More Info About "The Strangers"?

Question

I have recently watched The Strangers and i thought it was pretty good! But at the end it left me with a lot of questions! I really dont know if it is REALLY a true story but i would like to find out more about it. So if you have any information or any sites about the true story, then i would really apperciate it if you tell me!

Thank You!

Answer 1

Any horror film can be based on a true story without any of the horror aspect of the plot being remotely true. E.g. maybe there was a Norman Bates who ran a motel, but it was actually a nice little place and he loved his mother, a sweet old lady, very much.  

Answer 2

It's "based" on a true story, therefore, they don't know exactly what happened on the night of February 11, 2005. It says in the beginning that it is inspired by true events. For all everyone knows, 3 people entered a house and did bad stuff. At the end when the truck stops and the Catholic kids (I think) ask the girl if she sins and she says "sometimes" I think it means that they are going to do it again soon.

Answer 3

The movie is inspired by an event from director Bryan Bertino's childhood: a stranger came to his home asking for a person and he would later find out that empty homes in the neighborhood had been burgled.[2] With that memory in mind, Bertino created this screenplay.[2] In an interview, Liv Tyler revealed that in Bertino's original script "You saw a lot more of the strangers" and "It was much more of a Manson-esque experience."[2] One of the film's largest sources of inspiration were the Keddie, California murders which took place in 1981. [3][4]