"We're deep into Strangers lore now, but last girl standing Maya (Riverdale graduate Madelaine Petsch, who surely hoped this was her Neve Campbell moment) continues to scurry about a devout woodland community like a bloodied fieldmouse with resting iPhone face; the masked thrill-killers previously three, now two have now gained ulterior motives for pursuing her. Also present: tatted survivor Gregory (Gabriel Basso, who must have been hoping for more to do) and ever-shifty Sheriff Rotter (Richard Brake), whose link to the killers is finally made."
"New blood arrives in the form of Maya's sister Debbie (Hollyoaks alumna and recent short-film Oscar-winner Rachel Shenton) who comes to town seeking answers, only to be drawn into another round of humdrum stalk-and-slash. Somewhere in the background is the unnerving (and not untimely) idea of an all-American community that tolerates killers in its midst as long as they prey on outsiders."
"If you're wondering how this shrug-along horror series has got this far, Renny Harlin shot all three back-to-back in Bratislava in late 2022; reshoots followed the indifferent response to the first chapter in 2024, which didn't much alleviate the even more indifferent response to last year's second. We're getting them whether we wanted them or not: the modest resources had been spent, and so we now arrive at the last knockings which comprise this year's most dutiful carnage."
Renny Harlin shot all three films back-to-back in Bratislava in late 2022, with reshoots after indifferent responses to the first and second installments. The final film follows last girl Maya as she flees through a devout woodland community while masked killers pursue her with newly revealed motives. Supporting characters include tatted survivor Gregory, Sheriff Rotter whose connection to the killers becomes explicit, and Maya's sister Debbie arriving to seek answers. The expanded universe exposes the setup as generic and underplotted, with antiquated, leaden pacing and prolonged pauses that suggest insufficient material for a trilogy.
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