The Strangers: Chapter 1

In 2017, in the small town of Venus, Oregon, a businessman named Jeff Morell is ambushed in the woods by three masked assailants—Scarecrow, Dollface, and Pin-Up Girl. Scarecrow ultimately kills Jeff with an axe.

Some time later, Maya and her boyfriend Ryan are driving across the country to Portland, where she is due for a job interview, while celebrating their five-year anniversary. En route, they stop to eat at Carol's Diner in Venus, where they encounter a few hostile locals. While at the diner, the couple notices a missing persons poster for Jeff. When their car refuses to start, the town's mechanic, Rudy, agrees to fix it by the next morning. Shelly, a friendly waitress at the diner, drives the couple to a secluded Airbnb cabin in the woods for them to stay the night.