Liv Tyler Returns for THE STRANGERS 2
A sequel to the horror slasher film The Strangers has been discussed for a long time now. Until today I thought the film had already been in production. Apparently it’s taken longer than expected to get The Strangers 2 off the ground. But it looks like Relativity Studios got one of their key players back. According to bloody-disgusting Liv Tyler is locked in to reprise her role as Kristen McKay. The rest of the films casting should be coming soon.
For those of you who have seen the first film this may come as a surprise, because SPOILER ALERT she was stabbed to death. Or so we thought. It been two years since the original film was released and it makes me wonder how many people actually remember it. I actually enjoyed the first film, I thought it was a well made horror/slasher film especially compared to most films in this genre; this had a genuine creepy factor to it that I liked. Sure the characters were stupid as hell, but most characters in this genre are.
The first movie was made for only $10 million bucks and it made over $80 million so it seems like if they can continue to keep the budget low this will be another decent money maker.
The writer and director of the original film Bryan Bertino came back to only write the sequel, he will not direct it. Laurent Briet is taking over the directing duties, he doesn’t have a lot of experience directing, this is his first feature film, but the best way to learn is to actually get behind the camera. An early draft of the script places the killers from the original film in some sort of abandoned park.
Did you like the first film?