I've seen a lot of horror movies, you could easily say I've lost most of my sensitivity to the genre, but one thing I don't find a lot in the modern age, is films such as the strangers.
It's not a crime, it's not a fantasy, it is definitely NOT a gore fest, there are no supernatural or 'creatures' that go around terrorizing a whole lot of people. No these are three, very disturbed people. Or they could just be completely bored, who knows, it's not the point.
The thing I love most about this movie, is the fact we get two main characters who are real, they're not stupid teenage girls and boys screaming and running around in slow motion, these two characters are believable, and I loved them as if they were my own family. And I hoped SO much that they would survive, even though I know they wouldn't.
Liv Tyler... she stunned me so much here, her fear was so real it had me shaking in my seat. She played her emotions with flawless perfection, and throughout this entire movie, I was petrified for her safety.
The ending, I have to talk about it so I'm just going to spoil the entire movie for you all...
It was by far the most brutal I have ever seen, and I mean ever.
Sure you can go watch the guinea-pig flowers of flesh and blood, or even aftermath, and that underground crap. And I have, seen them all. But this, I felt tears building up, because it was so unfair, they were so in love you could tell, just the fact they had the chance to tell each other, and prepare each other for their deaths. Ughh... I was so mad, yet so satisfied.
This is how a horror should be made, this is what scares people. Reality.
It's not a crime, it's not a fantasy, it is definitely NOT a gore fest, there are no supernatural or 'creatures' that go around terrorizing a whole lot of people. No these are three, very disturbed people. Or they could just be completely bored, who knows, it's not the point.
The thing I love most about this movie, is the fact we get two main characters who are real, they're not stupid teenage girls and boys screaming and running around in slow motion, these two characters are believable, and I loved them as if they were my own family. And I hoped SO much that they would survive, even though I know they wouldn't.
Liv Tyler... she stunned me so much here, her fear was so real it had me shaking in my seat. She played her emotions with flawless perfection, and throughout this entire movie, I was petrified for her safety.
The ending, I have to talk about it so I'm just going to spoil the entire movie for you all...
It was by far the most brutal I have ever seen, and I mean ever.
Sure you can go watch the guinea-pig flowers of flesh and blood, or even aftermath, and that underground crap. And I have, seen them all. But this, I felt tears building up, because it was so unfair, they were so in love you could tell, just the fact they had the chance to tell each other, and prepare each other for their deaths. Ughh... I was so mad, yet so satisfied.
This is how a horror should be made, this is what scares people. Reality.