The Strangers Chapter 3 (2026) Movie Review | The K.B. Radio Network

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The Strangers – Chapter 3 is a 2026 American horror film directed by Renny Harlin. It serves as the fifth film in The Strangers film series, and the final installment of a new trilogy following Chapter 1 (2024) and Chapter 2 (2025). The film stars Madelaine Petsch, Gabriel Basso, Ema Horvath, and Richard Brake. Maya squares off against the masked killers one last time in a brutal, full-circle reckoning of survival and revenge.

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hello everyone and welcome to the concession stand here on the kb radio network i am your host kevin reed and this is the review of the strangers chapter three which is the fifth film in the strangers franchise believe it or not but it is the final installment in this so-called trilogy that started in 2024 we got chapter two last year and we rounded all off this past weekend with the strangers chapter three this chapter is once again directed by Rennie Harlan who directed uh this entire trilogy uh renny harlan is a director who i grew up watching his films and enjoyed his films for the most part going all the way back to uh a nightmare on lamb street dream warriors that was his like first little studio film in hollywood american film if you will and i enjoyed that that uh uh nightmare on lamb street that freddie frimm film pretty good Pretty good. Then we get Die Hard 2. We get Cliffhanger and The Long Kiss Goodnight. Those type of films that were just mainstays for me. As far as 90s action films are concerned, pretty doggone entertaining. Especially The Long Kiss Goodnight. I can still watch that. That is what I would classify as a quote-unquote guilty pleasure. I love that movie. Even though it isn't. anything no guilt involved in that i'd love that movie that was a really good movie with uh gina davis and samuel jackson but as good as those films were he made some stinkers along the way too i mean cutthroat island basically bankrupt a studio you have driven that film with uh sylvester stallone which was horrible he's made some bad movies the down down the later half of his career and so him taking on this property strangers which the very first film i loved i actually enjoyed that very very first film in the strangers franchise not in this trilogy but overall i i really liked it and i became a fan of it and when they announced that they were going to do a new trilogy oh i was like okay i don't see where you can get a trilogy out of this property but color me interested and so we we got it and the first one was like okay i took it as if okay this is a continuation we know that we're getting two other films because it started off pretty good pretty interesting ended on like a blah note and so it didn't really check all the boxes for me So we get to the second film, which came out last year, and it was a dumpster fire. It was horrible. Completely horrible. And didn't know why it existed. Which, under normal circumstances, I would be like, I'm not going to watch Chapter 3. But I had to watch it because I watched the first two. I had to complete the set. I couldn't just leave it hanging like that. Maybe we can be redeemed. with the third and final movie in this trilogy let me just say like this the movie was better i mean leaps and bounds better than chapter two but that's not saying much actually that's not saying anything at all because this movie is still bad it's bad and it It sparks a larger conversation. It sparks the conversation of why on God's green earth did they decide to make three? Why did they make this into a trilogy? The story that was told over the course of three films could have been wrapped up in one movie. One. They drug this out, I guess. studio had the bright idea hey i know how we can make buku money off of this nothing franchise because it shouldn't even have been a franchise it should have been a runoff one film and let it go but no that's not the case we we got three and it it's genius i'm not i'm not knocking the hustle because it's genius because they're making buku money off of this now it's not going to blow the roof off the uh box office we're not talking avatar numbers here but in comparisons on what it costs to produce these movies to what it's going to make overall oh man they came up big time i respect the hustle but for the one who's being hustled a la me and you i'm mad i can't do anything but sit here and be mad because i got duped this is one of the most pointless trilogies i have ever seen laid eyes on nothing about this screamed a trilogy nothing about this screamed a movie period we've seen the story now the fact that we had to wait three movies to get a origin of sense is ridiculous it is this film this film in particular because that's the one we're going we're reviewing today chapter three this film told the origin or the uh backstory of our serial killers here this this this group here i think they're what's their name scarecrow uh baby doll or is it baby a doll face and pinup girl that's that's the three for what what made what made the original strangers film so good you didn't know you didn't you didn't know anything about them other than the fact that they just picked on this couple terrorized them traumatized them and then just ultimately killed them at the end spoilers but it was like that's what made it so good you know because you it's it's frightening when you don't know the villain when you don't know their story or their reasoning their motives that's what makes it frightening and for the most part you don't know here either even though we get the origins so so to speak It still, it still didn't tell you nothing, which makes you wonder why they split this into three movies. So ridiculous, man. This was bad. Now, what made this one more entertaining than the others, it was, at least it told a story. This did tell a story. Like I said, it told the story of the origins of all three. of these killers and their motivation so to speak or if you want to call it that i'm trying not to spoil it even though it who cares about the strangers but i'm not going to spoil it but it's like what's the reasoning behind this film the the the style of filmmaking here from renny harlan who directed this movie we got flashbacks throughout you this movie and not in a creative way we'll get a scene in the present the decent little scene and then all of a sudden is abrupt stop and then it flashback 12 years ago and it tells that 12 years ago story so slow so slow it just scratches it out