Plenty of tension in 'The Strangers'

'The Strangers' is an edge-of-seat thriller about the battle of wits between a young couple and three masked misfits who invade their home in the dead of night.

For the first hour, writer-director Bryan Bertino’s debut feature is riveting, cranking up the suspense until our knuckles are white with fear as the trapped lovebirds creep nervously around the house, unaware their tormentors are hovering in the shadows.