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The Strangers: Chapter 2

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The Strangers are back -- more brutal and relentless than ever. When they learn that one of their victims, Maya (Madelaine Petsch), is still alive, they return to finish what they've started. With nowhere to run and no one to trust, Maya must survive another horrific chapter of terror as The Strangers -- driven by a senseless, unceasing purpose -- pursue her, more than willing to kill anyone who stands in their way.
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A tired and tensionless slog, Chapter 2 squanders its potential for suspense with lazy storytelling, predictable scares, and a complete misunderstanding of what makes The Strangers so terrifying.

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While not quite the ride-or-die friend you might have hoped for, The Strangers: Chapter 2 is solidly acted and delivers enough tension to satisfy fans of the jump-scare chase.

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Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times With little furtherance of the plot beyond confusing flashbacks to a creepy childhood triad, “Chapter 2” is hackneyed and silly, relying heavily on Petsch’s sneakily resilient scream queen. Sep 30, 2025 Full Review Dennis Harvey Variety Taken purely as a boilerplate thrill-ride, the sequel really isn’t half bad. A reliable craftsman who’s rarely dull, Harlin gets solid mileage from mostly dialogue-free setpieces. Sep 26, 2025 Full Review William Bibbiani TheWrap 'The Strangers: Chapter 2' is an improvement on 'The Strangers: Chapter 1.' Then again, a moderate case of food poisoning is an improvement on a severe one. Sep 26, 2025 Full Review Cody Leach Cody Leach (YouTube) This trilogy feels like it's trolling us at this point. A 90-minute chase sequence where nothing happens but a wildly out of place CGI boar fight and a hint of an answer to a question no-one was asking. Waste of Time: Chapter 2... Rated: 1.5/5 Oct 17, 2025 Full Review Calum Cooper Movies We Texted About There are only so many ways one can describe a film as cruel, exhausting and inept as this one as cruel, exhausting or inept before they simply lose the will to live. Rated: 1/5 Oct 12, 2025 Full Review Rachel Shatto Bloody Good Horror (Podcast) Madelaine Petsch continues to give a great scream queen performance — she really leaves it all on the field — but the rest of the movie just doesn’t meet her on that level. Oct 9, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Cj F Fun movie I enjoyed it. I like chase scenes and suspense and it provided both. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/21/25 Full Review Mad Adams Worse than Chapter One and Chapter One was trash 😆 Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/18/25 Full Review Caroline So boring, just a chase movie, nothing crazy. Not scary at all. First one was great, this one sucked and yet they want a part 3 Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/18/25 Full Review Miami Steve Lord help us all. I think this was an Ai ChatGpt script Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/17/25 Full Review Stickface Liked So much action Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/17/25 Full Review Daniela No plot, empty movie Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/15/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis The Strangers are back -- more brutal and relentless than ever. When they learn that one of their victims, Maya (Madelaine Petsch), is still alive, they return to finish what they've started. With nowhere to run and no one to trust, Maya must survive another horrific chapter of terror as The Strangers -- driven by a senseless, unceasing purpose -- pursue her, more than willing to kill anyone who stands in their way.
Director
Renny Harlin
Producer
Courtney Solomon, Mark Canton, Christopher Milburn, Gary Raskin, Alastair Burlingham, Charlie Dombek
Screenwriter
Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland
Distributor
Lionsgate
Production Co
Lionsgate, Fifth Element
Rating
R (Language|Bloody Violence)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 26, 2025, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 14, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA)
$13.6M
Runtime
1h 36m
Aspect Ratio
Digital 2.39:1
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