As for the strangers, all they need to be is terrifying, a task at which they consistently excel. Just make sure to stay through the credits. That is, if you haven’t already rushed home to bolt the doors.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 14, 2024

Not bold enough, it wasn't different enough, it wasn't exciting enough.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10 | Jun 11, 2024

There's nothing new here.

Full Review | Jun 11, 2024

The Strangers: Chapter 1 is a generic and boring slasher with a fundamental misunderstanding of its source material.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 11, 2024

Renny Harlin’s reimagining of Bryan Bertino’s 2008 psychological thriller is thin on scares and plot

Full Review | Jun 9, 2024

...exceedingly (and perhaps excessively) familiar territory that’s employed to periodically watchable yet progressively underwhelming effect...

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 7, 2024

It smartly utilises all the tropes of a good horror but does so with an extra layer of intelligence that elevates it beyond its shlocky potential.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 6, 2024

Blunted by horror clichés and dumbness...

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 4, 2024

Chapter 1 may offer some nostalgic value, but it largely comes across as a redundant exercise.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 4, 2024

“The Strangers: Chapter 1” (2024) is for anyone who saw “The Strangers” (2008) and thought, “I’d like to see this movie, but wish the actors were a little less famous.”

Full Review | May 30, 2024

There's not a lot of gore, it's more of a thriller.

Full Review | Original Score: B | May 30, 2024

Harlin approaches the material with respect for the genre, both honouring it and subverting it where needed.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 30, 2024

Personally, nihilistic horror hits me as more unpleasant and depressing than engagingly scary. Such bleakness bleeds out tension, making for a remake that is merciless but also exhaustingly familiar.

Full Review | May 29, 2024

More of a shrug than anything else, but it also feels unfair to judge what is essentially just the first act of a much longer film.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 28, 2024

Just sixteen years after The Strangers hit theaters, this admittedly well-executed copy does little more than increase our appreciation for the original films.

Full Review | Original Score: C | May 26, 2024

The Strangers: Chapter 1 is a compendium of bad ideas, shot through with a nasty line in creepy misogyny. There is nothing here that a hundred other films haven't already done better.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | May 26, 2024

The scares aren’t scary, the gore isn’t especially nasty, and there’s very little reason for us to care about the two people running around screaming.

Full Review | May 25, 2024

Clearly intended for younger viewers and those unfamiliar with Bertino's original, Renny Harlin's remake is well-shot, albeit too reliant on jump scares. Petsch is a solid Final Girl in a film that exists mostly to lay the foundation for the next 2 films

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 24, 2024

“The Strangers: Chapter 1” attempts, unsuccessfully, to delve into the idea that evil, must make some sense. Or that horror, at least, must lead somewhere. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: C- | May 23, 2024

... Effective in manifesting its modest aspirations. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 23, 2024