The final example of a call back to the “Halloween” franchise is the way that Dollface meets her end. Although not exactly like a scene where Michael Myers uses a sheet to lure a victim to their grim end, in “Halloween” it had a…sexier connotation to the scene. This was depicted by the Dollface’s constant slow walk towards her victims and even the usage of a butchers knife as her main weapon of choice.Īnother scene that is noteworthy is the use of a sheet to hide the Dollface Killer drawing Kinsey closer until it was time for her to leap out. Slowly stalking down his victims with a confident swagger. Michael had a way of being everywhere and nowhere. The “Dollface Stranger” ( Emma Bellomy) is a call back to “Halloween” villain Michael Myers. The Man in the Mask wasn’t the only killer who resembled one of the horror greats. But with the inclusion of the Jason reference, it makes the scene bearable. On its own, without the reference to the Friday the 13th movies, it is a pretty eye-roll worthy. His face burned (similar to Jason in Friday the 13: Part III), he continues to drive the burning vehicle after Kinsey ( BaileeMadison), the main protagonist in the sequel. In “Strangers: Prey at Night” this was best depicted when The Man in the Mask is set on fire by an exploding car. Jason in the Friday the 13th movies had inhuman strength and the ability to take a consistent brutal beating and still march on. Although the choice for the burlap sack was chosen in the first movie, it is worth noting for further references later in the article that “The Man in the Mask” is a tribute to Jason. In Friday the 13th: Part II, a pre-hockey mask Jason Voorhees dawned a burlap sack over his head to protect the viewer from his hideous appearance. If you do choose to see this movie, maybe you’ll be able to enjoy it for what it is: a B rate movie using a popular property to pay tribute to the 80’s slasher. The movie is not good, but instead of joining the crowd in trashing this terrible movie, I decided to provide for our dear readers some of the moments that the director threw in our faces to pay tribute to some of the classic horror movies. The movie has a 37% on rotten tomatoes right now. This is more of a celebration of 80’s slasher movies. My date and I began to talk about the communication of horror movies across the genre, and how this movie is less of a plot-driven thriller as its predecessor. The cinematography is also interestingly similar to 80’s horror, focusing more on the villain’s perspective and less from the victims. The plots rarely made much sense, and the shallowness of the protagonists left the villains open to massacring their victims without establishing a deep emotional connection. These movies were focused less on the mental torment of the victims and more on the direct terror of unstoppable monsters chasing their victims down. The movie really wasn’t meant to “make sense.” Johannes Roberts approach, filming, and narrative show many similarities to 80’s horror slashers. Director Johannes Roberts, who was not the director of the first film, set out on a mission to make it painstakingly clear that he was making an 80’s slasher homage.Īs I tried to explain to my date, whom I saw this movie with. Then there is the sequel “The Strangers: Prey at Night,” a blatantly bad movie, that takes our beloved Strangers and transports them into a 1980’s slasher tribute. The Strangers were everywhere and nowhere, tormenting our duo throughout the night by using the environment around them to keep Kristen and James feeling like nowhere was safe. The film left you on the edge of your seat, hoping beyond hope that our lovely protagonists would survive the night. The acting of the beautiful Liv Tyler as Kristen and Scott Speedman as James transported us into a world of mental, emotional pain due a declined marriage proposal and then again into an utter nightmare. This disorientation left us darting to the corners of the screen as if we were the protagonists. Through its beautiful cinematography, the viewer is given just enough to see, yet not enough to see EVERYTHING. “ The Strangers” is debatably a modern horror classic. “ The Strangers: Prey at Night” had big shoes to fill after the release of the original in 2008.
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