The Strangers: May 30th
Bryan Bertino’s newest screenplay, The Strangers, will be released in Canada on May 30th. The extent to which the trailer reminded me of Vacancy, which i saw last summer at the drive-in, was actually so substantial that I ended up doing an IMDB look-up. I’m usually opposed to writers directing their own work as is the case with this film. The soundtrack looks particularly creepy and Bertino has said in an interview that the events are based on the Manson murders.
If the photos of the movie are any indication, Liv Tyler does an excellent job looking terrified. The trailer alone gave me goosebumps - but i have very little tolerance for the suspense/thriller genre. Sleepy Hollow gave me nightmares for weeks after a certain someone, after expressly promising not to because i otherwise would have refused to watch the film, yelled “AH!” at a most inopportune moment.
Do you think that the movie being loosely based on real events - or at least billed as such - will encourage or deter people from watching? I’m having problems coming to any conclusion on the subject as i don’t really see the appeal of scaring yourself. Is it the adrenaline rush? The way the banality of our own lives looks great by comparison? Our fascination with crimes, mine too if my addiction to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and CSI: New York are factored in, is particularly morbid. I’m thinking of those rubber-neckers whenever there is an accident who cause a traffic jam on the OTHER side of the road.
And, on a last, side rant: What is up with movie websites (you’ll note i have NOT linked to the official The Strangers website over this) requiring the most recent version of Flash? NO - I don’t want to download your crappy piece of software - Just give me a barebones alternative.
