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S4E2: Strangers (2008), Inspired by The Keddie Murders (Guest: Justin Konicek)

Jan 16, 202434 minSeason 4Ep. 2
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Strangers (2008), Inspired by The Keddie Murders

(Guest: Justin Konicek)

This week, we talk about ⁠⁠#TheStrangersmovie⁠⁠ , a 2008 ⁠⁠#psychological⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#horrorfilm⁠⁠ written and directed by ⁠⁠#BryanBertino⁠⁠ . The film follows a couple (portrayed by ⁠⁠#LivTyler⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠#ScottSpeedman⁠⁠ ) whose stay at a vacation home is disrupted by three masked intruders (portrayed by ⁠⁠#KipWeeks⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠#GemmaWard⁠⁠ , and ⁠⁠#LauraMargolis⁠⁠ ) who infiltrate the home one night. It is the first installment in The Strangers film series. The screenplay was inspired by two real-life events: the multiple-homicide Manson family Tate murders and a series of break-ins that occurred in Bertino's neighborhood as a child. Some journalists noted similarities between the film and the Keddie cabin murders that occurred in Keddie, California, in 1981, though Bertino did not cite this as a reference. Last week, we talked about ⁠#TheKeddiemurders⁠ , an ⁠#unsolved⁠ quadruple ⁠#homicide⁠ that occurred over the night of April 11–12, 1981 in ⁠#Keddie⁠ , ⁠#California⁠ . The victims were Glenna Susan "Sue" Sharp, daughter Tina Louise Sharp, son John Steven Sharp, and John's friend Dana Hall Wingate.

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Sources:

⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482606/⁠

⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strangers_(2008_film)⁠

⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keddie_murders⁠

⁠https://screenrant.com/strangers-movie-true-story-real-crimes-inspiration-explained/#:~:text=Four%20people%20were%20killed%20in,and%20the%20case%20remains%20unsolved.⁠

⁠https://www.thehollywoodoutsider.com/the-strangers-inspired-by-true-story-manson-family-keddie-cabin-28-murders/

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