Lionsgate has released a chilling teaser trailer for the upcoming “The Strangers: Chapter 3,” with “Riverdale” actress Madelaine Petsch reprising her starring role of Maya.
The brand-new trailer for “Chapter 3” features several dead, bloody bodies and plenty of screaming. Creepy shots show Maya walking through a church before she relays an ominous message.
“I know where they are,” she says eerily as haunting music blasts behind her voice. This moment hints that she may have the upper hand on the mysterious strangers stalking her.
Petsch’s Maya is a young woman tormented by a group of the titular strangers: Pin-Up Girl, Scarecrow and Dollface. The horror film is the third and final chapter in the “The Strangers” series. The franchise, which is a reboot of the 2008 film of the same name, debuted its first chapter in theaters in 2024.
Maya Can’t Escape the Strangers
Maya will no doubt come face-to-face with the group of killers that continue to haunt her. Both “Chapter 1” and “Chapter 2” saw Maya fight for her life, leaving a bloody trail in her wake as she took on the strangers. Because she is the de facto final girl of the series, we can expect Maya to give it her all when the time comes to defend herself in the upcoming “Chapter 3.”
The end of the teaser shows Maya dressed in the Dollface mask, appearing to take on the role of a killer as a terrified man and woman are tied to chairs in front of her. This scene flips the power dynamic of the series on its head. In both the 2008 and 2024 versions of “The Strangers,” the protagonists are tied to chairs before being brutally attacked.
“Surprise [expletive],” Petsch says in a TikTok video she shared on November 26. “I bet you thought you’d seen the last of me.”
Chapter 3 Is the Final Chapter for ‘The Strangers’
“Chapter 3” will mark the end of the franchise’s rebooted trilogy. Starring alongside Petsch in the conclusion to “The Strangers” are Gabriel Basso (“A House of Dynamite”), Ema Horvath (“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”) and Richard Brake (“Game of Thrones”).
Beginning in 2022, the recent “The Strangers” movies were filmed concurrently in Slovakia. Renny Harlin helmed the films, directing all three chapters. The first two installments in the franchise garnered a combined $70 million at the international box office.
“The Strangers: Chapter 3” releases in theaters on February 26, 2026.
