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Cut to a shot farther away so we can't make out Kinsey's facial expression, but the wordless, nearly-casual way she pumps the shotgun and kills Dollface says it all. Dollface, in pain, tells her ' why not?'. After Kinsey puts a load of buckshot in Dollface's gut and has her dead to rights, she asks her why the group have done all of the terror she's had to endure.

Disappointed by the Motive: A pretty implied, and dramatic, version.

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Dead Star Walking: Christina Hendricks and Martin Henderson are the biggest names in the movie and they are the only ones from the family to die and fairly quickly.

Cop Killer: Dollface slashes the throat of a deputy who stops to help Kinsey.

The parents, Luke and Cindy, are older adults dealing with the challenge of raising a rebellious daughter while their children, Luke and Kinsey, are high-schoolers moving to the next stage of their lives with Luke about to enter college and Kinsey about to enroll into a boarding school. In contrast, this film has a family of four as its protagonists.

Contrasting Sequel Protagonist: The previous film had a couple of adults not ready for marriage as its protagonists.

He survives, but is wounded enough for her to escape.

Chekhov's Gun: Kinsey's cigarette lighter, which she uses to ignite the fuel leaking from the police cruiser Man in the Mask just rammed, blowing him up.

Car Fu: The Man in the Mask attempts this multiple times, even plowing his car through a trailer to attack Luke and Kinsey.

Call-Back: Dollface begins the terror once again by knocking on the family's door on two separate occasions to ask, 'Is Tamra home?'.

Bratty Teenage Daughter: Kinsey, which is why her parents are sending her to a boarding school.

Instead Dollface just gives Kinsey playful little slashes that injure Kinsey's hands and arms as she keeps trying to get the shotgun, and she finally does. All Dollface needs to do is just stab her through the heart or throat and that's it, the kid's dead.

Bond Villain Stupidity: Dollface has Kinsey dead to rights inside of a patrol car, with Kinsey desperately trying to get a shotgun out of its rack, at stabbing range.

Bleed 'Em and Weep: Kinsey cries after killing Dollface, and again, suffering a full-on Heroic BSoD after killing the Masked Man.

Blood from the Mouth: Happens with Dollface, who flashes a bloody smile after being unmasked and getting shot once before Kinsey finishes her off with another.

Bittersweet Ending: Kinsey and Luke survive their ordeal with the Strangers and end up killing all three of them, but their parents and the deputy who tried to help Kinsey are dead and they are no doubt permanently scarred physically and emotionally.

Big Brother Instinct: Luke has this toward Kinsey even before they encounter the killers.

Based on a Great Big Lie: An online ad for the DVD release claims that the movie was based on a true story.

What do we find under the mask? A totally normal looking young woman.

Anticlimactic Unmasking: A defeated Dollface lays wounded on the ground, allowing Kinsey the opportunity to finally reveal the face of one of the three killers.

Actionized Sequel: The heroes get a better chance at fighting off the killers this time around and even manage to kill them all.

It is the sequel to The Strangers, with Johannes Roberts taking over as director, though the previous film’s director, Bryan Bertino, co-wrote the script.Ī family of four-parents Mike ( Martin Henderson) and Cindy ( Christina Hendricks) and kids Luke (Lewis Pullman) and Kinsey ( Bailee Madison)-take a trip to a secluded trailer park, unaware of the three masked killers waiting for them to arrive.

The Strangers: Prey at Night is a 2018 horror film.