Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Leoni Haney Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

Scotty Burke It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

Leofwine_draca Scott Spiegel's love-it or hate-it slasher yarn is fun to watch even after you've noticed what a shallow, plot less little movie it really is. I would, however, recommend genre fans to watch this film just once in order to enjoy Spiegel's imaginative camera angles, the clever and original use of supermarket as the basis for the cat-and-mouse slasher games, and the gratuitous gore sequences which really go over the top, big time. Speigel has his camera from weird points of view like a doorknob, the bottom of a bin or shopping trolley, often making a quirky and quite funny effect. He continued in this vein with 1999's FROM DUSK TILL DAWN 2, although it appears that not many people like his style of filming. This is the perfect definition of a successful low budget slasher flick; the crew shot at night in a real supermarket, without any big effects or name actors, and they made a film that's far more entertaining than many big budget offerings in the genre.The film's middle section is a hoot, as various members of staff are brutally murdered one by one by a mystery killer. The beginning and ending sequences are a little slow but mainly passable, and the whodunit aspect, while overdone and a little obvious, adds to the feel of the movie. Sadly whoever designed the video box art for this movie decided to spoil the killer's identity right away: why are some people in this world so stupid? The acting is all right for such a low budget film, and the tongue-in-cheek script keeps things rolling nicely along with plenty of in-jokes and cameo appearances for genre fans. Seemingly half the folk who made/were in EVIL DEAD II (including the same special effects crew) have appearances in this movie, from Bruce Campbell's welcome cameo right at the end of the movie as a cop, to Ted Raimi's hilarious appearance as the music-loving "Produce Joe", to Sam Raimi (as a butcher) to the incredibly loathsome Danny Hicks (great once again) as the store manager.Well, the gore effects are what most fans of this movie would want to see, and they come thick and fast. Amidst the usual stabbings we have a guy's eyeball being impaled on a spike, a knife cleaving a skull in two, a hydraulic head crushing (very gruesome), a hook in a face and, in the film's gruelling highlight, a man's head being cut in half by a band saw. The effects are bloodily messily but never disturbing, as you know a film which includes a shot of a man being beaten with a severed head isn't playing it straight. INTRUDER is a minor classic in its uncut form, and with all the effects, the imaginative camera-work and the mean streak of humour running right through, it's a real visual feast if nothing else.

TheBlueHairedLawyer Personally my favorite horror film is My Bloody Valentine (1981), but Intruder isn't bad. It follows the story of workers in a supermarket as an unknown killer hunts them down one by one. It has decent acting for a low-budget film, eerie soundtrack (some of it has been used in the Spongebob episodes), a great cast and an original plot similar to the novel Laundromurder by Racheal Bates. It deserves a higher rating and better reputation than what it has, and I highly recommend it. Hey, even if you decide you really hate it, you can still at least enjoy its nostalgia and cheesy, funny moments, and laugh at it's, uh, "low-budgetness". After all, horror movies aren't always meant to be scary, some are just meant to entertain us.

acidburn-10 The Intruder is a fun little slasher which has kind of got lost amongst the 1980's gems, probably because it came out in the later of the decade which by then was going stale. Okay this movie doesn't break any new ground, but it's very decent and fun and packed full of plenty of thrills and a decent amount of gore which is very pleasing I must say.The setting is also fun, at a supermarket which is different I suppose, but it's used to great potential here. It does however take it's time into getting to the good stuff and the characters do manage to draw you in as well. It's the second half of this movie that really draws you in and the effects are definitely interesting and well done and packed full of interesting deaths which is everything an 80's slasher should be, it's effective and full of thrills.The acting is well a bit ropey by some of the cast, but we do get some decent ones as well. Renee Estevez only has a short amount of screen time which is a shame but she does give a decent well rounded performance and should have been the final girl. Elizabeth Cox was simply stunning looking but gave an uneven performance at times, but she was interesting as the final girl. Dan Hicks became a lot more interesting towards the end and really hammed it up with style and I did enjoy the cameos from Sam and Ted Raimi and of course Bruce Campbell. The rest of the performances however were a bit stilted.All in all "Intruder" is a definite must see for all fans of 80's slashers, it doesn't offer anything new but it's a rather interesting edition.

hellornola If you're expecting anything out of this movie beforehand, don't. Don't watch it for Bruce Campbell (he's hardly in it at all), or because you think it might be something like Evil Dead, or because you think it might be another typical 80's slasher. Intruder exceeds all expectations.Aside from a plot with an unforeseen twist, there are some really great, original camera angles, lots of gore, quirky, weird characters, and hilarious moments that will leave you laughing for days. You'll love the purposely terrible acting, the great one-liners (Don't you see?! I'm just craaaazy about this store!), and the fact that someone gets beat up with a severed head! This movie is definitely recommended to anyone who loves corny 80's slasher movies with a lot of dark humor. You can't go wrong with it.