Overview: In the final film of The Strangers trilogy, Maya (Madelaine Petsch) faces the masked killers one last time in a brutal, full-circle reckoning of survival and revenge.

Verdict: The Strangers: Chapter 3 closed out the trilogy by picking up where the last two left off. And honestly, I only kept watching because I had faith in Madelaine Petsch, despite the films themselves giving me very little reason to.

This film is no different. Unfortunately, almost nothing here works. The writing is messy, the dialogue is rough, and every character (the Strangers included) feels completely detached. The whole thing is chaotic in the worst way, like it never quite knew what it wanted to be.

I stuck it out through the first two chapters hoping it would finally come together, but it just feels like wasted time. Hate to say it, but this trilogy is one I would not revisit again.

Overall, there are actual circumstances where our protagonist can actually escape but somehow fails due to annoying moments of plot convenience. OK, sure, as a conclusion it’s fine. Not very satisfying but as much as it hurts to say, that was kind of expected. [M.R.]