Because You Were Home: Breaking Down The Strangers | Murder Moose Podcast #248
Update: 2025-07-24
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Episode 248 is all about one of the most unsettling home-invasion horrors ever made — The Strangers. The boys dig into why this movie still crawls under your skin, the power of “because you were home,” minimalist scares, sound design, masks, and where it sits among modern horror classics. They also chat about home‑invasion subgenre tropes, real-life inspirations, and how rewatching it hits in 2025.
🔪 In this episode:
First impressions & rewatch reactions
The terror of randomness: villain motivation (or lack thereof)
Sound, silence, and tension: how the film weaponizes quiet
Performances that sell the dread
How The Strangers stacks up against other home-invasion films
Does it still hold up?
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