the strangers
After returning from a wedding reception, a couple staying in an isolated vacation house receive a knock on the door in the mid-hours of the night. [...] The couple find themselves in a violent struggle, in which they go beyond what either of them thought capable in order to survive. [1]
The Strangers is a 2008 American horror film written and directed by Bryan Bertino, and starring Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman, Glenn Howerton, Gemma Ward, Laura Margolis, and Kip Weeks. [...] This article is about the 2008 horror film. [2]
Wilson of the War Crimes Commission is seeking Franz Kindler, mastermind of the Holocaust, who has effectively erased his identity. [...] Professor Charles Rankin: Murder can be a chain, Mary, one link leading to another until it circles your neck. [3]
What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. [...] On the night of February 11, 2005, Kristen McKay and James Hoyt left a friend's wedding reception and returned to the Hoyt family's summer home. [1]
Shortly after arriving in the middle of the night, a young blonde woman (Gemma Ward), whose face is obscured by low lighting, knocks on the front door asking for a Tamara, but leaves after James and Kristen tell her she is at the wrong house. [...] The trailer originally began running in theaters attached to Rogue Pictures ‘ sci-fi film Doomsday (2008) in March 2008, and television advertisements began airing on networks in early-mid April 2008 to promote the film’s May release. [2]
In one of the final scenes, when Orson Welles lifts Loretta Young one-handed into the clock tower from a ladder, this is not a special effect. [3]
On the night of February 11, 2005, Kristen McKay (Liv Tyler) and James Hoyt (Scott Speedman) return to a remote summer vacation home owned by James’s parents after attending a friend’s wedding reception. [...] The Strangers was made on a budget of $9 million and after two postponements, was released theatrically on May 30, 2008 in North America, and grossed $82.3 million at the box office worldwide. [...] It was pushed back yet one more time, and officially opened in the United States and Canada on May 30, 2008; in its opening weekend, the film grossed $20,997,985 in 2,467 theaters, ranking #3 at the box office and averaging $8,514 per theater. [2]
An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi. [3]
Sources:
[1] The Strangers (2008) - IMDb
[2] The Strangers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[3] The Stranger (1946) - IMDb