The Strangers: Chapter 1

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 terrorised by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motive. (IMDB)

I’m glad that they turned it into a trilogy. If they would make 10 of them, I’d watch and probably enjoy all of them. Sure, this movie doesn’t reinvent the slasher genre, but does it have to?

Young city folks get stuck in a backward town and get hunted by masked killers. It’s simple and efficient. So why is it a good slasher? Well, the casting to begin with… Madelaine Petsch is fantastic in her role and it was nice seeing her outside of Riverdale. The rhythm of the movie is uninterrupted by unnecessary drama, which is another great point and there is a great vibe too.

If, like us, you could watch a thousand slashers with the same recipe and new faces, The Strangers: Chapter 1 won’t disappoint you.