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The Strangers: Prey at Night

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Mike and his wife Cindy take their son and daughter on a road trip that becomes their worst nightmare. The family members soon find themselves in a desperate fight for survival when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park that's mysteriously deserted -- until three masked psychopaths show up to satisfy their thirst for blood.
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The Strangers: Prey at Night may appeal to fans of the original who've been jonesing for a sequel, but its thin story and ironic embrace of genre tropes add up to a bloody step back.

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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader Mar 9, 2020
Grimly efficient sequel to the 2008 shocker The Strangers. Go to Full Review
Amy West Empire Magazine May 5, 2018
2/5
With its infuriatingly dim-witted characters and generic slasher movie feel, The Strangers: Prey At Night is a surprisingly tame and forgettable rehash. Go to Full Review
Kevin Maher The Times (UK) May 4, 2018
0/5
No tension, no drama, no interest, no scares, no emotional involvement and no motive. No chance. Go to Full Review
Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies Aug 25, 2022
1.5/5
The movie is a wash of reprocessed horror gimmicks which we’ve all seen over and over. Go to Full Review
Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Mar 14, 2022
3.5/4
Prey at Night makes the audience feel everything it wants us to, and what's more, it outdoes the original in every way, making for an unexpected, satisfying slasher - a rarity to be sure. Go to Full Review
Eve Tushnet Patheos Jun 5, 2021
I loved watching this film, for one reason and one reason only: it is gorgeous. Go to Full Review
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Allyssa Deleon Apr 21, 2025 Hated it, walked out. See more Rowan C @RowanC3 2 days ago The Strangers: Prey at Night was not a better movie than the first, but I still enjoyed watching it. This family traveled to Catlin's Lake and stayed at a trailer park. The 3 masked killers had everything already set up when they got there, and they immediately started attacking. What makes this movie worse than the first was the lack of stalking. I had way more anxiety in the first movie than I did in this one because they started killing right away. I do like that these two siblings, Kinsey (Bailee Madison) and Luke (Lewis Pullman), decided to fight back. They managed to take out all of the killers, and they both survived that treacherous night. Again, I think both of these movies are hated way too much, and I thought they were both good. Speaking of anxiety, I also thought this movie lacked a bit of suspense, but I get that they were going for more of a "fight back" situation. Overall, I still liked this movie, but it does lack some things that the first movie did perfectly. See more Benjamin W @Code70 4 days ago This was like… genuinely bad. Color me shocked, because that’s not what I heard. I had on good authority that this was an improvement over the decent but heavily flawed original. But wow, am I stunned to find that not only do I not think that, but I actually think it’s bad, too. Everybody talks about how stupid the characters were in the original- and they were right- but I think they were even dumber here. Some infuriatingly dim-witted decisions here. And to that point, none of the logistics hold up at all here. Again, I know the first one didn’t exactly have an immaculate script, but so many times, things happened where I would think “What? That doesn’t make any sense!”. Just all throughout the movie, in terms of who was where when, how the Strangers knew this and that, and so on. And my gosh, was the ending dragged out. And again, logistically made no sense. So yeah. I really am surprised. I went in expecting a solid- if not spectacular- sequel, and what I got was anything but. See more B P @Bradster69 Sep 1, 2026 Not Bad, but Not My Favorite See more J H @UpstateNYThriller Jul 22, 2026 6.5/10 Slasher, suspense Goth girl on vacation, mad at family Slasher, trailer park vacation home. Good sequel 6.5/10 See more The W @TheWagners Jul 4, 2026 The movie is more ambitious than the first. The plot is typical but meh. The soundtrack is what makes this movie shine, it had awesome scenes with the killers but my gosh the main character is dumb and irritating. Overall the movie was very meh watchable but only once. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Mike and his wife Cindy take their son and daughter on a road trip that becomes their worst nightmare. The family members soon find themselves in a desperate fight for survival when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park that's mysteriously deserted -- until three masked psychopaths show up to satisfy their thirst for blood.
Director
Johannes Roberts
Producer
James Harris, Wayne Marc Godfrey, Mark Lane, Robert Jones, Ryan Kavanaugh
Screenwriter
Bryan Bertino, Ben Ketai
Distributor
Aviron Pictures
Production Co
Rogue Pictures, Relativity Media
Rating
R (Language|Horror Violence|Terror Throughout)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 9, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
May 22, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$24.4M
Runtime
1h 25m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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