The Strangers: Chapter 1 Cast & Character Guide

Summary The Strangers: Chapter 1 will feature the return of the iconic killer trio alongside a new cast of characters.

The movie's lead characters will be played by Madelaine Petsch and Froy Gutierrez.

The Strangers boasts a robust ensemble cast that includes more than a dozen other performers.

The Strangers: Chapter 1 boasts a cast that includes plenty of familiar faces from the horror genre in addition to stars from hit shows and up-and-comers. The home invasion horror movie is a standalone follow-up to Bryan Bertino's indie 2008 hit The Strangers, which previously got a largely unrelated sequel, subtitled Prey at Night, in 2018. Directed by Renny Harlin, Chapter 1 is the first in an intended trilogy of movies set to take place over the course of several days.

The only recurring franchise characters set to appear in the The Strangers: Chapter 1 cast are the titular trio of masked killers. The killers, known as Man in the Mask, Pin-Up Girl, and Dollface, have been portrayed by different performers in each previous movie. That will likely be the case with the new movie as well, and they will be surrounded by an entirely new cast of characters. While some of these characters seem certain to carry over throughout the entire planned trilogy, it seems likely that not all of them will live to see the end of Chapter 1.

The Strangers: Chapter 1 Cast Actor Character Madelaine Petsch Maya Froy Gutierrez Ryan Gabriel Basso Gregory Richard Brake Sheriff Rotter George Young Howard Ema Horvath Shelly Ella Bruccoleri Jasmine Florian Clare Chris Sampson Rebecka Johnston Lucy Ryan Bown Jeff Morell Milo Callaghan Wayne Janis Ahern Carol Ben Cartwright Rudy Brooke Lena Johnson Danica Sara Freedland Annie Rafaella Biscayn Eden Rachel Shenton Debbie

Related Is The Strangers: Chapter 1 A Remake Or Reboot? It's Complicated The new film in the psychological horror series is the first of three new The Strangers films coming out in 2024, with the first one coming in May.

Madelaine Petsch As Maya

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Active Since: 2014

Actor: Madelaine Petsch was born in Port Orchard, Washington, and got her big break when she was cast as Cheryl Blossom in the hit CW show Riverdale. Before taking her role in the Archie Comics reboot and becoming the lead of the Strangers reboot movie, she has held quite a few other roles in movie and television titles. She has also appeared in various other mediums including a Coca-Cola ad campaign and her own YouTube vlog.

Notable Movies and TV Shows:

Title Role Riverdale (2017-2023) Cheryl Blossom Polaroid (2019) Sarah The Simpsons (2020) Sloan Hotel for the Holidays (2022) Georgia

Character: In The Strangers: Chapter 1, Madelaine Petsch plays Maya. Although not much is known about Maya at the time of writing, the character is in the middle of a move to the Pacific Northwest that is interrupted when her car breaks down and she holes up in an Airbnb with her boyfriend where they are menaced by the Strangers. Maya is set to be the main character of all three installments of the new trilogy.

Froy Gutierrez As Ryan

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Active Since: 2015

Actor: Froy Gutierrez was born in Highland Park, Texas and is best known for his role as Nolan Holloway in Teen Wolf. Nolan was a recurring character in season 6 of the long-running supernatural drama. Gutierrez followed that with a role in the main cast of Freeform's Cruel Summer season 1, but he has also held roles in prominent movies including Hocus Pocus 2.

Notable Movies and TV Shows:

Title Role Teen Wolf (2017) Nolan Holloway Initiation (2020) Wes Scott Cruel Summer (2021) Jamie Henson Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) Mike

Character: In The Strangers: Chapter 1, Froy Gutierrez plays Ryan. Ryan is Maya's boyfriend, with whom she rents the Airbnb where they are besieged by the masked killers. Beyond that, not much else is known about Ryan at the time of writing.

Gabriel Basso As Gregory

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Active Since: 2007

Actor: Gabriel Basso was born in St. Louis, Missouri and broke big when he took on the title role of Peter Sutherland in Netflix's smash hit action series The Night Agent. Before that, his most prominent role was playing Adam Jamison on all four seasons of the Showtime dramedy The Big C opposite Laura Linney, Oliver Platt, and John Benjamin Hickey. However, he has also appeared in quite a few movies including the Academy Award nominee Hillbilly Elegy, in which he played the older version of J. D. Vance, on whose memoir the movie is based.

