Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Graphic
- tense
- brutal
- stylish
- late night horror marathon
- halloween viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film stylish and atmospherically effective but undermined by a thin story and an overreliance on familiar genre tropes.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film emphasizes stylized nighttime compositions, a retro soundtrack, and imagery associated with John Carpenter-era horror.
The family arrives at a seemingly ordinary mobile home park and is attacked after the location becomes mysteriously deserted.
The Man in the Mask, Dollface, and another masked psychopath stalk the family without a conventional motive or explanation.
The family must navigate a deserted mobile home park, swimming pool, and surrounding darkness while trying to survive the killers.
Films like The Strangers: Prey at Night, and why
The Strangers
shared masked killers, home invasion horror, isolated domestic setting, and relentless slasher suspense
You're Next
shared survival horror, family conflict, masked attackers, and violent home invasion set pieces
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
shared rural isolation, pursuit horror, brutal slasher violence, and 1970s-inspired genre atmosphere
Movie Details
- Director
- Johannes Roberts
- Release Date
- 2018-03-07
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 (1551)
Cast
- Bailee Madison
- Christina Hendricks
- Martin Henderson
- Lewis Pullman
- Damian Maffei
- Emma Bellomy
- Lea Enslin
- Mary Louise Casanta
- Ken Strunk
- Rachel Kuhn
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Strangers: Prey at Night about?
- A fractured family fights back against three masked psychopaths during a nightmarish siege at a deserted mobile home park.
- What is The Strangers: Prey at Night like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Strangers: Prey at Night as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is The Strangers: Prey at Night violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Strangers: Prey at Night as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Strangers: Prey at Night?
- Critics broadly found the film stylish and atmospherically effective but undermined by a thin story and an overreliance on familiar genre tropes.
- Which films are like The Strangers: Prey at Night?
- Films with a similar feel include The Strangers, You're Next, and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
- How long is The Strangers: Prey at Night?
- The Strangers: Prey at Night runs 86 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Strangers: Prey at Night?
- In United States, The Strangers: Prey at Night streams on HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max.
