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the strangers (2008)
although being overall disappointed, i will say the film certainly had its merits.
they did an incredible job of building tension in the first 40 minutes or so, well-paced and subtle. it also looks really good, shot with an abundance of hand-held camera work and soft, orange light, both of which impressively add to the tension. after being quite impressed up until this point, the film just kind of stayed there, started throwing in gimmicks, and failing to deliver anything else of interest. it just started to get boring.
so what started off as a truly creepy, sinister film with a lot of potential ended as a mediocre disappointment that impressed me just a little more than the rest of the "blah" horror/torture/etc. films coming out today, and that's only because of what they did in the first part of it.
seeing it in theaters was fun for a while, but wasn't worth $9.50.
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