The Intruder

Listen, I love my movies across all genres but this was truly garbage. Those that gave this above 2 stars really need to reassess what they consider a good movie.

Extremely poor acting with a ridiculous and pointless plot, with a budget of $10k I'm sure there was about $8k left once it had wrapped. I can't even try to point out good parts because there really isn't any.

Do yourself a favour and either watch this while you hoover the entire house or even better, put it on while you go shopping for a few hours. Either way you won't have missed anything.

Pretty much ruined our Friday evening and 1hr 40 we'll never get back.

This slow burn thriller is an example of how stupid a person can be. I mean, installing cameras after so many things happened? Can you be any slower than that? If they were murderers, he'd be dead by now. Not to mention changing the locks not right after his neighbor advised him? Way to go, slowpoke! This movie is a complete waste of time! More than an hour spent going back and forth between mental illness and supernatural beings. And as it turned out, it was neither. STUPID! The acting wasn't even that good. And too many build ups that went into nothing. They stretched it for far too long, 30 minutes is enough to convey the whole plot. Cause the conclusion of this movie was only about 15 minutes at the end of it. Don't wanna waste your precious time like I did? Go to the time stamp I just told you. You'll thank me later.

I like the main character here and I thought David Gow did as much as he could with the script he was given. I had problems with several of the "red herrings" that appeared to make no sense (the sleepwalking, the insistence of not calling the police). I am interested to know why the director-writer deliberately avoids establishing the main character as Gay. The subtext is there. We don't have any reasons for the main character's angst. A separation or ending of a long term relationship would have given far more motivation for his personal anxieties. It is still worth a watch and good example of what you can do on a very small budget.

For what it's worth I really enjoyed this movie. Holes in the plot and resolution, absolutely, but I liked the two lead performances. I watch - or turn off - a lot of 1-2 star quality streaming horror and I considered this an above average find. I'm always looking for that sense of tension and I experienced that with this. It definitely reminded me of living alone and the way my heart would leap if there was a late night knock on the door.

This film had me questioning it from the moment, the intrusive neighbor came over. The neighbor's behavior and dialogue made no sense at all and was odd at times to say the least. People simply don't behave like this. Next - the acting was atrocious as it relates to Joe, the neighbor. The guy who played the main character was believable as far as acting is concerned but the neighbor was horrible and his ridiculous dialogue didn't help at all. The storyline had major plot holes that would have to force the viewer to suspend belief because people with common sense would not do some of the things that the main character was doing. I often wondered, while watching; if the character was supposed to be seen as or portrayed as mentally challenged due to some of his decisions. Even now, I'm not really sure. All I can say is that this film had no real resolution or likeable characters except maybe the sister. This film had an interesting premise but the execution was horrendous...