Doorbell cameras are the latest capture device that people use as security. Too bad it doesn’t seem to work in the rebooted movie The Strangers: Chapter 1 heading to theaters on May 17.

Dated April 1, 2024, the black-and-white video shows three masked intruders preparing to invade a home. But this is no joke, this movie is a remake of Bryan Bertino’s 2008 classic of the same name.

This new version comes from Renny Harlin, a prolific action movie director responsible for movies such as Deep Blue Sea, The Long Kiss Goodnight, and Mindhunters. He has broken up his version into three chapters which will be released scattershot seemingly throughout the year.

Starring Madelaine Petsch from Riverdale and Froy Gutierrez of Cruel Summer fame, it’s hard to foresee if The Strangers: Chapter 1 will have the same impact as the original, but if the trailer says anything about its intensity, we can at least rest assured there will be plenty of action.

The first chapter of Harlin’s The Strangers: Chapter 1 will head to theaters on May 17th. Take a look below at the new character posters just released.

Not since the Fyre Festival has an event been so lambasted online as Glasgow, Scotland’s Willy Wonka Experience. In case you haven’t heard about it, it was a children’s spectacular that celebrated Roald Dahl’s offbeat chocolatier by taking families through a themed space that felt like his magical factory. Only, thanks to cellphone cameras and social testimony, it was actually a sparsely decorated warehouse filled with flimsy set designs that looked like they were bought on Temu.

apparently this was sold as a live Willy Wonka Experience but they used all AI images on the website to sell tickets and then people showed up and saw this and it got so bad people called the cops lmao pic.twitter.com/tfkyg0G0WG

— Chris Alsikkan (@AlsikkanTV) February 26, 2024

The famous disgruntled Oompa Loompa is now a meme and several hired actors have spoken out about the inelegant party. But one character seems to have come out on top, The Unknown, the mirror-masked emotionless villain who appears from behind a mirror, terrifying younger attendees. The actor who played Wonka, at the event, Paul Conell, recites his script and gives some backstory to this frightening entity.

“The bit that got me was where I had to say, ‘There is a man we don’t know his name. We know him as the Unknown. This Unknown is an evil chocolate maker who lives in the walls,'” Conell told Business Insider. “It was terrifying for the kids. Is he an evil man who makes chocolate or is the chocolate itself evil?”

Despite the sour affair, something sweet may come out of it. Bloody Disgusting has reported that a horror movie is being made based on The Unknown and may get a release as early as this year.

The horror publication quotes Kaledonia Pictures: “The film, gearing up for production and a late 2024 release, follows a renowned illustrator and his wife who are haunted by the tragic death of their son, Charlie. Desperate to escape their grief, the couple leave the world behind for the remote Scottish Highlands – where an unknowable evil awaits them.”

@katsukiluvrr evil chicolate maker who lives in the walls from willies chocolate experience in glasgow x #glasgow #willywonka #wonkaglasgow #scottish #wonka #theunknown #fyp #trending #foryou ♬ its the unknown – mol💌

They add, “We are excited to begin production and look forward to sharing more with you as soon as possible. We are actually only a few miles from the event, so it is quite surreal to see Glasgow all over social media, worldwide.”

Even if you don’t believe in this kind of stuff, the makers of these documentaries weave such interesting real-life stories and convincing testimonials into their movies that you have to wonder what’s going on?

The Skinwalkers: American Werewolves 2 is Small Town Monster’s latest film. It takes the shape-shifting lore beyond that of the cursed canid and places it into the Native American community where legends of shape-shifters and other cryptids go back for centuries.

American Werewolves 2 is a follow-up to Seth Breedlove and his team’s 2022 film American Werewolves and will be available on Cable VOD and Digital HD on March 15 with a simultaneous Blu-ray/DVD drop on the same day.

“The merging of various canid legends and lore from different cultures is something that has always fascinated me. This time, we explore the shape-shifting aspect of that lore and how it stands apart while also involving various aspects of that same topic. To properly tell the story of the Skinwalker, we turned to Indigenous people from the state of New Mexico and asked them to simply tell us their own experiences and beliefs,” shared Seth Breedlove (CEO and Founder of Small Town Monsters).

Small Town Monsters is a production company that has made several documentaries on the subject of cryptids and monstrous urban legends. From UFOs to Bigfoot to The Mothman, the team has a long list of features about the supernatural.

At its core, The Skinwalkers: American Werewolves 2 allows those who watch to form their own opinions on the skinwalker phenomenon via stories and opinions of those closest to the subject itself.  Take a look at the trailer and let us know what you think in the comments.