Notable Movies and TV Shows:

Title Role The Big C (2010-2013) Adam Jamison Super 8 (2011) Martin Hillbilly Elegy (2020) J.D. Vance The Night Agent (2023-) Peter Sutherland

Character: Gabriel Basso is set to play Gregory in the new horror movie. Ahead of the Strangers: Chapter 1 release, no further details have been revealed about his character.

Richard Brake As Sheriff Rotter

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Active Since: 1993

Actor: Richard Brake was born in Ystrad Mynach, Glamorgan, Wales, and had his first major mainstream role in 2005 when he played Joe Chill in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins. A consummate character actor, Brake has played roles in a wide variety of genres including portraying the Night King on HBO's hit fantasy show Game of Thrones. He also has ample experience in the horror genre, with his most notable recent role being the sinister Frank in the 2022 hit Barbarian, in which he starred opposite Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, and Justin Long.

Notable Movies and TV Shows:

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Title Role Cold Mountain (2003) Nym Batman Begins (2005) Joe Chill The Black Dahlia (2006) Bobby DeWitt Hannibal Rising (2007) Dortlich Halloween II (2009) Gary Scott Thor: The Dark World (2013) Einherjar Lieutenant Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) The Interrogator Game of Thrones (2014-2015) The Night King Spy (2015) Solsa Dudaev 31 (2016) Doom-Head Mandy (2018) The Chemist 3 From Hell (2019) Winslow Foxworth Coltrane Tremors: Shrieker Island (2020) Bill Davidson The Mandalorian (2020) Valin Hess Barbarian (2022) Frank The Munsters (2022) Dr. Wolfgang/Orlock

Character: Richard Brake plays Sheriff Rotter in The Strangers: Chapter 1. Rotter is presumably the Sheriff of Venus, Oregon, where the majority of the movie takes place, but further details about the character are not yet known at the time of writing.

The Strangers: Chapter 1 Supporting Cast & Characters

There Are More Than A Dozen Other Performers In The Strangers: Chapter 1

George Young as Howard - George Young, who plays Howard, is a British actor best known for playing Tad Fairchild in Falling for Christmas and Kekoa Shaw in Malignant.

Ema Horvath as Shelly - Ema Horvath, who plays Shelly, is best known for playing Eärien in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Ella Bruccoleri as Jasmine - Ella Bruccoleri, who plays Jasmine, previously portrayed Sister Frances in Call the Midwife and Alba in Polite Society.

Florian Clare as Chris Sampson - Florian Clare, who plays Chris Sampson, has largely held voice roles in video games including The Division II and Synced.

Rebecka Johnston as Lucy - Rebecka Johnston, who plays Lucy, is a Swedish actor who is best known for playing Ulrika in 2019's Midsommar.

Ryan Bown as Jeff Morell - Ryan Bown, who plays untrustworthy real estate agent Jeff Morell, starred as Nathan on six episodes of Everything I Know About Love.

Milo Callaghan as Wayne - Milo Callaghan, who plays Wayne, is an up-and-coming television actor who is set to star opposite David Tennant and Aidan Turner in the upcoming Rivals and whose longest-running role so far was playing Henry Stafford in The Spanish Princess.

Janis Ahern as Carol - Janis Ahern, who plays Carol, has held supporting roles in big titles including Guardians of the Galaxy and Tom & Jerry.

In Guardians of the Galaxy, Janis Ahern played Peter Quill's (Chris Pratt) grandmother, who is briefly seen in the opening sequence of the 2014 Marvel Cinematic Universe movie.

Ben Cartwright as Rudy - Ben Cartwright, who plays Rudy, is largely known for projects from the U.K. including EastEnders, Coronation Street, and 2009's Sherlock Holmes.

Brooke Lena Johnson as Danica - Brooke Lena Johnson, who plays Danica, has previously held small roles in You and South of Hell.

Sara Freedland as Annie - Sara Freedland, who plays Annie, is making a feature acting debut after being a casting assistant on Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker.

Rafaella Biscayn as Eden - Rafaella Biscayn, who plays Eden, is largely a French-language ADR artist who has dubbed movies including the Oscar-winning Bombshell.

Rachel Shenton as Debbie - Rachel Shenton, who plays Maya's sister Debbie in The Strangers: Chapter 1, is a consummate television actor whose longest-running roles include Lily Summers in Switched at Birth, Mitzeee Minniver in Hollyoaks, and Helen Herriot in All Creatures Great and Small.