Wednesday
14May2008
Strange New 'Strangers' Poster
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 7:23PM
The first real counterprogramming of the summer was not originally intended
to be competing against Sex and the City: The Movie, though it was
initially supposed to be sort of summer counterprogramming.
The new terror flick
The Strangers was supposed to be an July 2007 release
once upon a time, and then it was shelved until the fall. Now it winds up here
in late May. Whether it needed to be shoved back a few months or
whether it's good enough to compete with the blockbusters is still up in the
air.
I can tell you that critics may get a chance to see it (here in Phoenix,
the press screening is exactly the same time as Sex, and they're the only major
releases of the week; way to go, everybody!), which could bode well for the why-don't-you-people-ever-listen-don't-you-know-by-now-that-only-bad-things-happen-when-you-go-into-the-woods
movie, which stars
Liv Tyler and
Scott Speedman as a well-off couple terrorized
on their weekend in the country.
Maybe it's exactly like Funny Games, in which case, everyone involved will
lose a ton of money. But I suspect it will have a component of the American
torture film, which may not mean more box office if the movies of Eli Roth are
any indication, but at least it might give some in the audience a sick delight
or two.
Here's a new poster for The Strangers we were hipped to by
IMP Awards.
Apparently, it's a bus stop poster. But I'd hope they'd use this for theater
advertising as well. It's crrrreeeepy.
The Strangers finally hits theaters on May 30th.
Colin Boyd | Permalink | in Horror Movies, Posters, The Strangers | Print Article | Email Article | 1 Comment | Share Article
Reader Comments (1)
good thing it's still early in the day, so maybe I will forget this before I try and go to sleep.