Line #19 Film/Intruder


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4	->''"Don't you see? I'm just CRAZY about this store!"''
5	-->-- '''The Killer'''
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7	In a market after closing hours, a bunch of employees are working late. Then one cashier's abusive ex-boyfriend starts harassing her, and soon everyone around the store are being killed gruesomely one by one.
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9	Even though it is a by-the-book SlasherMovie, the film gained cult status after its release in 1989 for having a plenty of Creator/SamRaimi regulars present (including the man himself), director Scott Spiegel's camerawork and its {{gorn}}tastic kills.
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11	The kill scenes were cut severely by the producer for its initial release, but they are [[{{Recut}} restored]] in the 2008 DVD-release.
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13	[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Has no relation]] to the 2019 multiplayer [[VideoGame/{{Intruder}} video game]] of the same name. It is equally unrelated to the Creator/{{BBC}} series ''Series/{{Intruders}}'', the 2006 novel ''Literature/TheIntruders'', or the 2015 films ''Film/{{Intruders}}'' '''and''' ''Film/TheIntruders''.
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15	!!Prices for these examples were cut:
16	* AbsurdlySharpBlade: One of the killer's first kills is slamming a knife halfway through and down his victim's skull. Note that this is a cutting knife, not a cleaver (he picks that up later), and he doesn't stab with it, he chops, and it STILL goes halfway through the skull.
17	* AccidentalMurder: Craig got into prison prior to the events of the film when he accidentally killed a man after Jennifer broke up with him.
18	* AnArmAndALeg: Severed hands and feet are discovered by the cast.
19	* BarehandedBladeBlock: When Jennifer tries to attack the killer with a knife, he grabs it by the blade and throws it aside.
20	* BigNo: Dave when he sees the table saw.
21	* BloodIsSquickerInWater: The killer drops a chopped hand into a lobster tank, which quickly turns red with blood.
22	* BrokenRecord: Joe's headphones play exactly one song for the first hours of working.
23	* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler:The police arrest Jennifer and Craig in the end, ignoring their pleas for innocence]].
24	* CharacterInTheLogo: Done in the VHS releases, with its killer in the "I" of the logo.
25	* ChekhovsGun: The knife used to kill [[spoiler: Linda]]. Jennifer tears it from [[spoiler:her]] chest and attacks the killer with it.
26	* ChekhovsSkill: [[spoiler:Bill]] impersonating Danny. He uses it to lure Jennifer into a trap.
27	* ClosedCircle: The store, as the killer has the keys.
28	* CoversAlwaysLie: Some stylized VHS covers show the killer with an axe. He never uses one.
29	* CreatorCameo: Scott Spiegel appears as the guy delivering the bread, who is then killed off as the FinalGirl watches helplessly from inside the store.
30	* DoubleTake: Randy does it when he sees a severed hand wrapped in meat packaging.
31	* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Bill is dead, but Jennifer and Craig end up being accused and arrested for the murder spree]].
32	* DutchAngle: When Bill notices a doorknob turning, the shot of him looking at it slowly turns into a tilted angle.
33	* EyeAwaken: Used twice by NotQuiteDead characters.
34	* EyeScream: Danny's eye is pierced by a spike.
35	* FinalGirl: Jennifer is the last surviving, and thus is left to fight the killer. [[spoiler:In an interesting twist, she gets help from [[RedHerring Craig]].]]
36	* GigglingVillain: The killer after his identity is revealed.
37	* GrievousBottleyHarm: Used twice against the killer.
38	* GrievousHarmWithABody: A severed head is used as a bludgeoning instrument.
39	* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: One of the victims is found cut in half.
40	* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: Joe's Walkman drowns out the approach of the killer as he's chopping up meat for the deli.
41	* HooksAndCrooks: Jennifer defends herself with a hook.
42	* HopeSpot: The couple trying to visit the store after closing hours, and the bread guy.
43	* LockedOutOfTheLoop: After he puts on his Walkman, Joe has no idea what is going on. This leads to his death as the music drowns out the approach of the killer.
44	* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Craig]] after Jennifer attacks him, and the killer in the ending.
45	* OffWithHisHead: Dave gets his head severed offscreen.
46	* OffscreenTeleportation: The killer manages to get outside in record time to kill the bread deliverer in front Jennifer.
47	* OnceIsNotEnough: Jennifer manages to jab [[spoiler:Craig]] in the throat, apparently killing him. [[spoiler:He later turns up alive, and is not actually the killer]].
48	** Subverted at the end, where [[spoiler:Craig attacks Bill, the real killer, with a meat cleaver]], ferociously hacking at him over and over until he drops. [[spoiler:Then Double Subverted when it turns out that STILL wasn't quite enough to kill him.]]
49	* PeekABooCorpse: Jennifer is surprised by Randy's corpse.
50	* PoliceAreUseless: When the cops come after Craig's troublemaking, they just ask the cast to call them again if he shows up. Taken further [[spoiler:in the ending, as a different pair of cops arrest the surviving characters for the murders]].
51	* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Craig's behavior early in the film makes him seem like his responsible for the killings]].
52	* ScreamingWoman: Understandably, Jennifer becomes this when she finds the remains of the killer's victims.
53	* ShoutOut: Bill's story about the guy in the fire rescue who "had the head in one hand, sandwich in the other", is lifted from ''Film/RaisingArizona''.
54	* SpitefulSpit: Jennifer spits at the face of the gloating killer, who just licks it off.
55	* TheStoner: Bub. To drive the point home, he speaks like a surfer.
56	* WoundedGazelleGambit: [[spoiler:The killer uses his woundedness to implicate the surviving characters for the murders]].
57	* YourHeadASplode: Bub getting his head forced into the activated box crusher.

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