According to director Renny Harlin, who filmed all threeparts of this horror trilogy back-to-back-to-back, The Strangers: Chapter 1is not a prequel to the taut 2008 film, The Strangers, but the start ofa new story “inspired by” the original. ...

The first of a planned trilogy, The Strangers: Chapter 1 lacks the surprise factor and controlled craft of the original horror

Just like the 2008 original, but worse.

New remake “The Strangers: Chapter 1” does a huge disservice to its fantastic predecessor, offering up a masterclass of preposterousness and inanity instead.

Masked creeps from 2008 film torment young couple in a stylish, satisfying thrill ride.

A new slasher trilogy begins, but is this a bloody triumph or a false start?

As pointless as it is pitiless, "The Strangers: Chapter 1" is one of the most cynical horror reboots in recent memory. But it's outperforming the far more entertaining "Abigail" and far better crafted "The First Omen," and even puts Sydney Sweeney's "Immaculate" out to pasture at the box office. Just underlines what every new "Planet…

The grimly effective 2008 home invasion shocker gets a strange semi-remake that sucks out all of the suspense

'The Strangers: Chapter 1,' the first of a new prequel trilogy for the home-invasion horror series, shows that director Renny Harlin can keep the franchise alive.

This mask-wearing slasher kicks off a new horror trilogy in impressively unsettling style.

Director Renny Harlin’s new trilogy starts off better than the original, but might need more to keep viewers engaged. 

Renny Harlin directs the horror reboot "The Strangers: Chapter 1," the first in a pre-planned trilogy of films that revisits the original premise.

Harlin’s fans will be left wanting more from a prequel that is content to offer up scares that align more with the consumability of multipart box office outings

Largely goes through the motions, often feeling like a faded copy of the first film. 

Lionsgate's "The Strangers" spinoff is neither prequel nor sequel, and begins with a well-constructed retread of the 2008 horror film. Review.

Rebooting and expanding upon Bryan Bertino's chilling 2008 horror film in a brand new trilogy, all installments already shot as part of one continuous,

Slasher movie sequels have never necessarily been lauded for their originality, but this one's approach is liable to induce déjà vu.

Intended to kick-start a new trilogy of films, 'The Strangers - Chapter 1,' starring Madelaine Petsch and Froy Gutierrez, is a weak retread of the 2008 original.