"You're Gonna Die!"

I really don't know why I'm following the developments in the release of The Strangers starring Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman other than it seems to be exactly like French horror thriller Ils, which I had a dubious pleasure of seeing at MIFF.

Below is the "Yellow Band" (fucked if I know what the hell that means. You crazy Americans and your crazy colour-coding) trailer for The Strangers and it certainly makes the film look more action oriented than the more psychologically mind-fucking Ils. I do quite love the trailer actually. It doesn't show so much violence as to possibly turn people off. I'd go so far as to say it's one of the best trailers of the year. It's positively fucked up and scary as hell at the same time.

One bit that seemed odd was when the knock at the door is heard and they say "Isn't it four in the morning?" or whatever they say (because knocks on doors are odd at 4am doncha know) yet they have just gotten all dressed up for, seemingly, a nice night out (dinner and a scary movie, perhaps?)

How Strange

This is a poster for the upcoming Liv Tyler/Scott Speedman film The Strangers. I normally wouldn't bother mentioning a film such as this, but I'm intrigued by it because it is the American remake of the French horror/thriller Ils, which I recently saw at MIFF. This version obviously focusing in on the "Liv Tyler fighting for her life" angle...


...as opposed to the first poster, which is one of the silliest/oddest/creepiest/perplexing posters I've seen in a long time. They didn't wear those masks in the original!


If it has any of the suspence and chills of Ils then it should be heartily scary experience. And for anyone who has seen the film, (spoilers if you haven't seen it) can they really keep such a, well, downbeat (that's a good description) ending or will they give it a Hollywood ending?

Hmmm... If you're commenting and you've seen Ils please use spoiler tags.