Lionsgate has released the first trailer for upcoming home-invasion horror sequel, The Strangers – Chapter 2, and the nightmare is far from over for returning final girl Madelaine Petsch…
Despite finding its way on to many a worst of the year lists when it released in theaters last May, The Strangers – Chapter 1 ended up taking in a respectable $48 million worldwide on a modest budget of $8.5 million, which means we’re getting at least one more movie… whether we like it or not!
The Strangers – Chapter 2 comes our way on September 26, and Lionsgate has now shared the first trailer and a new poster for the home-invasion slasher sequel.
After narrowly surviving the harrowing events of the previous movie, beleaguered final girl Maya (Madelaine Petsch) wakes up in a hospital bed, only to come to the realization that the nightmare is far from over.
The official synopsis reads: “The Strangers are back – more brutal and relentless than ever. When they learn that one of their victims, Maya (Madelaine Petsch), is still alive, they return to finish what they’ve started. With nowhere to run and no one to trust, Maya must survive another horrific chapter of terror as The Strangers – driven by a senseless, unceasing purpose – pursue her, more than willing to 𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁 anyone who stands in their way.”
Check out the trailer and poster below, and let us know what you think.
Face the town or become its next story. 🔪 Watch the new trailer for #TheStrangersMovie – Chapter 2. In theaters September 26. pic.twitter.com/9wZPKZQzzC
— THE STRANGERS – Chapter 2 (@strangers_film) June 24, 2025
Director Renny Harlin shot the entire trilogy back-to-back, so we will most likely get to see how the story concludes, even if Chapter 2 underperforms at the box office (yay).
“[It was] the challenge of a lifetime, but I also really embraced it,” he said in a recent interview. “On a Monday morning, I could be shooting the second chapter, and Monday afternoon I could be shooting the first chapter, and Tuesday morning I could be shooting the third chapter. it was incredibly demanding for the actors, for the continuity in terms of the make-up and wardrobe, and for my director of photography, because we wanted to create a visual language that develops so that the movies get bigger, more epic, as we go [on]. It just kept all of our juices pumping all the time”
The Strangers – Chapter 2 was written by Alan R. Cohen & Alan Freedland, based on Characters Created by Bryan Bertino. Courtney Solomon, p.g.a., Mark Canton, p.g.a., Christopher Milburn, Gary Raskin, Alastair Burlingham, and Charlie Dombek are on board as producers. The cast also includes Gabriel Basso and Ema Horvath.