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Intruders

Release Date 27 Jan 2012 27 Jun 2012

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Certificate: 15A

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Though no one can see him, Hollow Face lurks in the corners, desperately desiring love but only knowing how to spread fear and hate. He creeps into the life of John Farrow after Farrow's beloved 13-year-old daughter Mia is assaulted in their home. The line between the real and the imaginary blurs as fissures start to open within the family unit. It seems that no security measure can keep Hollow Face out.

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Clive Owen | Carice Van Houten | Daniel Brühl | Ella Purnell | Kerry Fox | Pilar López De Ayala | Mark Wingett | Adam Leese | Raymond Waring | Imogen Gray

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Two stories unfold, one in the past, concerning a little boy, Juan (Izan Corchero), who, through his latenight horror story scribblings, conjures up the nightmarish Hollowface, the second in the present, when 12-year old Mia (Purnell) happens upon a scrap of Juan’s original writing – and she soon has Hollowface lurking in the deepest, darkest corner of her bedroom closet, waiting patiently to steal her face. Trying to make sense of it all is her dad, construction foreman John (Owen), but the spotlight soon turns on his close-knit bond with his only child…

THE VERDICT: Full of cheap chills and jaded horror clichés, Intruders is the sort of piss-poor horror film that will only scare the stupid and the weak. The people who put up the money for this sorry mess, in other words. It’s like M. Night Shyamalan’s The Exorcist, a bogeyman romp that tries to milk a few more nightmare scares from the child-in-supernatural-peril scenario. 

Review by Paul Byrne 

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    mart

    As these parallel supernatural mysteries begin to meld into one another, all semblance of credibility dissolves, leaving behind an impenetrable and frustrating fog of unanswered questions

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    filmbuff2011

    Spanish horror (The Orphanage, Rec, Julia's Eyes) has recently set itself apart from the usual run-of-the-mill stuff that Hollywood churns out. There's something unnerving about their horror films, which rely more on atmosphere and suspense than cheap scares. After his visceral zombie sequel 28 Weeks Later, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo returns with Intruders, a Spanish-UK co-production. It's a intriguing if somewhat humourless take on the boogeyman story, as a mysterious raincoated figure stalks the dreams and nightmares of two children, one Spanish and one English. The different story threads are drawn together at the end, which provides some added backstory. Clive Owen adds some class to the proceedings and the child performances are pretty good too. There's nothing altogether original about this film, but it's certainly better than other horror films of late. Worth a look if you're in the mood for something atmospheric.

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