The Strangers (film series)

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The Strangers film series consists of American psychological horror films. Based on an original story by Bryan Bertino, the plot centers on three masked psycho-sociopathic home invaders that prey on the innocent owners. Though the first film was marketed as "based on a true story", this was a slight misdirect as the filmmaker stated that he wrote the concept from a series of break-in burglaries that took place in his neighborhood when he was growing up, as well as borrowing elements from the Manson Family Tate murders. Continuing this marketing technique, a "based on a true story" tag was also included at the beginning of the sequels. The first film was initially met with mixed critical reception upon its release. The film had a worldwide theatrical gross of $83,051,676 against a $9,000,000 production budget. Following the announcement of a new film, some critics had since described the original as a cult classic. Conversely, its sequel was met with mixed reception with criticism directed...

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