Warning: Major spoilers ahead for The Strangers: Chapter 2The Strangers: Chapter 2 didn't do much to advance the narrative surrounding Madelaine Petsch's Maya Lucas, but it did reveal some key backstory behind why The Strangers kill seemingly at random. Inspired by Bryan Bertino's acclaimed 2008 psychological horror-thriller The Strangers, the poorly-reviewed new trilogy is allegedly part of the same continuity as the original, although the killers behind the masks may not be the same.