The Stranger

This seems to be a concept movie from a new studio/director. And so must be taken with a pinch of salt, it's not a 10 by a some way, but not a 1 either.

Story - there isn't one. The opening scene draws you in thinking oh what's happened, seems daft but let's see. But by the end I'm still scratching my head on what the story was. It has the old classic family member dies, let's move to a remote country house with no neighbours.

Acting - on the whole is mediocre, but the script can be blamed for that. Some really awful conversations between mother and daughter including one near the beginning. Mother asks daughter to look out for signs as she is driving. They are on a single track driveway to the property, your not going to be looking out for signs. This is just one example of a number of poorly written exchanges. But there are points where it improves sligtly.

Music - usuall suspense horror music, with the annoying tones when something is about to happen. But acceptable.

Overall - I'm not going to watch this one again, it's longer than it needs to be but there is some good concepts. Probably should be lower in my ratings but suggest giving it a go anyway.

That genre being - tiny budget, single location, handful of actors - horror.

Think Hellraiser and A Dark Song and X, on a shoestring.

It's a first time full feature - though Mike and Paul have been around awhile.

And if you take that into account the flaws can be excused.

The acting, it's not quite there, but it's generally prett good. A little more experience, whether from them, or the directors, or the script, and you can see it could have been great.

Effects, not much obvious, the few clear examples are more about turning the concepts into costume/makeup - and that was well done.

Originally titled Karli, the name change was a good idea, until another film came out with the same name last year!

Nicely leaves things open for a prequel and sequel(s).

The Hunters are coming...

Full disclosure, I've known one of the directors for a number of years.

Not a bad effort from a small budget. There was a gradual build up of fear throughout, and there was a mystery that kept my attention.

Some of the dialogue could have been better written. The early tension between mother and daughter added nothing positive to the film. It probably would have been better if the mother was a stronger person, not relying on alcohol and pills.

And there were a few plot holes, that others have mentioned here in their reviews.

Although it would have been better if the characters had been more likable so we would feel more concern for them, it was still very frightening and the scenes during the night were nicely directed.

What a terrible, terrible absolute piece of crap movie. I gave it a fair chance, but should have known better. I don't understand how somebody can concoct such a horrible "movie" and is not ashamed o unleash it upon humanity. A piece of advice to others checking IMBD ratings before watching something. If the reviews are basically divided between 1 and 10 you know that something is fishy and most probably the ones are those to go by. You watch this "masterpiece" until the end and wonder what you have been watching. No coherent story. Nothing scary if just the experience of watching this out which is shocking enough on it's own. There should be the option of giving zero minuses as there seem to be no bottom to what producers nowadays come up with, and when you think it can't get worse one is proved wrong.

The concept could have been a lot more interesting if we got more details about what's going on. Like who are the mysterious things chasing the man? I wish he would have developed theories or learned little details, and ideas about them as he was on the run. We don't learn much about them, just that they develop an interest in people and hunt them down. We have no idea why either.

Like it wasn't a terrible film, but it also didn't leave much of an impression on me either. I'll probably forget I watched it. The acting was very average, nothing special, but the dialogue was really awkward in places.