The Strangers: Chapter 1Trailer: Madelaine Petsch and Froy Gutierrez Battle Masked Killers in Horror Reboot

Mar. 15, 2025

The Strangersfranchise is back to haunt your nightmares.

On Friday, Lionsgate released the trailer for its upcoming movieThe Strangers: Chapter 1, a reboot of the 2008 psychological horror movie that starred Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman as a couple whose vacation home is broken into.

The trailer for the new movie, which starsRiverdale’sMadelaine PetschandTeen Wolf’s Froy Gutierrez, showcases the two stars as a couple whose idyllic anniversary vacation getaway goes wrong when a group of masked killers invade the home they are staying in.

The pair are shown enjoying a quiet getaway in a small town during a road trip for their five-year anniversary — albeit, with the town’s locals giving them odd looks — when a child knocks at their door, asking for a woman named Tamara. Though they send the child away, Petsch’s character is later shown showering while a masked killer watches her — and three masked killers subsequently capture the couple.

Madelaine Petsch in The Strangers: Chapter 1.John Armour/Lionsgate

John Armour/Lionsgate

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The Strangers: Chapter 1.John Armour/Lionsgate

“And the way the third movie ends, if people thought that the original movie ended in a titillating way because Liv Tyler sort of gasps in the end of that. And you question, like, ‘Did she live, what happened?’ " Harlin told the outlet. “If you thought that was thought-provoking, I think that when the third movie ends, you are like, ‘Oh my God, what’s, what’s gonna happen now?'“The Strangers: Chapter 1is in theaters May 17.

source: people.com