The Stranger

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.

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.

Funny the 4 first reviews was rated this movie with 10 stars, then followed up with some 8 stars reviews, and after that its only 1-4 stars, guess it was the filmcrew in the beginning who manipulate the ratings , and they did because this movie have absolute too many stars right now , its not a 4,0 movie, more like 3,2 and it will drop sooner or later

Low budget garbage, direction is on schooltheatre level, acting aswell, the story is even worse, its only strange, the production is perhaps the worst in this trash, camera is just wrong in so many situations, often too close, and sugar on top the teenage daughter look like 30 , and probably is

Not a good movie, mostly annoying.

I was initially lured to watching the 2022 horror movie "The Stranger" given the movie's somewhat interesting cover. I had never heard about this movie prior to watching it, so I didn't know what I was in for, so writers and directors Mike Clarke and Paul Gerrard had every opportunity to bedazzle and impress me.

The storyline in "The Stranger", as written by Mike Clarke and Paul Gerrard, started out okay, but about halfway through the 79 minutes, the movie started to lose its momentum and sort of went into a standstill of sorts. Sure, "The Stranger" was watchable, but it was hardly an outstanding, memorable or particularly scary horror experience.

I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in "The Stranger", but the actors and actresses put on fairly adequate performances, given the scope of the contents of script and storyline. It is a relatively small cast ensemble, with the majority of the movie just revolving around Damien Ashley (playing Kyle), Jennifer K. Preston (playing Amanda) and Isabella Percival (playing Karli).

Visually then "The Stranger" is a low-key movie. There wasn't much of any special effects being used throughout the course of the 79 minutes that the movie ran for. Not that the movie really needed special effects, as it wasn't such a movie.

Watchable for what it was, "The Stranger" came and went without leaving a lasting impression on me. The best thing about "The Stranger", actually, was the cover. "The Stranger" offers nothing that haven't already been done or seen in many other home-invasion movies before it. And it was sort of anti-climatic that you never get to know what those darkened human-like creatures actually were.

My rating of "The Stranger" from writers and directors Mike Clarke and Paul Gerrard lands on a four out of ten stars.

Please note anyone giving this over a 1 is obviously something to do with the production because believe me this is absolutely terrible, the acting is poor the story is poor the whole thing is terrible, save yourself some time and watch anything else. I am a big horror movie fan and don't mind low budget what I do mind is no story and absolute sub par actors. And that's what this garbage is. Hopefully they will improve but i just can't see it. The worst character/actor is the main guy who's supposed to be menacing and scary but just comes across as irritating and not scary in the slightest a sad sloppy character.