{"id":2703,"date":"2021-09-21T16:06:02","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T16:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattshorroraddiction.com\/?p=2703"},"modified":"2021-09-21T16:06:02","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T16:06:02","slug":"mini-reviews-the-strangers-and-prey-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/?p=2703","title":{"rendered":"Mini-Reviews: THE STRANGERS and PREY AT NIGHT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MV5BMTc0NjE3NTc5NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMjc4NTAyNw@@._V1_-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2706\" width=\"380\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MV5BMTc0NjE3NTc5NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMjc4NTAyNw@@._V1_-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MV5BMTc0NjE3NTc5NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMjc4NTAyNw@@._V1_-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MV5BMTc0NjE3NTc5NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMjc4NTAyNw@@._V1_-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MV5BMTc0NjE3NTc5NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMjc4NTAyNw@@._V1_-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MV5BMTc0NjE3NTc5NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMjc4NTAyNw@@._V1_.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Strangers (2008)<\/strong> An annoying couple (Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman) returning home late at night from a wedding are terrorized by three masked sociopaths who try to get inside their house. Writer-director Bryan Bertino does a good job at building tension within the first 30 minutes, but it unfortunately escalates into a nonsensical game of cat-and-mouse. It&#8217;s all executed handsomely and filled with gimmicky thrills, but, you can&#8217;t help feel as if you&#8217;ve been cheated by a pro. <strong>C<\/strong>+ <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/The-Strangers-Prey-at-Night-pool-fight.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2708\" width=\"391\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/The-Strangers-Prey-at-Night-pool-fight.jpeg 948w, https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/The-Strangers-Prey-at-Night-pool-fight-300x138.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/The-Strangers-Prey-at-Night-pool-fight-768x352.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)<\/strong> A family staying at a relative&#8217;s trailer park fight to the death against the three masked psychos from the 2008 film in this surprisingly good sequel. The action moves at a brisk pace and director Johannes Roberts (<em>47 Meters Down<\/em>) frames a lot of the movie with an eye on suspense. Also, unlike the lazy characters from the first movie, the ones here are injected with energy and don&#8217;t spend the whole movie crying in a corner. Despite a bit too many plot conveniences, this does a good job at keeping you on the edge of your seat up until the fiery climax. <strong>B<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Strangers (2008) An annoying couple (Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman) returning home late at night from a wedding are terrorized by three masked sociopaths who try to get inside their house. Writer-director Bryan Bertino does a good job at building tension within the first 30 minutes, but it unfortunately escalates into a nonsensical game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-capsule-reviews","category-slashers"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}