The Strangers: Chapter 1 | Lionsgate | May 17, 2024

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[Box Office Hit]

 

[Boxofficerules]

Looking forwards to this.

[Krissykins]

I like the poster and I like the trailer too.

 

So it’s not a remake but it looks like a prequel. But incredibly similar. 
 

Definitely seeing it, but I’m not sure how appealing it’ll be if it looks like another go round of the same. 

[Krissykins]

https://x.com/discussingfilm/status/1763583259164758279?s=46&t=ivGmGl6bx9yMhARnU2Vzxw

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[Boxofficerules]

Looks like there is a screening for this on Wednesday.

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[interiorgatordecorator]

as far as I'm aware the only thing special about the original strangers is that it made 9x its budget, apart from that, is there anything that makes it "deserving" of this treatment (a movie every 4 months)?

 

yeah yeah, deserves got nothing to do with it, but why I spend this gimmick on something as seemingly as unremarkable as the strangers franchise

 

Or is the unremarkableness the point and this is just more of an experiment than anything else

[CloneWars]

15 hours ago, interiorgatordecorator said:

as far as I'm aware the only thing special about the original strangers is that it made 9x its budget, apart from that, is there anything that makes it "deserving" of this treatment (a movie every 4 months)?

 

yeah yeah, deserves got nothing to do with it, but why I spend this gimmick on something as seemingly as unremarkable as the strangers franchise

 

Or is the unremarkableness the point and this is just more of an experiment than anything else

Most likely has a super low ass budget, so it doesn't really matter

[Boxofficerules]

Lions gate must have faith in this, screenings tonight and Saturday. I don’t know if there is a review embargo but I’m sure we should start seeing some reactions tonight.

[Firepower]

First decent Harlin's movie in 2 decades?

[Mojoguy]

Why are they treating this sequel like mega event? If your movie is not based on a super long book, you shouldn't be allowed split movies into two parts. The whole 2 parts for one movie has become lazy cash grabs from studios.

Edited May 9 by Mojoguy

[Eric Ripley]

 

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[Krissykins]

14 hours ago, movies!movies! said:

 

Widest release of the series then.

 

The first two films were only ~2,400

[filmlover]

On 5/8/2024 at 8:46 PM, Mojoguy said:

Why are they treating this sequel like mega event? If your movie is not based on a super long book, you shouldn't be allowed split movies into two parts. The whole 2 parts for one movie has become lazy cash grabs from studios.

It's three movies that were shot at once in this case, not dissimilar to how X and Pearl were filmed back-to-back. These movies were likely also extremely cheap to make, so there's not going to be any major loss on them should they not do well.

[kayumanggi]

 

[Krissykins]

Budget: $8.5m (Deadline) 

 

 

[Krissykins]

Seeing mixed reactions on twitter. 
 

Wonder when reviews are out. But I expect it’ll be rotten. 
 

The Strangers 49%
Prey at Night 40% 

Edited May 15 by Krissykins