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Intruder: Unrated Director's Cut - Blu-ray Synapse Films - 2011 Directed Scott Spiegel |
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A night crew in a small grocery store finds out the place is going to be sold and their jobs will be coming to an end. The young adults take it in stride and continue to do the work to get the place ready for the next day, when a killer starts picking them off one by one.
INTRUDER is a slasher film in every sense of the word. You’ve got the heavy breathing POV shots (with Director Spiegel going a little nutty with where he puts the camera; inside phone, shopping cart, trash can, etc), undersexed young adults, a little heavy handed stalk-n-slash music and lots of gory killings.
INTRUDER is very well made with charismatic cast and a little campy direction, but it’s all done in good fun. You don’t know if you should be scared or laughing. I think Scott Spiegel would take either reaction positively the same.
This film was Scott Spiegel’s directing debut. He had made the pilgrimage out to California from Michigan , where he grew up with Bruce Campbell and the Raimi family. That’s the reason his hometown pals appear in this movie with Sam and Ted Raimi playing supporting characters.
INTRUDER was also the first future film Lawrence Bender produced. Of course he would go on to produce all of Quentin Tarantino’s work as well as GOOD WILL HUNTING and many other films.
INTRUDER was also the first feature film from KNB Effects, who would go on to become the most prolific Make-Up FX team in Hollywood . Kurtzman, Nicotero and Berger create a grocery shopping list of bloody kills that would propel them as the Make-Up FX team to beat. For the first time on this Unrated Director's Cut you can see their work in all it’s crimson glory; head sliced in half by table saw, butcher knife in the chest sending out a geyser of blood, severed hand in lobster tank, eye ball on the floor, head crushed by lift and Sam Raimi suspended and stuck on a meat hook. These are just some of the gruesome gags made by KNB.
The extras are plentiful on this Blu-ray. Slashed Prices: The Making of Intruder was fun to watch and is the best source to learn how the production was done. Most of the key people speak about their involvement 25 years ago. I really think this is cool that they appreciate the movie for what it is and not turn away from it. Spiegel seems honestly pleased that it’s gotten the attention it has and that it’s still regarded highly with fans. Lawrence Bender embraces his involvement on making this and I totally respect that given what he’s accomplished since. It was pretty crazy hearing that the store location with abandoned and that the production had to fill it with ten-tons of spoiled groceries. Elizabeth Cox goes through her checklist of different screams used in the film, which is the first time I’ve ever seen an actress do that.
The Slashing of Intruder; is a brief story of how filmmaker Vincent Pereira was disappointed that he saw the hacked to ribbons R-rated cut of INTRUDER instead of the super splatter version previewed in GoreZone Magazine. There is a cool end to his story which I’ll leave for your viewing pleasure.
The video taped Original Cast Audition Footage gives you a chance to see why the actors were chosen for their roles.
Extended Intruder Sequences From The Original Work Print is exactly that. More gruesome highlights are played out in their entirety.
Outtakes From The Now-Lost Short Film Night Crew was cool to watch. Because you see how similar the short film was versus what become INTRUDER. Sam Raimi is in it, while Bruce Campbell is operating the Super-8 camera.
Audio Commentary by Director Scott Spiegel & Producer/Co-Writer Lawrence Bender is pretty relaxed affair both guys have fun memories of the shoot and they both somewhat surprised they were able to pull off what they did. A little repetitive to the making of doc but still if you’ve got the time...
Still Gallery and Trailers wrap the supplements.
INTRUDER is a fun, gory flasher that will give you 90-minutes worth of entertainment. Synapse Films should be lauded for the high-quality of work they continue to give films deserving such as this.
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