Bryan Bertino

Despite its Title, ‘The Strangers’ Actually a Familiar Repeat of Horror Film Conventions

Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on May 30, 2008 - 1:08am.

HollywoodChicago.com Oscarman rating: 1.5/5 CHICAGO – Poor Liv Tyler. She’s stuck in a remote vacation home with nothing but the blank-stare acting of Scott Speedman to “save” her. What’s a rock daughter who becomes an actress to do? First, she shouldn’t sign onto yet another version of the couple-in-terror cliché.

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Despite its Title, ‘The Strangers’ Actually a Familiar Repeat of Horror Film Conventions

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