Movie Review: The Strangers (2008)
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Ibetolis posted 6/10/2008 from thecriticalcritics.com [flag] |
I consider myself a very big horror buff, and many of my favorite movies are in the horror genre. Horror does something that no other types of movies can do – when they’re done right, they can make.
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