SPOILER ALERT: This article contains mild spoilers about “ The Strangers – Chapter 2 , ” now playing in theaters.

“The Strangers – Chapter 2” star Madelaine Petsch has proven her Scream Queen bona fides through her performances so far in the planned trilogy. The second film, in theaters now via Lionsgate, finds the actor much more in control after being terrorized by the mysterious title baddies in the first film, a reimagining of the 2008 hit. The sequel opens with Maya (Petsch) wounded in a hospital, mourning the death of her fiancé at the end of last year’s “Chapter 1.” But she can’t sit around healing for too long, as the three masked killers are almost immediately after her again. Instead of running, Maya eventually chooses to stand her ground and fight back. Petsch spoke with

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