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Intensity

  • TV Movie
  • 1997
  • 3h 6m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
2.3K
YOUR RATING
Intensity (1997)
DramaHorrorThriller

A woman spending Thanksgiving at the home of her friend's family in the rural Pacific Northwest finds herself in the clutches of a disturbed serial killer.A woman spending Thanksgiving at the home of her friend's family in the rural Pacific Northwest finds herself in the clutches of a disturbed serial killer.A woman spending Thanksgiving at the home of her friend's family in the rural Pacific Northwest finds herself in the clutches of a disturbed serial killer.

  • Director
    • Yves Simoneau
  • Writers
    • Dean R. Koontz
    • Stephen Tolkin
  • Stars
    • John C. McGinley
    • Molly Parker
    • Blu Mankuma
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    2.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Yves Simoneau
    • Writers
      • Dean R. Koontz
      • Stephen Tolkin
    • Stars
      • John C. McGinley
      • Molly Parker
      • Blu Mankuma
    • 74User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations total

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    John C. McGinley
    John C. McGinley
    • Edgler Foreman Vess
    Molly Parker
    Molly Parker
    • Chyna Shepherd
    Blu Mankuma
    Blu Mankuma
    • Ethan Trevaine
    Lori Triolo
    Lori Triolo
    • Lori
    Brent Stait
    Brent Stait
    • Jim Woltz
    Katie Stuart
    Katie Stuart
    • Young Chyna Shepherd
    Deanna Milligan
    Deanna Milligan
    • Laura Templeton
    Kavan Smith
    Kavan Smith
    • Jack Templeton
    Piper Laurie
    Piper Laurie
    • Miriam Braynard
    Tori Paul
    • Ariel Delane
    Alex Diakun
    Alex Diakun
    • Mr. John Q. Citizen
    Babs Chula
    Babs Chula
    • Mrs. John Q. Citizen
    • (as Babz Chula)
    Alf Humphreys
    Alf Humphreys
    • George Jespersen
    • (as Alfred E. Humphreys)
    Edmond Kato Wong
    • Tom
    Meredith Bain Woodward
    Meredith Bain Woodward
    • Sarah Templeton
    Wally Dalton
    Wally Dalton
    • Peter Templeton
    BJ Harrison
    BJ Harrison
    • Carmen Trevaine
    • (as B.J. Harrison)
    Merrilyn Gann
    Merrilyn Gann
    • Tight Shoes
    • Director
      • Yves Simoneau
    • Writers
      • Dean R. Koontz
      • Stephen Tolkin
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews74

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    8a-veselova

    Great Suspenseful Horror Movie

    I come from the Uk and this film was shown a few weeks ago on TV and when I started watching it I was immediately hooked and watching it in suspense. This is one of the most scary films I have ever seen, the killer Vess is great in this film and played brilliantly, the heroine Chyna is also greatly played and believable. The storyline itself is really well done and it all makes sense and greatly acted in this TV series. Chyna Shepard is an insecure woman who when her friend gets murdered by a killer (Vess) decides it is her job to rescue on of his captives, a little girl called Ariel. After this film I have bought 2 Dean Koontz books and hope to read more....
    martymaster

    A very intense movie that keeps you glued to the tv screen

    Even though this is a low budget b-movie,it still is one of the best thrillers I have ever seen.And it absolutely lives up to it's name "intensity".It's about a psycho serial killer,played by John C. McGinley,which we also remember from the movies as "the rock". The serial killer in this movie is actually far worse than other serial killers from other movies,this one is a completely insane psycho mad man. The movie is completely breath-taking and I didn't relax for one minute when I watched it on tv.It is a mini series in two parts and therefor quit long.Almost 4 hours I think and that is a long time with intensity.

    I recommend this movie to everyone that likes a good thriller and I guarantee that after watching the first 5 minutes you have to watch the whole movie.

    Intensity is really one of the most terrifying movies you will ever see.
    MayhapsItWasGoodBackThen

    Great chilling entertainment! I'd read the book if I wasn't such a lazy person.

