Why I Won't See the Strangers

By: jessesp Mood: disappointed Date: 05/29/2008 16:23:43 Music: None

So I am sure by now you have all seen the previews for "The Strangers," the film staring Scott Speedman and Liv Tyler. The premise of the movie is that a young couple is accosted and presumably killed by three strangers who torture them for one night. Now this plot has obviously been seen before. It is the classic horror movie story. But where this goes above and beyond is when they call it "based on true events." They basically state that the story is based on events that happened to the Hoyt family after a friend's wedding in 2005.

Seeing this really spooked me out. So i went to investigate. It turns out, after reading several blog rolls and watching an interview with the director/writer, that this movie is based on the Manson murders! i find this to be totally outrageous and feel like they should not be allowed to say that the movie is based on real events just for marketing reasons. What a hoax, but I guess it still looks scary!