it's something that could have been uh explained in a throwaway line or whatever in the present we didn't have to go back and watch this this is dumb and it was done several times in the movie not just once or twice it was done about three or four times throughout the movie where we got these flashbacks that didn't really help move the story along at all i i didn't i did not understand this i did not i don't understand it as a whole as a whole All three films. But the third film suffered because of that. I think this would have been a nice little stand-alone throwaway movie. You know, without having to bounce all around time to tell the story. Without the benefit of a time machine. Our lead actress here. Why is she even in the movie? I mean, the lead, the lead. She had nothing to do. When you're lead. has nothing to do, it's a serious problem. I mean, serious problem. The main character who we follow, not through one, not through two, but through three movies. We get to the final showdown, the final film that's going to wrap this up in a nice shiny bow, did nothing. There was, I would say, 60% of this movie, she was just sitting tied up with her hands tied up. That was it. Not talking. No dialogue. You can count on your hand how many lines of dialogue she had throughout this film. There was nothing going on. Absolutely nothing going on that helped her character. The final resolution at the end was like a slap in the face. A complete slap in the face. If you followed her and cheered her on and encouraged her to fight, fight, fight back. it's a slap in the face at the end it was worthless it's infuriating um the few positives i have are when our killers get a couple you know they go on a killing spree that's the only good thing about it sadly to say you know when they actually execute their goals of killing a couple that those scenes are good because you That's what they were there for. There's no other reason why they were there. And so the tension and the dread and the horror of that particular moment was there. So that's the positive. Aside from that, this movie has absolutely nothing going for it. But at least it's over. I hope. I hope this is it. The Strangers Chapter 2. three the final film in this new trilogy gets a letter grade of a d minus and i don't know why i'm so disappointed and upset because i wasn't expecting nothing from this and i got less than nothing it's i guess that's what it is i got less than nothing i didn't think that was possible but here we stand uh what did you think of the strangers chapter three did you watch this entire trilogy until it's completion? Or did you just say, I'm out in part one? Or didn't even bother? You're the smart one. I'm not even going to rock my brain with one of these movies. God bless you, because you're smarter than me. I would love to know your thoughts. Email the show, kbradiopodcasts at gmail.com. You can also search for the show on all social media platforms. Just search for the KB Radio Network. Also, don't forget about YouTube, ladies and gentlemen. Subscribe to the KB Radio Network channel and like this video if you don't mind. Don't forget about the five stars, the reviews and sharing this show. If you're listening on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, wherever you are currently listening to the concession stand here on the KB Radio Network. Everybody, thank you for joining me for this review of The Strangers Chapter 3. Want you all to know that I love you. Continue to love everyone. And until we speak again, you all be blessed.

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hello everyone and welcome to the concession stand here on the kb radio network i am your host kevin reed and this is the review of the strangers chapter three which is the fifth film in the strangers franchise believe it or not but it is the final installment in this so-called trilogy that started in 2024 we got chapter two last year and we rounded all off this past weekend with the strangers chapter three this chapter is once again directed by Rennie Harlan who directed uh this entire trilogy uh renny harlan is a director who i grew up watching his films and enjoyed his films for the most part going all the way back to uh a nightmare on lamb street dream warriors that was his like first little studio film in hollywood american film if you will and i enjoyed that that uh uh nightmare on lamb street that freddie frimm film pretty good Pretty good. Then we get Die Hard 2. We get Cliffhanger and The Long Kiss Goodnight. Those type of films that were just mainstays for me. As far as 90s action films are concerned, pretty doggone entertaining. Especially The Long Kiss Goodnight. I can still watch that. That is what I would classify as a quote-unquote guilty pleasure. I love that movie. Even though it isn't. anything no guilt involved in that i'd love that movie that was a really good movie with uh gina davis and samuel jackson but as good as those films were he made some stinkers along the way too i mean cutthroat island basically bankrupt a studio you have driven that film with uh sylvester stallone which was horrible he's made some bad movies the down down the later half of his career and so him taking on this property strangers which the very first film i loved i actually enjoyed that very very first film in the strangers franchise not in this trilogy but overall i i really liked it and i became a fan of it and when they announced that they were going to do a new trilogy oh i was like okay i don't see where you can get a trilogy out of this property but color me interested and so we we got it and the first one was like okay i took it as if okay this is a continuation we know that we're getting two other films because it started off pretty good pretty interesting ended on like a blah note and so it didn't really check all the boxes for me So we get to the second film, which came out last year, and it was a dumpster fire. It was horrible. Completely horrible. And didn't know why it existed. Which, under normal circumstances, I would be like, I'm not going to watch Chapter 3. But I had to watch it because I watched the first two. I had to complete the set. I couldn't just leave it hanging like that. Maybe we can be redeemed. with the third and final movie in this trilogy let me just say like this the movie was better i mean leaps and bounds better than chapter two but that's not saying much actually that's not saying anything at all because this movie is still bad it's bad and it It sparks a larger conversation. It sparks the conversation of why on God's green earth