Being an 80s slasher horror, 'Intruder' is pretty formulaic and from the onset there's very little guessing as to who will survive the massacre.
Yup, the 80s certainly dished up a generous portion of mindless slasher films. Some were good, some not so, and some - like 'Intruder' - were average. As for the plot, the reason behind the killings are just preposterous, but this is compensated by good (if not disgusting) practical prop effects. Each killing is shown in detail, and its clear the production team obviously experimented with various elements, and then incorporated them in the film. The result is a slasher film with pretty descent, cringe worthy (in a horrifically good way) killing scenes. Certainly not bad for its low budget.
Towards the end, everything simply seem to happen for effect only and all reasonable behavior is thrown to the wind. There's a scene where the killer is stalking a victim, and in the next scene he is suddenly outside killing a delivery man. What? Why? The final act was quite bad, actually. Pity.
Would I watch it again? No.
Yup, the 80s certainly dished up a generous portion of mindless slasher films. Some were good, some not so, and some - like 'Intruder' - were average. As for the plot, the reason behind the killings are just preposterous, but this is compensated by good (if not disgusting) practical prop effects. Each killing is shown in detail, and its clear the production team obviously experimented with various elements, and then incorporated them in the film. The result is a slasher film with pretty descent, cringe worthy (in a horrifically good way) killing scenes. Certainly not bad for its low budget.
Towards the end, everything simply seem to happen for effect only and all reasonable behavior is thrown to the wind. There's a scene where the killer is stalking a victim, and in the next scene he is suddenly outside killing a delivery man. What? Why? The final act was quite bad, actually. Pity.
Would I watch it again? No.