[Editor’s note: The following story contains spoilers for “The Strangers: Chapter 1” and “Chapter 2.”]
When Bryan Bertino’s authentic “The Strangers” hit theaters in 2008, the infamous house invasion horror film rapidly gained a popularity for its divisive, bleak ending. Now, director Renny Harlin and last woman Madelaine Petsch intention to conclude their standalone sequel trilogy in bloody, crowd-pleasing fashion with “The Strangers: Chapter 3.” Out on February 6 from Lionsgate, the slasher collection’ starring trio of sociopathic killers — identified by their masked personas, Scarecrow, Dollface, and Pin-Up Woman — return with a brand new ax to grind, this time freshly imbued with the lore audiences discovered within the final two movies
Having miraculously survived a terrifying break-in and the mindless homicide of her boyfriend Ryan (Froy Gutierrez) in “The Strangers: Chapter 1,” Maya Lucas (Petsch) spends “Chapter 2” as soon as once more evading the identical three murderers who need her lifeless, for no discernible cause. She will get her licks in although, and [spoiler alert] on the finish the second installment picks off Pin-Up Woman (Ema Horvath) with a deadly neck stabbing/ambulance crash combo that lets Maya escape. Earlier than the credit roll, Scarecrow (Matúš Lajčák) and Dollface (Olivia Kreutzova) stand over Pin-Up Woman’s lifeless physique, mourning their confederate and flashing audiences again to a wierd reminiscence that defined the origin of the teams notorious catchphrase, “Is Tamara house?”
Within the new trailer, we see all three acquainted attackers again at it, hacking away at helpless victims in a resort room. However it’s Maya, the one sufferer to have ever survived the Strangers, carrying Pin-Up Woman’s masks in a distinct scene. It’s unclear who’s on what aspect from the promo, however native Oregon good man Gregory (Gabriel Basso) is again, too, and he’s simply as suspicious of Maya as she is of him. And if “The Strangers” has taught us something in 18 years, it’s which you can sense hazard — with out realizing why.
“The Strangers: Chapter 1” earned $48.1 million on the international field workplace in 2024, whereas final 12 months’s “The Strangers: Chapter 2” made $21.9 million worldwide. Harlin has directed all three, and the ultimate installment is co-written by Alan R. Cohen and Alan Freedland. The official abstract from Lionsgate reads, “Within the last movie of ‘The Strangers’ trilogy, Maya (Madelaine Petsch) faces the masked killers one final time in a brutal, full-circle reckoning of survival and revenge.” This can be a Fifth Ingredient manufacturing, in affiliation with Stream Media and Sherborne Media.
“The Strangers: Chapter 3” is in theaters on February 6. Watch the trailer beneath.
