One of the biggest mysteries in The Strangers is whether or not Tamara is a real person — and the trilogy will finally reveal the truth.
The Strangers: Chapter 1 director Renny Harlin revealed the upcoming third installment of Bryan Bertino’s psychological horror franchise will explore the character of Tamara.
“We wanted to take the audience on a journey,” Harlinexplainedto Variety. “The movies get more epic as we go but without losing the sense of claustrophobia, dread, and the tone, which is reality.”
In the first 2008 movie, a couple staying in a remote summer home is visited by a peculiar woman. She asks if Tamara is home. It soon spirals into a night of bloodshed and murder as the couple tries to evade three masked killers.
But throughout the movie, Tamara never materializes into something real or explained. The Strangers: Prey at Night follows the same pattern: an unmasked Dollface asks a family if Tamara’s home before being ushered away. The family then becomes the three masked killers’ next target.
WithThe Strangers: Chapter 1, serving as the start of a new trilogy, there’s room for Tamara to be explored. Producer Courtney Soloman said that once they acquired the rights to the movies, they had a bigger story to tell.
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For many, Tamara was simply a ruse. It allowed the killers to interact with their next victims and play a morbid game. But one fan on X/Twittersaid, “Oh… I guess I never considered that Tamara was a real person and not just something they said to see if anyone was there. Interesting.”
Gabriela Silva was a Senior TV & Movies Writer on Dexerto’s US team, specializing in Netflix originals, K-Drama, and Disney+ shows. She also has bylines at ScreenRant, Pop Br, and Showbiz Cheat Sheet.
