The Strangers
Horror, Thriller
Vista Street  (10/1/2008) 85 mins R

6.2 (21,618 votes)
Only the Innocent Survive!

Trent and Jade. The perfect couple. Beautiful, passionate...cursed. But, when Trent discovers her dark secret the marriage ends in a bloody battle to the death...her body(or so it seems) - and his immortal soul. For nearly a year Trent hid himself in remote towns all across the country in a desperate attempt to spare innocent lives from his violent tranformations into a werewolf. He naively thought he had succeeded until he arrived in the small mountain community of PineFork. For the first time since his demise he struggles out of his self-imposed solitude onto the treacherous limb of humanity - only to find fimself falling in love with young Pearl and the unwitting object of her step-sister Ruby's lustful schemes. Can he share his love for Pearl and still spare her from the curse? Not if Jade has her way. When Jade and her new lover show u...

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Cast and Crew
Alex Fisher  ......  Mormon Boy #1
Peter Clayton-Luce  ......  Mormon Boy #2
Scott Speedman  ......  James Hoyt
Liv Tyler  ......  Kristen McKay
Gemma Ward  ......  Dollface
Kip Weeks  ......  Man in the Mask
Director  .....  Bryan Bertino; Charles Solomon Jr.; Peter Chohl
Producer  .....  Doug Davison; Nathan Kahane; Sergei Ivanov; Yuri Ivanov
Writer  .....  Bryan Bertino; Charles Solomon Jr.; Peter Chohl
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: When Kristen is startled by one of the strangers at the back window, she turns around and bumps into one of the dining table chairs, thus slamming the record player and scratching the album which continuously skips over the same phrase. However, in the previous shots of the arrangement of the house, the record player is clear across the room from the dining table. (more)

Trivia:
Bryan Bertino credits the main inspiration of the film to the infamous Manson murders. (more)

Filming Locations:
Florence, South Carolina, USA (more)

Quotes:
[first lines]
Narrator: What you are about to see is inspired by true events. According to the FBI, there are an estimated 1.4 million violent crimes in America each year. 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. The brutal events that took place there are still not entirely known.
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Awards:
5 nominations (more)