Is The Strangers The Most Terrifying Horror Movie Of The 2000s?

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It takes a lot to terrify horror fans. People who have seen every film from Halloween to Hereditary don't even flinch at jump scares, big reveals, or killers in masks chasing down the main and minor characters. While some people find this genre to be too much, as watching slashers and ghost stories feel too intense, others can't get enough and always want to see what new filmmakers are bringing to the genre.

In the 2008 horror movie The Strangers, Kristen McKay (Liv Tyler) and James Hoyt (Scott Speedman) have just gone to a wedding and things are falling apart in their relationship. Audiences find out that James proposed and Kristen said no, and they're both emotional and hurt. But when they plan to sleep at the house where James grew up, that's when things get terrifying. Is The Strangers the scariest horror movie of recent years? It definitely seems like it.

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There are scientific reasons why some movies are scary, and it's definitely a fascinating subject. What terrifies one person might not worry the next at all, and some people enjoy the experience of being scared and watching every horror film under the sun while some would prefer to stick to comedies and romance. Chances are that most people who have seen The Strangers can agree that it's a horrifying tale.

There are some horror movies based on true events and The Strangers seems like it could really happen. According to PopSugar, the director Bryan Bertino had a scary experience when he was younger, and he knew that this could make for an interesting and scary movie. Bertino said, «As a kid, I lived in a house on a street in the middle of nowhere. One night, while our parents were out, somebody knocked on the front door