Intruders - Die Eindringlinge

Some people have been complaining about being confused after watching the pilot. To those people I say, who says a pilot has to lay out everything before you? Can it not just establish the mood and a general direction to color you intrigued without having to give a clear synopsis of what the series is about? Twin Peaks for example doesn't start to make sense until after the first season. What I mean to say by that is, just because a show starts out slowly and takes a few episodes to establish the characters and atmosphere doesn't mean it's bad. I liked Intruders very much so far, plot-wise we aren't given much answers until episode 6 or so, but it constantly keeps us guessing. The all around solid acting adds to the eerie mood and intriguing mystique. I am very curious where the story will lead and what strange revelations lie ahead.

Let's hope this gets renewed for a second season, Intruders is in my opinion currently one of the most intriguing horror/mystery series on television.

I'm glad I stumbled across this largely unknowm show that has already been long forgotten - another addition to the 'one season wonder' club, where it's orginiality and complexity failed to build a worthy enough television audience to justify another run. Quite the shame and I suspect that if this had come out a few years later, on Netflix or Amaxon Prime, we'd be seeing more.

This is a joint production between BBC America and BBC UK (with an all american cast) and you can tell from the first few episodes that this is very different to most other commericialised efforts - there's no fluffy nonsense, no corny attempts at Holywood humour, nor is there any attempt to try and appeal/pander to the mainstream casual youth viewer. This is a serious affair, with a dark and mysterious vibe, that really gets going mid season (there's only 8 episodes).

Some of the acting is first class and the main characters continue to grow on you throughout - everybody plays their part well. The story is clever, creepy and very well written.

The genre is a mixture of a supernatural thriller and a mystery drama, that is laced with sci-fi elements and for those that are a fan of action/horror - there's lots of fights, murders and a tiny bit of gore. Whilst one of the main stroylines features a man and problematic changes within his wife, cheesy romance is defintely not on the menu.

The tension and intrgue builds throughout the show and the ending is complete, as the finale ties up the season nicely - it doesnn't end on an absolute cliff hanger but does of course leave it open for more.

If you have a spare 6 hours on a lazy sunday afternoon/evening, I'd recommend binge watching the whole thing in one, like a super long movie, as this doesn't appear to be the kind of thing you can casually dip in and out of. To fully experience and absorb the tale, I'd go for all in one.

A solid 8 out of 10 for originality and effort.

Overall, I like this show. It creates a sense of mystery and intrigue and has a good cast. On the other hand, I feel it's a little too fond of the mystery, and I'd really like to see answers come at a faster clip.

The main thing that keeps me watching is the creepy little girl (played by Millie Bobby Brown, who went on to greater success with Stranger Things). She is so good, in such a disturbing way, that she *makes* the show in the way Agent Cooper made Twin Peaks.

Its starts a little slowly and weird. i was worried it was going to go a bit under the dome ridiculous. After the third episode i was hooked. The little girl is quite frankly, frighteningly good! I found myself needing to know what on earth was going on. I liked the ending too, which was satisfying, a little carrot dangle for a possible future series. There were a few loopholes that had my nose wrinkling but i forgave all and moved on. Some of the acting was also a little ropey but i do like john Simms so again, i got over it pretty quickly. A good Friday night whilst having a curry sort of show. I didn't play on the ipad whilst i watched it so it held my attention more than most!

One of the successful methods with The X-files was Chris Carters' premise of, for every one question answered, 2 more are posed.

I found it intriguing, dark and mysterious. That's really difficult to accomplish now.

I suspect that a chunk of the negative reviews are from persons who want all of the answers up front.

I knew a guy that would finish a book in hours. I asked him how he could possibly do it. He said, "Simple. I just read the first and last paragraph of a book."

This is why we live in Idiocracy.