No, 'The Strangers: Chapter 2' Will Not Sell You on the Trilogy

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In preparing to examine the second installment in this trilogy, I reread my own words about The Strangers: Chapter 1 . It was refreshing to see my opinion hadn’t changed, but a bit upsetting to think my fresher criticism would be mostly the same. The second installment has arrived and with it, the same issues: these movies have abandoned a lot of what their inspiration created in favor of a rural slasher, and Chapter 2 makes it even more egregious by leaning even farther into something it has no intention of delivering on. But, like the first one, The Strangers: Chapter 2 is a well-crafted horror flick with well-shot slasher scenes and a lead that’s easy to root for.

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