I have rated "Intruder" 7/10, halfway between the mark you'd give a movie that you like and is good, and one you'd give a movie that -like this one- is of very questionable technical quality or perhaps flat-out bad.
"Intruder" is a bad movie. Not terribly bad, but it has very poor acting (with the exception of Dan Hicks, perhaps, who single-handedly makes the movie worth watching even for those who don't especially like slasher flicks), a virtually non-existent plot, most of the characters are mere figurines to be disposed of...
On the other hand, though, there are some serious people behind this project -Sam & Ted Raimi, Scott Spiegel of Evil Dead 2, Lawrence Bender (who would reach a solid status as Quentin Tarantino's producer)...- and the movie is absolutely fun to watch. For example, it is set in a real grocery market, and it shows, because it displays real grocery brands and products from 1989; also, both the products and all the store facilities are used in very, let's say, creative and hilarious ways. The story goes like this: several kids go to work to this market as the night shift crew, and they are informed that it is their last work day there, as the store owners are selling it over. Parallel to this, the blonde scream queen of the show, Jennifer (Elizabeth Cox) is being stalked by an ex-boyfriend. Soon after this, someone starts to kill the crew members...
Like I said, while the plot is really thin and the relationships between the characters don't matter in the least, the movie is just a lot of fun to show, and you can tell that the film-makers had to make do with a very modest budget and what they had at hand. And they did a very fine job, producing some of the best-done kills that I have seen in 80s slasher movies. Also, you can tell that the actors were having fun doing this, and the wooden acting even adds to the charm of the film.
I think a remake, with a higher budget and perhaps a more elaborate plot, would be great, but probably not half as much fun to watch as this. Enjoy!
"Intruder" is a bad movie. Not terribly bad, but it has very poor acting (with the exception of Dan Hicks, perhaps, who single-handedly makes the movie worth watching even for those who don't especially like slasher flicks), a virtually non-existent plot, most of the characters are mere figurines to be disposed of...
On the other hand, though, there are some serious people behind this project -Sam & Ted Raimi, Scott Spiegel of Evil Dead 2, Lawrence Bender (who would reach a solid status as Quentin Tarantino's producer)...- and the movie is absolutely fun to watch. For example, it is set in a real grocery market, and it shows, because it displays real grocery brands and products from 1989; also, both the products and all the store facilities are used in very, let's say, creative and hilarious ways. The story goes like this: several kids go to work to this market as the night shift crew, and they are informed that it is their last work day there, as the store owners are selling it over. Parallel to this, the blonde scream queen of the show, Jennifer (Elizabeth Cox) is being stalked by an ex-boyfriend. Soon after this, someone starts to kill the crew members...
Like I said, while the plot is really thin and the relationships between the characters don't matter in the least, the movie is just a lot of fun to show, and you can tell that the film-makers had to make do with a very modest budget and what they had at hand. And they did a very fine job, producing some of the best-done kills that I have seen in 80s slasher movies. Also, you can tell that the actors were having fun doing this, and the wooden acting even adds to the charm of the film.
I think a remake, with a higher budget and perhaps a more elaborate plot, would be great, but probably not half as much fun to watch as this. Enjoy!