First Trailer for Renny Harlin’s New Horror ‘The Strangers: Chapter 1’
by Alex Billington March 1, 2024Source: YouTube
“Why are you doing this to us?!” “Because you’re here.” Lionsgate has revealed the first official trailer for a horror sequel titled The Strangers: Chapter 1, arriving in theaters starting this May. It’s the next sequel in The Strangers horror series, but it’s also the start of a brand new trilogy, sort of a re-imagining but using the same premise of creepy, masked people showing up at a home. Madelaine Petsch & Froy Gutierrez star as a couple who come into contact with the three psychopathic masked strangers while on a roadtrip through Oregon. Serving as the third film in The Strangers series created by Bryan Bertino, it’s also the first installment of a new trilogy of standalone sequel films, where Chapter 1 will follow a similar premise to the the first film and takes place in the same continuity as the first two installments. This is directed by action master Renny Harlin, best known for Die Hard 2 and Deep Blue Sea, among many other action classics. The cast also includes Gabriel Basso & Ema Horvath. Looks crazy scary! Watch out for the masked wierdos.
Here’s the first official trailer (+ poster) for Renny Harlin’s The Strangers: Chapter 1, from YouTube:
After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple (Madelaine Petsch & Froy Gutierrez) are forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues when they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motive in Chapter 1, the chilling first entry of this upcoming horror feature film series. The Strangers: Chapter 1 is directed by the prolific Finnish action filmmaker Renny Harlin, director of many, many films previously including Born American, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger, Cutthroat Island, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Deep Blue Sea, Mindhunters, Exorcist: The Beginning, The Covenant, Cleaner, 12 Rounds, 5 Days of War, Devil’s Pass, The Legend of Hercules, Skiptrace, Bodies at Rest, The Misfits, Class Reunion 3, The Refuge, and The Bricklayer previously. The screenplay is written by Alan R. Cohen & Alan Freedland; from a story by Bryan Bertino. Based on the original The Strangers (2008) written by Bryan Bertino. It’s produced by Courtney Solomon, Mark Canton, Christopher Milburn, Gary Raskin, Alastair Burlingham, Charlie Dombek. Lionsgate debuts The Strangers: Chapter 1 in theaters nationwide starting May 17th, 2024 this summer.
