WATCH: The creepy new trailer for The Strangers: Chapter 1

The first trailer has been released for The Strangers: Chapter 1.

The movie will be the first of a three-part prequel trilogy to 2008 horror The Strangers.

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Chapter 1 will be released on 17 May, 2024, with Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 coming later in the year.

The official premise reads:

'Maya drives across the country with her longtime boyfriend, Ryan, as the pair begin a new life together in the Pacific Northwest. Along the way, their car breaks down in Venus, Oregon and they are forced to spend the night in an isolated Airbnb home. Through the night they are terrorized by three murderous masked strangers.'

It stars Madelaine Petsch, Froy Gutierrez, Rachel Shenton, Gabriel Basso, Ema Horvath and Ella Bruccoleri.

The Strangers: Chapter 1 is directed by Renny Harlin, who told Entertainment Weekly that the movie was "the challenge of a lifetime, but I also really embraced it. On a Monday morning, I could be shooting the second chapter, and Monday afternoon I could be shooting the first chapter, and Tuesday morning I could be shooting the third chapter.

"It was incredibly demanding for the actors, for the continuity in terms of the make-up and wardrobe, and for my director of photography, because we wanted to create a visual language that develops so that the movies get bigger, more epic, as we go (on). It just kept all of our juices pumping all the time"

The Strangers: Chapter 1 trailer