In San Francisco, the couple Scott and Annie are happily married. When Scott is promoted in his job, Annie asks him to move to Napa Valley to raise a family with children of their own. They negotiate and buy the old house that belongs to the structural engineer and widower Charlie Peck. But soon Scott notes that Charlie is always in his real estate and is hitting on Annie and he decides to investigate with his friend Mike who Charlie is.... (Full plot summary below)
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In San Francisco, the couple Scott and Annie are happily married. When Scott is promoted in his job, Annie asks him to move to Napa Valley to raise a family with children of their own. They negotiate and buy the old house that belongs to the structural engineer and widower Charlie Peck. But soon Scott notes that Charlie is always in his real estate and is hitting on Annie and he decides to investigate with his friend Mike who Charlie is.
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| Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshDirected by Deon Taylor with a cheeky sense of fun and deep knowledge of the genre, The Intruder is the kind of schlocky yet satisfying genre filmmaking that makes you jump and laugh at the same time. |
| Austin ChronicleMatthew MonagleThe Intruder is a delightful use of the conventions of melodrama to subvert traditional horror archetypes. |
| New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriIt’s the rare actor who can make playing a character this messy look so effortless. |
| The GuardianBenjamin LeeThe Intruder isn’t bringing much that’s new to the table but what it does, it does well, and there’s something to admire about its stark efficiency, dragging us along with full force, even if we know exactly where we’re going. |
| The A.V. ClubKatie RifeThe film is so full of jump scare fake-outs and shout-at-the-screen moments, it neglects to build sustained suspense — a far worse sin than its lack of logic, which can actually be kind of fun. |
| San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisA B-movie with a few thrills and plenty of inane dialogue. |
| The PlaylistKimber MyersThe Intruder is a blunt but effective instrument. This thriller lacks subtlety and craft, but it succeeds at what it’s intending to do: keep the audience stress-eating popcorn for 100 minutes and leave entirely satisfied with the experience they just had. It’s not a good movie, but boy, is it fun. |
| Original-CinJim SlotekThe Intruder is the sort of thriller where the audience is in on pretty much everything from the beginning, and spends the rest of the movie waiting for the dolts onscreen to catch up. |
| Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonIf HGTV and Lifetime had a TV channel baby, it would produce movies like The Intruder. |
| The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldThere’s exactly one good jump-scare, which probably would have caused me to drop my popcorn if I hadn’t finished it already; otherwise it’s fairly uninspired. But something about Quaid’s delivery had me giggling throughout — or, at least, until things got rather too dark in the final minutes. |
