While there are many different ways one can approach putting together a horror pic, the ones that we can see as easily taking place in the real world are arguably those that frighten and resonate with moviegoers most. Sure, there’s always going to be the debate regarding whether ghosts actually exist, but any given person could easily find themselves caught up in unfortunate situations similar to those depicted in The Strangers franchise.
Really, even though it’s been quite some time since the first installment debuted in theaters, its followup, Prey at Night, serves as a chilling reminder of that very notion. Still, one has to wonder how much of the sequel is based on “true events” or if it’s just riding the premise of the original.
Not meaning to get too sidetracked, but the events that inspired the first film were not of people making sure someone’s home so that they can be toyed with and killed, but rather, someone knocking on doors to see if someone wasn’t at home so that the place could be robbed. Seriously, that’s the truth. However, some true crime cases are rumored to have served as inspiration, as well.
But I digress. A handful of new images (seen above) have been brought to light today thanks to the folks over at Social News XYZ, further painting a picture, as the synopsis describes, of “a family’s road trip [that] takes a dangerous turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park to stay with some relatives and find it mysteriously deserted. Under the cover of darkness, three masked psychopaths pay them a visit to test the family’s every limit as they struggle to survive.”
Suffice it to say, we now have even more reason to check out The Strangers: Prey at Night when it arrives in theaters on March 9.