After surviving demented surprises in the first film and navigating unfathomable grief (and one very angry wild boar) in the second movie, Maya (Madelaine Petsch) is ready to flip the blood-soaked tables and unmask her tormentors once and for all in The Strangers – Chapter 3.

With the third film in the trilogy now playing in theaters via Lionsgate, Daily Dead had the great pleasure of catching up with executive producer and star Madelaine Petsch to discuss The Strangers – Chapter 3 and reflect on Maya's harrowing and empowering transformation throughout the trilogy.

THE STRANGERS – CHAPTER 3, Only in Theaters February 6th

Synopsis: In the final film of The Strangers trilogy, Maya (Madelaine Petsch) faces the masked killers one last time in a brutal, full-circle reckoning of survival and revenge.

Directed by: Renny Harlin

Written by: Alan R. Cohen & Alan Freedland

Based on Characters Created by: Bryan Bertino

Produced by: Courtney Solomon, Mark Canton, Gary Raskin, Alastair Burlingham, Charlie Dombek

Cast: Madelaine Petsch, Gabriel Basso, Ema Horvath

Lionsgate presents, a Fifth Element production, in association with Stream Media and Sherborne Media.

Genre: Horror

Rating: This film is not yet rated

U.S. Release Date: February 6, 2026

Official Site: https://thestrangers.movie/

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    About the Author - Derek Anderson

    Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.

    When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.

  • Derek Anderson
    About the Author : Derek Anderson

    Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.

    When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.