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The Strangers

2026 · 270 min

A relentless, nerve-shredding siege that keeps you tense and uneasy from the first knock to the last.

Directed by
Renny Harlin
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Tagline
It all starts with a knock.
Overview
Maya drives cross-country with her longtime boyfriend to begin a new life in the Pacific Northwest. When their car breaks down in Venus, Oregon, they’re forced to spend the night in a secluded Airbnb, where they are terrorized from dusk till dawn by three masked strangers. Supercut of Renny Harlin's trilogy, combining all three films with additional footage as they were originally conceived.
How it feels
Tense, dark, eerie and bleak. Relentless and needs your attention.
About
Survival, violence, isolation, fate
Content
Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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Directed by
Renny Harlin
Genres
Horror, Thriller
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror8
Humour1
Realism6
Romance2
Tension9
Darkness8
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

Cast

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Details

Genres
horror, thriller
Directed by
Renny Harlin
Written by
Alan Freedland, Alan R. Cohen
Starring
Madelaine Petsch, Froy Gutierrez, Gabriel Basso, Ema Horvath, Ella Bruccoleri, Richard Brake, Pedro Leandro, Rachel Shenton
Music
Justin Burnett, Òscar Senén
Cinematography
José David Montero
Runtime
270 min
Country
United States of America, United Kingdom, Canada
Languages
English

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