why do the strangers kill kristen and james
The Strangers (2008 film) Back inside the house, Kristen and James find a shotgun and wait for the intruders in a bedroom. Mike arrives and realizes something is wrong after seeing the smashed car in the driveway. He enters the house, and James, mistaking him for one of the strangers, shoots him dead. Devastated, James remembers an old radio transmitter in the backyard shed. He leaves and encounters Pin-Up Girl, searching the backyard with a flashlight. When James tries to shoot her, the Man in Mask knocks him unconscious, discharging the gun in the process. Kristen hears the shot and runs to the shed. She finds the radio, but Pin-Up Girl smashes it with an axe. Kristen rushes back to the house where she encounters Dollface, who taunts her with a knife, saying, "You're gonna die." She tries to leave but is incapacitated by the Man in Mask. Finding themselves tied to chairs in the living room with the strangers standing before them, Kristen demands, "Why are you doing this?" Dollface replies, "Because you were home."