and James Hoyt (Scott Speedman) at his family’s secluded vacation home. But after leaving a friend’s wedding reception and returning to the house, everything had changed for Kristen and James. And then came the knock at the front door. Is Tamara at home? Writer/director Bryan Bertino explores our most universal—and human—fears in The Strangers, a horrifying suspense thriller about a couple who are targeted by three dangerous masked strangers. The resulting clashes force Kristen and James to go well beyond what they thought themselves capable of in order to survive.