“The Strangers: Chapter 2” Finally Gets a Release Date

Now that the Saw series is dead (or is it?! dun-dun-dun), Lionsgate is quickly filling the release date with another horror sequel.

The Strangers: Chapter 2 will now arrive in September. The first entry in this new trilogy came in May 2024. While it didn't earn a lot of critical acclaim, it made a tidy profit for the studio, earning more than $48 million worldwide on an $8.5 million budget. Madelaine Petsch returns as Maya who – spoiler alert – survived the first film, but isn't safe yet. The story isn't quite finished either, with a third film in post-production. Renny Harlin (Deep Blue Sea) actually shot all three films over two months in Slovakia, so the final entry will be ready to go whenever Lionsgate decides to release it.

Petsch promises the film will be "as terrifying as possible." Decide for yourself when The Strangers: Chapter 2 haunts theaters on September 26.

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About Kip Mooney

Like many film critics born during and after the 1980s, my hero is Roger Ebert. The man was already the best critic in the nation when he won the Pulitzer in 1975, but his indomitable spirit during and after his recent battle with cancer keeps me coming back to read not only his reviews but his insightful commentary on the everyday. But enough about a guy you know a lot about. I knew I was going to be a film critic—some would say a snob—in middle school, when I had to voraciously defend my position that The Royal Tenenbaums was only a million times better than Adam Sandler’s remake of Mr. Deeds. From then on, I would seek out Wes Anderson’s films and avoid Sandler’s like the plague. Still, I like to think of myself as a populist, and I’ll be just as likely to see the next superhero movie as the next Sundance sensation. The thing I most deplore in a movie is laziness. I’d much rather see movies with big ambitions try and fail than movies with no ambitions succeed at simply existing. I’m also a big advocate of fun-bad movies like The Room and most of Nicolas Cage’s work. In the past, I’ve written for The Dallas Morning News and the North Texas Daily, which I edited for a semester. I also contributed to Dallas-based Pegasus News, which in the circle of life, is now part of The Dallas Morning News, where I got my big break in 2007. Eventually, I’d love to write and talk about film full-time, but until that’s a viable career option, I work as an auditor for Wells Fargo. I hope to one day meet my hero, go to the Toronto International Film Festival, and compete on Jeopardy. Until then, I’m excited to share my love of film with you.