The overnight stock crew of a local supermarket find themselves being stalked and slashed by a mysterious maniac.The overnight stock crew of a local supermarket find themselves being stalked and slashed by a mysterious maniac.The overnight stock crew of a local supermarket find themselves being stalked and slashed by a mysterious maniac.
Liz Kern
- Jennifer Ross
- (as Elizabeth Cox)
Renée Estevez
- Linda
- (as Renee Estevez)
Dan Hicks
- Bill Roberts
- (as Danny Hicks)
Eugene Robert Glazer
- Danny
- (as Eugene Glazer)
Douglas Scott-Hessler
- Townie At Door
- (as Douglas Hessler)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDespite receiving top billing on the DVD releases of this film, cult hero Bruce Campbell only makes a brief appearance in the film as a policeman at the end.
- GoofsEven though the story takes place during the course of one night, the TV GUIDE Magazines at the checkout stands change periodically. The movie was filming in a real grocery store after hours and TV GUIDE is a weekly publication - this helps chronicle the numerous weeks involved in filming.
- Quotes
Bill Roberts: Here comes fucking Parker, walking down nine miles, swinging the God damn head by the hair in one hand and his sandwich in the other.
- Alternate versionsThere is an unrated director's cut available which features the infamous "bandsaw lobotomy" where a character's head is inserted into a high powered meat slicer.
- ConnectionsEdited into Full Moon's: Trailer Rama: Psychos-A-Go-Go (2023)
- SoundtracksVoices from the Underworld
Composed By Dick Walter
Featured review
A real slasher of prices.
'Intruder (1989)' is a slasher set inside a grocery store that sees the late-night crew come under threat from a mysterious manic intent on mutilating every last one of them. The flick isn't a parody, or even a comedy really, but it is well aware of what it is and isn't afraid to be as ridiculous as it wants to be. It's often funny, purposefully so, but it also works as a horror because the kills are grisly, the characters are likable and the flick is generally suspenseful. It's incredibly well made despite its obviously low budget, with some insanely creative shots keeping you engaged even during its duller segments. The killer's face is kept off screen for most of the movie, but it's when their identity is revealed that they really come into their own. They're suitably relentless and equally as deranged, spewing off-kilter commentary in a wonderfully over-the-top way. It's a pitch-perfect performance for what the piece is trying to achieve. The story is simple but effective, essentially acting as an excuse for the plot's carnage. Sadly, the version I watched was heavily cut (for some reason the cut version is the only one that's available through Shudder in the UK). This isn't too detrimental to the picture, as a couple of the more intense kills still genuinely work when they're shown in a more implicit way, but several sequences are heavily diluted and, especially towards the end, it's sometimes difficult to understand what's happening (or, rather, has just happened off screen). The most unforgivable part of the cut version is that it robs you of a moment in which the killer beats someone unconscious with a severed head. Ultimately, though, the piece is still entertaining in its cut form. It knows what it is and relishes it, providing fun rather than scares. Having said that, it also does a great job at building suspense and has several seriously inventive sequences. 7/10.
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- Pjtaylor-96-138044
- Oct 18, 2021
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- Budget
- $130,000 (estimated)
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