In 2008, during a crowded summer movie season that saw the release of Iron Man, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and The Dark Knight, the low-budget horror film The Strangershit theaters and became a sleeper hit. The movie more than doubled its $9 million budget in its opening weekend with $21 million, and went on to gross $86 million worldwide, becoming a sleeper hit. The story of a young couple (Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman) being terrorized by three masked individuals was so simple, but tapped into a primal fear that it has since become a cult-favorite horror film.

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