    I just watched this mini TV-series a few days ago. A friend of mine recommended seeing it. So I did. And I wasn't disappointed.

    The story was pretty ok, but what really caught my eyes were the two main characters: Chyna (the heroine) and Mr. Vess (the bad guy). Chyna is insecure but determined young woman who has been neglected as a child and thus she suffers from recurring nightmares and repeating flash backs from her miserable past. Mr. Vess on the other hand comes from a good loving family or so he states when Chyna tries to use inversed psychology with him (with no obvious luck) when she's being held captive at his house of horrors, aiming to save a missing girl named Ariel.

    Well coming from a good background or not, Vess is not the man you wanna mess with. But what we also get to know very soon after seeing Mr. Vess for the first time in action, that he is in fact a genuine psychopath who likes to hunt not just game but also people during his morbid little trips on the road with his big bad VR in order to bring home some trophies to 'his' sweet Ariel.

    He's handy with his knife and careful with his life... But not enough that his extremely sensitive senses and trained dogs will get him of the hook this time. _Intense_ suspense. Thrilling moments guaranteed and even some mysticism. I especially liked Mr. Vess' performance. Particularly his facial expressions and deep sighing and quiet murmuring when playing with his knives added some chilling effects on the character.

    Now it's my time to recommend this great mini TV-series to all you people who haven't seen it. It's based on Koontz novel, but I can't make any comparisons with the book and the TV-series since I have never read any of his books. Maybe I ought to...
    9duerden60

    Why is this unavailable???

    I saw 'Intensity'on TV. Of course it was cut to ribbons*.That is, if the IMDb run time of 186 minutes is correct.(*Why do they insist on doing that?) It was still excellent. Molly Parker, one of the most adventurous actresses working today, was terrific. John C. McGinley usually an actor who does a fine job in a lesser part, was mesmerising. Suspense builds up all the way. I went out and got the book, great read that made me realise what a good job the screenwriters had done. Wanted to buy the full length movie, according to IMDb it's unavailable!! This is a great movie, only made in 1997, so where is it? Somebody put the uncut version on DVD, PLEASE!!
    7ctomvelu1

    McGinley at his nastiest

    A troubled young woman agrees to stay with a girlfriend at the girlfriend's parents' home in a remote location. A maniac breaks into the house and kills the girlfriend and her parents. The troubled young woman escapes from the house but finds a captive girl in the killer's van. She decides to do something about it, and this leads to a confrontation between the woman and killer. Sound vaguely familiar? It should. A few years later, the basic plot was reworked for the French fright flick, HIGH INTENSITY. John C. McGinley is the deranged killer, and he's quite persuasive as a homicidal maniac. The rest of the cast is pretty much unknown, as this was shot on the cheap in Canada for TV consumption. It is intense, indeed, and I would not recommend it for anyone under the age of 14 or thereabouts.

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    • Trivia
      Though not explained in the movie, the novel goes into further depths about Vess and his background, namely that as a young child, he developed sociopathic and sadistic tendencies and began torturing and killing animals. When he was nine, Vess' parents caught on to his violence and attempted to seek help for him. In response, he set fire to their home, killing them both. The fire was ruled an accident and Vess was assumed to be a traumatized survivor.

      Vess was then placed in the custody of his grandmother, where he stayed for two years before stabbing her to death in a fit of anger. After this, he was placed in a youth home for just over a year before his record was expunged and he was adopted out to another family, who had no knowledge of his crimes. Vess lived with this family until he was twenty, at which point he killed them in another arson fire for their inheritance.
    • Goofs
      When Chyna throws herself down the stairs to break the chair she's chained to, you can see both of her hands come free as she's falling. But when she lands at the bottom of the staircase they are connected again.
    • Quotes

      [repeated line]

      Chyna Shepherd: Chyna Shepherd, untouched and still alive.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Cabin by the Lake (2000)

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    • Release date
      • August 5, 1997 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dean Koontz's Intensity
    • Filming locations
      • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Mandalay Entertainment
      • Columbia TriStar Television
      • Mandalay Television
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    • Runtime
      3 hours 6 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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