Netflix users proclaim they are scarred for life after watching the new British horror film The Strays
Netflix users have declared themselves ‘scarred for life’ after watching the streaming service’s new horror movie The Strays.
The creepy British horror film has fans squirming in their seats after debuting on the streamer in late February.
The film follows Neve (Ashley Madekwe), a fair-skinned biracial woman who lives a suburban life in a small English town and works as a deputy headmistress.
Married to a white man named Ian (Justin Salinger), she shuns anything to do with blackness.
Neve’s past threatens to unravel her idyllic life and she is deeply disturbed by the arrival of two strangers in town who seem to know her.
Movie: Netflix users have declared themselves ‘scarred for life’ after watching the streaming service’s new horror movie The Strays
Plot: The film follows Neve, a fair-skinned biracial woman who lives a normal suburban life in a small English town and works as a deputy headmistress
Story: Neve’s past threatens to unravel her idyllic life and she is deeply upset by the arrival of two strangers in town who seem to know her
In the film’s trailer, Neve is seen driving her children when the two strangers appear on the side of the road, nearly causing her to crash.
Later, Neve and her husband are entertaining guests at their home when she sees a man staring at her from the sidewalk.
She is startled, stands up, points outside and says: ‘What’s that by the window? There’s someone there, can’t you see?’
But the other guests stare at her in confusion, with one of them saying, “What’s the matter with you tonight?”
One user commented on the film on Twitter, “Just finished watching The Strays on Netflix and I think I’m scared for life because what the hell did I just watch!”
Another said, “I just finished The Strays on Netflix and came straight to Twicce because what the hell did I just witness?”
Another wrote: ‘The movie The Strays on Netflix is absolutely insane!’ while a fourth said, “If you haven’t watched The Strays on Netflix, I think you should.”
A fifth added: “Just watched The Strays on Netflix and all I can say is wtf.”
Response: One user commented on Twitter about the movie, “Just finished watching The Strays on Netflix and I think I’m scared for life because what the hell did I just watch!”
Movie: In the movie, Neve (Ashley Madekwe) is married to a white man named Ian (Justin Salinger) and she shuns anything to do with blackness
The film’s director, Nathaniel Martello-White, told The Big Issue that he was interested in the concept of “code-switching.”
Code-switching is something many black people don’t even realize they are doing. It has just become a kind of subconscious survival mechanism.
“In the context of the black space, what I was really interested in was, if a woman actually hanged herself on those people in that suburb, what would the cost be? And how much effort does that take?’