Parents Guide for
The Strangers (2008)

A man rubs a woman's thigh, he puts his hand up her dress, removes her panties (we see her bare thigh) and the man unfastens his belt (they are interrupted by knocking at the door). A man unzips a woman's dress (her bare back is seen), we see a woman in a bathtub (her bare shoulders and legs are visible), we see a woman's bare back as she zips up a nightgown, and we see a woman wearing a shirt and panties as she pulls up a pair of pants. A man and woman kiss. A man and woman hug passionately.

A man shoots a man in the head with a shotgun (blood splatter drips down a wall, and we see that the body is missing part of its skull and face and it lies in a pool of blood and matter); we see the corpse several other times throughout the film. A man stabs a man in the stomach twice with a knife, causing him to moan in pain; we see some blood on the man's shirt, but no visible wound. A woman stabs a man in the stomach twice with a knife. A teenager stabs a man in the stomach with a knife. A woman screams off-camera, implying that she it being stabbed. A man lies dead in a pool of blood, he has bloody cuts on his face, and his shirt is covered in blood. A man grabs a woman and slams her head into a wall, she falls and we see a bleeding cut on her cheek. A man is thrown violently to the floor (there's no blood and he is still conscious). A man runs toward another man, and we hear a thud, implying that he hit the man. A woman who is tied to a chair struggles to free herself, she has a large cut on her face which bleeds and a man who is also tied to a chair has many cuts on his face which are also bleeding. A woman, whose face and clothing are bloody, screams. A woman cuts her hand on broken glass and we see her hand covered in blood. A man bandages a woman's bloody hand. A man pushes a woman back to the ground to prevent her from looking at a dead body. A woman trips and falls into a hole, twisting her ankle and she moans in pain. We hear a man scream in pain, and a woman screams. There is blood splattered on a wall, we see a knife covered in blood, a man wipes blood off a knife, and a man drags a semi-conscious woman, leaving a trail of blood. There are many instances throughout the film where people in masks appear abruptly, startling the audience. A man hears loud knocking at the door, he approaches the door and an ax head breaks through from the other side. A woman smashes a radio with an ax. A couple speeds away in a car, and they are chased by a truck that smashes into the rear of the car, disabling it. A man in a parked car is startled by a rock thrown through his windshield (we do not see who threw the rock). A man fires a gun at a door, trying to hit someone on the other side. A voiceover provides statistics about violent crime.

8 F-words, 1 scatological term, 1 mild obscenity, name-calling (jerk), 1 religious exclamation

People drink alcohol at a party, a man and a woman drink champagne from a bottle, a woman drinks a beer, we see an inebriated man, and a man drinks alcohol and then immediately drives a car. A woman smokes cigarettes several times throughout the film.

The movie has very little graphic violence compared to most horror films. However, it is quite emotionally disturbing, as it depicts sociopathic killers deliberately instilling fear in their victims before killing them for fun. The overall effect is definitely frightening and intense. From a guy that very rarely curses, the masks are FU(K!N scary. I, at 37 years old, must admit, that I had a nightmare and my wife, 35 years old, had one nightmare about this movie. Not recommended for anyone that doesn't ride roller coasters, pisses themselves when they see a poster for a scary movie, or a kid or young adult under the age of 20.