Synopsis: The overnight stock crew of a local supermarket find themselves being stalked and slashed by a mysterious maniac.
I never actually sat down to watch this one in all my years of being immersed in horror. I do, however, remember hearing about this flick simply because it was promoted as starring Sam Raimi, Ted Raimi and the legend himself, Bruce Campbell. Paramount wanted to use their names to promote Intruder even though the “starring” roles were in actuality only bit parts. Even Greg Nicotero pops up briefly in this one. I knew this one had a bit of a cult following so I figured, let’s go ahead and finally knock this one off the list.
Jennifer (Liz Kern) and Linda (Renee Estevez) are closing up shop and prepping for the overnight stock crew to do their thing when Jennifer’s ex Craig (David Byrnes) shows up. After becoming violent with her he is subdued and escorted out by her co-workers. Craig continues to stalk and harass her, always staying just out of sight. Soon the grocery store employees begin to be dispatched in extremely gruesome ways by an unseen assailant. As the night progresses, a deeper story starts to unveil itself as Jennifer and her co-workers fight for their survival.
This was an interesting one. I went in expecting absolutely nothing and was pleasantly surprised by a decent slasher set entirely in a grocery store. It wasn’t just a straight up gore-fest either, Spiegel made use of some experimental artistic shots that added a sense of class to what essentially is a bit of trash cinema. I’m kind of in awe. Shot completely in one location, after hours and using what’s known as “short ends” (partial rolls of unexposed stock) this film manages to put together an interesting cinematic trip filled with gore that would put a grin on any genre fan’s face.
If you haven’t seen this one then you definitely need to seek it out. You can find this one streaming on Tubi as of this writing.
Sidenote…No offense to Shudder, Screambox and the like, but Tubi is fast becoming my favorite streaming service for obscure genre cinema.
