# Les inconnus (2008)

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**Original title**: *The Strangers*
**Runtime**: 86 min
**Genres**: Horror
**Directed by**: Bryan Bertino
**Written by**: Bryan Bertino
**Starring**: Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman, Gemma Ward, Kip Weeks, Laura Margolis, Glenn Howerton

> *Lock the door. Pretend you're safe.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

4 a.m. knock. A summer cabin, half-empty whiskey bottle.

Two lovers hear outside: one voice, two, three, whispering through screen door cracks.

They hide but the masked knock again—closer.

A horror film that remembers the silence before the scream.

**Mood tags**: dread

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 6.1/10 (155327 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 50% · Metacritic 47/100

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