The Strangers: Prey at Night

Grimly efficient sequel to the 2008 shocker The Strangers.

With its infuriatingly dim-witted characters and generic slasher movie feel, The Strangers: Prey At Night is a surprisingly tame and forgettable rehash.

No tension, no drama, no interest, no scares, no emotional involvement and no motive. No chance.

The characters and the plot could have been borrowed wholesale from any number of straight to video horror pictures from the 1980s.

In a moment when horror movies like Get Out and the forthcoming Hereditary earn praise for their adventurousness, these retro scares feel especially out of touch.

[This] new escapade featuring the bloody handiwork of Dollface, Pinup and The Man in the Mask is surprisingly easy to enjoy.

The movie is a wash of reprocessed horror gimmicks which we’ve all seen over and over.

Prey at Night makes the audience feel everything it wants us to, and what's more, it outdoes the original in every way, making for an unexpected, satisfying slasher - a rarity to be sure.

I loved watching this film, for one reason and one reason only: it is gorgeous.

Judging it by itself as a solo slasher film from 2018 it aced it... as a sequel it did even better.