did they decide to make three? Why did they make this into a trilogy? The story that was told over the course of three films could have been wrapped up in one movie. One. They drug this out, I guess. studio had the bright idea hey i know how we can make buku money off of this nothing franchise because it shouldn't even have been a franchise it should have been a runoff one film and let it go but no that's not the case we we got three and it it's genius i'm not i'm not knocking the hustle because it's genius because they're making buku money off of this now it's not going to blow the roof off the uh box office we're not talking avatar numbers here but in comparisons on what it costs to produce these movies to what it's going to make overall oh man they came up big time i respect the hustle but for the one who's being hustled a la me and you i'm mad i can't do anything but sit here and be mad because i got duped this is one of the most pointless trilogies i have ever seen laid eyes on nothing about this screamed a trilogy nothing about this screamed a movie period we've seen the story now the fact that we had to wait three movies to get a origin of sense is ridiculous it is this film this film in particular because that's the one we're going we're reviewing today chapter three this film told the origin or the uh backstory of our serial killers here this this this group here i think they're what's their name scarecrow uh baby doll or is it baby a doll face and pinup girl that's that's the three for what what made what made the original strangers film so good you didn't know you didn't you didn't know anything about them other than the fact that they just picked on this couple terrorized them traumatized them and then just ultimately killed them at the end spoilers but it was like that's what made it so good you know because you it's it's frightening when you don't know the villain when you don't know their story or their reasoning their motives that's what makes it frightening and for the most part you don't know here either even though we get the origins so so to speak It still, it still didn't tell you nothing, which makes you wonder why they split this into three movies. So ridiculous, man. This was bad. Now, what made this one more entertaining than the others, it was, at least it told a story. This did tell a story. Like I said, it told the story of the origins of all three. of these killers and their motivation so to speak or if you want to call it that i'm trying not to spoil it even though it who cares about the strangers but i'm not going to spoil it but it's like what's the reasoning behind this film the the the style of filmmaking here from renny harlan who directed this movie we got flashbacks throughout you this movie and not in a creative way we'll get a scene in the present the decent little scene and then all of a sudden is abrupt stop and then it flashback 12 years ago and it tells that 12 years ago story so slow so slow it just scratches it out it's something that could have been uh explained in a throwaway line or whatever in the present we didn't have to go back and watch this this is dumb and it was done several times in the movie not just once or twice it was done about three or four times throughout the movie where we got these flashbacks that didn't really help move the story along at all i i didn't i did not understand this i did not i don't understand it as a whole as a whole All three films. But the third film suffered because of that. I think this would have been a nice little stand-alone throwaway movie. You know, without having to bounce all around time to tell the story. Without the benefit of a time machine. Our lead actress here. Why is she even in the movie? I mean, the lead, the lead. She had nothing to do. When you're lead. has nothing to do, it's a serious problem. I mean, serious problem. The main character who we follow, not through one, not through two, but through three movies. We get to the final showdown, the final film that's going to wrap this up in a nice shiny bow, did nothing. There was, I would say, 60% of this movie, she was just sitting tied up with her hands tied up. That was it. Not talking. No dialogue. You can count on your hand how many lines of dialogue she had throughout this film. There was nothing going on. Absolutely nothing going on that helped her character. The final resolution at the end was like a slap in the face. A complete slap in the face. If you followed her and cheered her on and encouraged her to fight, fight, fight back. it's a slap in the face at the end it was worthless it's infuriating um the few positives i have are when our killers get a couple you know they go on a killing spree that's the only good thing about it sadly to say you know when they actually execute their goals of killing a couple that those scenes are good because you That's what they were there for. There's no other reason why they were there. And so the tension and the dread and the horror of that particular moment was there. So that's the positive. Aside from that, this movie has absolutely nothing going for it. But at least it's over. I hope. I hope this is it. The Strangers Chapter 2. three the final film in this new trilogy gets a letter grade of a d minus and i don't know why i'm so disappointed and upset because i wasn't expecting nothing from this and i got less than nothing it's i guess that's what it is i got less than nothing i didn't think that was possible but here we stand uh what did you think of the strangers chapter three did you watch this entire trilogy until it's completion? Or did you just say, I'm out in part one? Or didn't even bother? You're the smart one. I'm not even going to rock my brain with one of these movies. God bless you, because you're smarter than me. I would love to know your thoughts. Email the show, kbradiopodcasts at gmail.com. You can also search for the show on all social media platforms. Just search for the KB Radio Network. Also, don't forget about YouTube, ladies and gentlemen. Subscribe to the KB Radio Network channel and like this video if you don't mind. Don't forget about the five stars, the reviews and sharing this show. If you're listening on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, wherever you are currently listening to the concession stand here on the KB Radio Network. Everybody, thank you for joining me for this review of The Strangers Chapter 3. Want you all to know that I love you. Continue to love everyone. And until we speak again, you all be blessed.

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