Have You Seen: The Strangers (2008)

In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction.This week we revisit The Strangers, a 2008 psychological horror movie directed by Bryan Bertino and starring Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman, about a couple whose stay at a vacation home is disrupted by three masked intruders who invade the home one night.We talk about what works about the movie and what doesn't, why the first half is much stronger and benefits from attention to detail, how the movie compares to the remake from 2024, whether the movie taps into the fears of a home invasion effectively, whether the nihilism of the violence the movie has been praised for worked for us, why the movie was such a big hit when it came out and if it deserves its status as a cult classic and whether the criticisms of its characters are justified, and much more.Check out our other reviews of the Strangers franchise:The Strangers - Chapter 1https://open.spotify.com/episode/0QhEvLQDJTRvqJSRoaqnxPThe Strangers - Chapter 2https://open.spotify.com/episode/6XUbZLB8oGeUdrjcpQh9dYThe Strangers - Chapter 3https://open.spotify.com/episode/5wmxvo2ErgNZj3v3WoJfuQ