The Strangers

Uninvited home intruders

The Strangers is a 2008 American horror film in which a couple is terrorized by three masked intruders at a remote vacation home.

The film popularized the home-invasion subgenre and spawned sequels.

The title refers to the attackers, whose motives remain unexplained—when asked why they're doing this, one replies: Because you were home.

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Elderly love remembered

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Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated R