The Strangers franchise has three movies, and one ranks higher than the rest. The four simple words, " because you were home ," sparked fear into the hearts of moviegoers with the release of the first film in 2008, as three masked killers wreaked havoc on a secluded couple with seemingly no motive.

The Strangers was loosely based on experiences that director Bryan Bertino had when he was young, and it shot the home invasion subgenre of horror into the spotlight. Not only is that genre still popular 16 years later, but The Strangers franchise is also still going strong. The Strangers: Chapter 2 , the second movie in a trilogy that was filmed back-to-back-to-back, just hit theaters in late September of 2025.

Director Renny Harlin has said he considers all three movies to be one

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