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Likely Dollface would say she's not the right Tamara or run off, and possibly not return to the house (since asking for Tamara twice was part of their routine before attacking people).

Kristen McKay (Liv Tyler) and James Hoyt (Scott Speedman), having just attended their friend's wedding reception, stay overnight in a remote summer vacation home owned by James' parents where they are terrorized by three people wearing masks, referred to as Dollface (Gemma Ward), Pin-up Girl (Laura Margolis), and Man in the Mask (Kip Weeks).

The Strangers is based on a screenplay written by director Bryan Bertino. It was inspired by an event from Bertino's childhood. A few strangers came to his home late at night asking several times for someone unknown to him or his family. Later, he found out that the same strangers went to other homes in the neighborhood and ransacked and burglarized them if no one was home. It's also said that the movie was loosely based on both the 1981 Keddie Resort murders in northern California as well as the Manson family murders, led by Charles Manson and his "family". The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018) is the sequel.

The record is saying, "quicksilver girl". The song is "My First Lover" by Gillian Welch.

Sprout and the Bean by Joanna Newsom. Other songs include: Ariel Ramirez by Richard Buckner, Hopeful by Jennifer O'Connor, At My Window Sad and Lonely by Billy Bragg and Wilco, My First Lover by Gillian Welch, and Mama Tried by Merle Haggard.

No. Their faces and identities are kept anonymous. Only brief glimpses are shown, such as Dollface's face cloaked in shadows in one scene and a shot of the Man in the Mask's eyes in the truck's side-view mirror in another. You can also see the profile shot of Dollface's face when she exits the truck towards the end of the film and a back view of her face when she knocks on Kristen and Jeff's front door asking for someone, although they didn't know yet that she is a killer. In the unmasking scene, both Kristen and James see the killers' faces, but the viewers never do. In the original script, it was written that all of their faces would be fully revealed, but this was changed during production. If you would like to see the actors' actual faces, look up the actors' names on the cast list.

R1 (US) DVD cover art is here, and the R2 (UK) DVD cover is here; likewise with Blu-ray discs, Region A and Region B respectively. IMDb's gallery here for the movie may contain box art in addition to theatrical posters.

The day after its US theatrical release (May 30th), The Strangers had a score of 7.9 (on a scale of 1.0 to 10.0).

There are only two differences between both versions. The Unrated version runs approximately two minutes longer than the theatrical version. You can find a detailed comparison between both versions with pictures here.