Ross Bonaime is the Senior Film Editor at Collider. He is a Virginia-based critic, writer, and editor who has written about all forms of entertainment for Paste Magazine, Brightest Young Things, ...
It may be hard to believe, but there was a time when people said Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ “Watchmen” would be impossible to film. After all, it was the “Citizen Kane” of superhero comics, a ...
Many of us have a story about the first time we watched Bryan Bertino’s The Strangers, a movie that fundamentally changed me as a horror film freak. I saw it opening weekend in 2008, coinciding with ...
Froy Gutierrez and Madelaine Petsch in 'The Strangers: Chapter 1' Photo Credit: John Armour for Lionsgate The landscape of horror cinema is strewn with sequels, prequels, reboots, and remakes—many of ...
“The Strangers - Chapter 1” is the third film in an ongoing franchise, following the surprise hit of 2008’s “The Strangers” and its diminishing-returns 2018 sequel, “The Strangers: Prey at Night.” The ...
Bryan Bertino’s 2008 horror classic “The Strangers” was not unlike Monty Python’s Spanish Inquisition: Its chief weapon was surprise. Surprise and fear. And ruthless efficiency. It came from out of ...
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Bryan Bertino’s The Strangers wasn’t the first home-invasion horror movie, but it arguably set the mold for any contemporary filmmaker who wanted to enter that storytelling realm. Whether it be the ...
“Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1” marks Kevin Costner’s return to the Western genre that brung ‘im into stardom nearly 40 years ago. This first part constitutes a stern handshake agreement with ...