The Strangers (2008)

Bryan Bertino’s terrifying home invasion thriller redefined realism in horror. Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman play a couple trapped in a remote house as masked intruders stalk and torment them “because you were home".

Bertino said he was inspired by true crime stories and childhood fears of isolation. Minimal dialogue, haunting silence and random cruelty make The Strangers one of the most disturbing and plausible horrors of the modern era.