The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024)

Bias Rating

Analyzing...

Center

Viewer Rating

Rating: 4.2

Overview

After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple is forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no m...

Starring Cast

Madelaine Petsch • Ryan Bown • Matus Lajcak

Where to watch

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Prime Video

Apple TV

Bias Dimensions

Political: Center

Diversity: Moderate

Overview

Starring Cast

Madelaine Petsch • Ryan Bown • Matus Lajcak

Where to watch

Philo

Prime Video

Apple TV

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...

Center

Primary

Political: CenterConfidence: High

The film's central subject matter of random home invasion horror, coupled with the nihilistic and apolitical motivation of the antagonists ("because you were home"), prevents it from promoting any discernible political ideology or engaging in societal critique.

Diversity: ModerateConfidence: High

The film features some visible diversity within its cast, though it does not involve explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative is a straightforward home invasion horror, which does not critique traditional identities or incorporate explicit DEI themes.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/AConfidence: High

The Strangers: Chapter 1 does not include any LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses exclusively on a heterosexual couple, Maya and Ryan, and their ordeal, with no representation of queer identities or storylines present in the film's plot or character descriptions.

FemPower: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: NoConfidence: High

The film explicitly retains gender roles and character genders consistent with the original 2008 movie, featuring a male-female couple and the same masked assailants (Scarecrow, Dollface, Pin-Up Girl) without any gender changes from their established portrayals.

Race Swap: NoConfidence: High

The film introduces new main characters, Maya and Ryan, who are not established legacy characters from prior installments with a pre-defined race. The casting of Froy Gutierrez as Ryan, who is of Mexican descent, does not constitute a race swap as these are original roles for this chapter.