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Intruder [VHS]

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This film definently needs to be released on dvd. The level of excitment while I watched this film was great and the gory special effects were amazing. The story starts when the late night shift employees of the supermarket are ready to close up when they get the bad news that the supermarket is about to be shut down and they will all end up losing there jobs they have to bring down the prices before they close up, soon each empoyee gets killed untill one of them survives. They soon realize that the female lead's boyfriend who is a psycho has just gotten out of jail but it might not be him, it was pretty obvious who the killer was but that was not important because the film was fun to watch. The gory sequences include a meat hook impaling, knife stabbings and a meat slicer that cuts a guys head in half, there is also a guy who gets his head squashed like a melon so its only recomended if you have a strong stomach. The film also has cameos by Sam Raimi and his brother Ted Raimi (xena warrior princess) who are friends with director Scot Spiegel and Bruce Campbel, it also stars that crazy hillbilly from evil dead 2.

This movie is very well filmed and directed. There's so many unusual camera angles! The death scenes are also very gory and detailed which is very cool. The stunts in this film are kind of bad. You can tell when the killer isn't hit by the bottle. The ending is somewhat predictable but still fun to watch. This movie is also very orginal. Usually a typical 80's slasher takes place in house, well this takes place in a supermarket.

Positives - Very detailed and gory deaths, good directing, good acting, unusual camera angles, very orginal plot

Negatives - Bad stunts

Only watch this movie if you are a major fan of any of the actors, or are purposely trying to watch crappy 80's horror films. I did not find this movie at all scary, but then, I'm not really sure it was supposed to be... Expect lots of bizarre camera angles (including the doorknob-cam, for example), and very stilted dialogue. On the other hand, I still very much enjoyed this movie, and have watched it several times since buying it. It's best to watch it really late at night. If you want to watch Sam Raimi ("Spiderman" movie director) act, this is the movie for you. If you want all the characters to live happily ever after, it is not for you. Infamous B-movie icon Bruce Campbell makes a brief (i.e. not longer than three minutes) appearance at the end, so don't be fooled by how often his name shows up headlining the credits. I personally bought this movie for the combined five minutes of Ted Raimi (Sam's little brother). He violences vegetables (and an innocent and unsuspecting watermelon), and bleeds very enthusiastically; unfortunately he is not a major character... The multiple deaths are not as explicit as they would be in a modern horror film, but they are creative; the blood content is rather moderate in most of them. I enjoyed it, despite its faults, and if you're in the right mood, you might, too.