Lionsgate’s franchise reboot The Strangers: Chapter 1 kicked off a new trilogy of terror last year and is now set to continue this September with The Strangers: Chapter 2, revealed today by the film’s social media channels.
Chapter 2 is taking over the spot Lionsgate previously designated for Saw XI: September 26, 2025.
In The Strangers: Chapter 1, “After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple are forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motive.”
The Strangers: Chapter 2 will continue the story of Madelaine Petsch’s character, Maya, who survived the events of The Strangers: Chapter 1.
“I promise that we’re making The Strangers—Chapter 2 as terrifying as possible, and I can’t wait to show you on September 26,” Petsch said in an announcement video.
Both upcoming sequels to Chapter 1 were filmed at the very same time by director Renny Harlin (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, Deep Blue Sea).
“And movie two was nothing like movie one at all. It’s not a repeat in any way,” producer Courtney Soloman previously told BD of what to expect from the sequels. “It’s an evolution, both from the point of view of the protagonist and actually being there, if this really happened to you, we go beat by painful beat. That’s the horror. And a little glimpse further into who’s behind the mask without them ever giving a speech or us coming up with some dumb explanation.“
Harlin also revealed that characters teased in Chapter 1, like Richard Brake, will return, “Obviously, there are some interesting actors there, and the idea is to introduce the town and some of those actors we’ll see in all three movies, some of them in two, some of them only in one. But definitely, my goal was to introduce a town without, by any means, making it look like a madhouse of crazy, weird characters with interesting faces that could be completely innocent, or maybe some of them could be something more than what’s on the surface.”
Unleashed into theaters back in May, Chapter 1 wasn’t a hit with critics, but it did manage to scare up $47 million worldwide, outgrossing 2018’s The Strangers: Prey at Night ($31 million).
With The Strangers: Chapter 2 carving its way into theaters this Halloween season, that all but signals the trilogy’s conclusion should arrive in 2026.
