Two children living in different countries are visited nightly by a faceless being who wants to take possession of them.Two children living in different countries are visited nightly by a faceless being who wants to take possession of them.Two children living in different countries are visited nightly by a faceless being who wants to take possession of them.
- Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations
Raymond Waring
- Policeman
- (as Raymond Wearing)
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Did you know
- TriviaDuring Mia's birthday, when everybody sings 'Happy Birthday To You', Susanna (Carice van Houten) yells "Hieperdepiep! Hurray", which means "hip hip" in her native language, Dutch.
- GoofsNo smoke is visible when Susanna extinguishes the fire from the "nightmare doll" her husband and her daughter were burning.
- Quotes
John Farrow: Monsters are cowards. You stand up to them, they run away.
Mia: Not this one.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Projector: Intruders (2012)
- SoundtracksPainted Up Doll
Written and performed by Ella Hunt
Featured review
A welcome intruder.
Two children from two different countries are seemingly haunted by the same ghostly apparition. As the actions of this malevolent force begin to intrude more and more on their lives both desperately try to be rid of it once and for all.
The best thing about this movie is that it plays on fears and experiences that we have all had in our childhoods, the monster in the closet, the beast under the bed. Waking up in the night and hearing spooky sounds. It's these parts of the movie that are most effective in the scare stakes. Each time one of the children is cautiously peering over their bed sheets you know exactly how they are feeling.
Clive Owen as the father of the English girl is great. Playing the everyman role of the father fearing for his little girls safety is something he seems to take in his stride. The relationship between the father and daughter is very believable and helps towards the tension created later in the movie.
The other family's story a young boy and his single mother, I found distracted slightly from this story. Not that it's not interesting, it's just that I found the other story more interesting. The two do eventually collide and although you may see the twist coming before it's actually revealed it's still quite satisfying.
The feel and some of the imagery of Intruders brought to mind the 80's movie "paperhouse" which is a film I like and recommend if you enjoyed this movie.
The one real problem I had with the movie was the poor CG effects on the ghostly creature haunting the young boy and his mother. It seemed strange that they went with CG for one thread of the story and a much more convincing and creepier physical version for the other thread.
I did enjoy this film but I felt that it drifted a few times during the mid section. It's definitely one I could watch again.
The best thing about this movie is that it plays on fears and experiences that we have all had in our childhoods, the monster in the closet, the beast under the bed. Waking up in the night and hearing spooky sounds. It's these parts of the movie that are most effective in the scare stakes. Each time one of the children is cautiously peering over their bed sheets you know exactly how they are feeling.
Clive Owen as the father of the English girl is great. Playing the everyman role of the father fearing for his little girls safety is something he seems to take in his stride. The relationship between the father and daughter is very believable and helps towards the tension created later in the movie.
The other family's story a young boy and his single mother, I found distracted slightly from this story. Not that it's not interesting, it's just that I found the other story more interesting. The two do eventually collide and although you may see the twist coming before it's actually revealed it's still quite satisfying.
The feel and some of the imagery of Intruders brought to mind the 80's movie "paperhouse" which is a film I like and recommend if you enjoyed this movie.
The one real problem I had with the movie was the poor CG effects on the ghostly creature haunting the young boy and his mother. It seemed strange that they went with CG for one thread of the story and a much more convincing and creepier physical version for the other thread.
I did enjoy this film but I felt that it drifted a few times during the mid section. It's definitely one I could watch again.
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- Feb 1, 2012
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Box office
- Budget
- €10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $69,136
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $40,746
- Apr 1, 2012
- Gross worldwide
- $5,486,559
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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