The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024)
The Strangers: Chapter 1
”A young couple stranded in a small town face terror from masked strangers in a remote cabin.”
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After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple (Madelaine Petsch and Froy Gutierrez) are forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motive in The Strangers: Chapter 1, the chilling first entry of this horror feature-film series from master director Renny Harlin.
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