, I guess) are frustratingly dumb; I'm looking at you in particular, Gutierrez's Ryan. Some of their dialogue isn't much better, either. All in all, I'm disappointed as this could've been real great. Instead, we're left with something that I'd personally class as poor, unfortunately. Chapters 2 + 3 might improve things, let's hope so, but I wouldn't be surprised if this basically just gets rehashed in those next installments, let's hope not in that case. 'Twas, nevertheless, nice to see the cinema screening busier than usual for this, even if there were more dissatisfied chuckles than desired scares from those nearby.
This reimagining of the far superior original was an abysmal disappointment. While attempting to build a trilogy or franchise, it's crucial to ensure that each movie can stand on its own. Unfortunately, this film fails to achieve that, presenting a boring three-act structure where nothing significant happens. The film's suspense is nonexistent, failing to create any sense of tension or atmosphere. A suspenseful movie should keep viewers on the edge of their seats, but this one falls flat. The characters are mostly unlikable, making it hard to invest in their fates. In a horror film, it's essential to have characters that the audience can either root for or fear for. Here, the protagonists' lack of depth and development leaves viewers indifferent. For example, there's a scene where the main character faces a crucial decision, but due to poor character development, the moment lacks emotional weight and impact. I recall an experience at Universal's Halloween Horror Nights Terror Tram ride in Hollywood, where we were led through the mountains all the way to the Bates Motel. During this trek, I encountered a Haunter dressed as the 'Sackhead Man' from the original movie. This character exuded an eerie presence that was genuinely unsettling. In contrast, the 'Sackhead Man' or "Scarecrow" as credited in this film, doesn’t even make the top three performances of 'Sackhead' that I have encountered. This portrayal lacks the menace and charisma needed to make a lasting impression. Overall, this reimagining fails to capture the essence of the original. It lacks suspense, atmosphere, and compelling characters, resulting in a tedious and forgettable experience. For a film to succeed in revitalizing a classic, it must honor the original's strengths while introducing fresh and engaging elements. Sadly, this movie does neither, leaving fans yearning for the original's superior storytelling and tension.
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