Maya Lucas is experiencing some deja vu in the new trailer for Renny Harlin’s The Strangers: Chapter 2. For good reason. She barely survived the events of the first movie, and now that she’s out of the hospital and back in the real world, she’s being stalked again by mysterious strangers who look awfully familiar.
The first movie in Harlin’s trilogy finds Madelaine Petsch returning as Maya Lucas, along with Gabriel Basso and Ema Horvath. Harlin shot all three movies back-to-back, and has said in the past that it’s best to see these films as “one 4.5 hour movie” than separate chapters.
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.
Lionsgate has to be pleased with what they saw from the first movie, which earned $48 worldwide on a budget of $8M. Reviews weren’t great, but The Strangers has a pretty loyal following that has stuck with it since the original movie in 2008 and the sequel in 2018.
The Strangers: Chapter 2 hits theaters on September 26th.
