"The Strangers: Prey at Night" is another unoriginal and stupid slasher, with a storyline that is on the shelf of any mediocre screenwriter ready to be reprocessed and usually said "based on true events". You also rooted for the main couple because their story felt genuine. The original was an exercise in atmospheric horror: you felt as if you were there, inside that cabin. Did I mention not a SINGLE car drives by the entire night, on that gigantic radius, with the exception of said cop who, clearly, gets hits throat slashed the second he gets out of the car. Cars on fire crashing and roaming empty streets where absolutely not a single soul spots the ongoing chaos? The trailer park isn't just abandoned, it's zombie-apocalypse abandoned - and it's gigantic. 80s songs devoid of any real connection to the plot thrown in constantly just to be trendy? Check. Radio/phone that's on loud speaker so it leads to a noise outside announcing the killer has heard them? Check. A main killer with superhero strength? Check. Cop that gets shot as soon as final girl asks for help? Check. Goth chick with no reason to hate the world? Check. Instead, the usual horror cliches are plenty. The father crashes the car into a wall only to be punctured in the stomach and that's it? Nothing that made the original memorable was present here. The mother basically surrenders to Dollface, someone she could easily have tried to at least kick before letting her stab her multiple times for no reason. Let's also leave the gun behind and completely forget about it a few moments later." "Hey let's leave my stabbed brother behind without attempting to patch the wound and stop the bleeding in any way." "Hey let's not warn the cop there's a masked killer behind him even though the killer is clearly in my field of vision." "Hey I found a shotgun, let's leave it behind and run away on foot." "Hey I'm a killer with a perfectly functioning vehicle and could quite easily run the wounded 15-year-old over, let's stop and walk outside the car for no reason." why movie, why "Hey let's leave all of our phones unattended in one place even though we're clearly suspicious of a creepy person outside." "Hey let's leave my wife and daughter behind while I go investigate a crime scene." "Hey it's two against one let's not try to defend ourselves whatsoever." "Hey I'm just gonna turn my back and let this waifish girl kill me in front of my daughter without even attempting to fight back." "Hey it's two against one again and also I have a gun, let's NOT shoot the psychopath who killed my mom and just run away.
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