Purely Joyful Movie!

There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Judging by the comment boards, this is what occurs when a movie like this garners very little attention: Viewers take the story too literally without attempting to think why the director added these things. Tell me... do you really think that the director purposely would've created such a melodramatic tale of two separate children being haunted by the same monster who eventually loses power at the end? And do you really believe that the dad simply stood by his daughter for experiencing a physical altercation with Hollowface?Does this really not match up to you people?If you were able to map this plot out, go deeper than how the movie appears, you would have seen a fascinating PSYCHOLOGICAL thriller developed through the utilization of a disturbed father carrying reminiscent fears of his childhood into his daughter's life. Hollowface possesses no physical manifestation, he is simply a product of terror and imaginative fear. It's all about psychology, thus this being a psychological thriller. The parallel story doesn't automatically correlate to an intersection between two stories occurring simultaneously either. There's a valid reason why the father is able to SEE Hollowface... It's because the tale of the little boy JUAN is JOHN's childhood experience... The trauma he had experienced never ceased although he was able to let go of it for a while. Also a great connection the movie made was the utilization of fathers as gateways into the kids' terrors. For John as a child, his dad was taken away to jail and for a reason or another he may have been traumatized (not sure for what, didn't pay attention to the beginning) and saw his dad coming back each night to haunt him. His mother understands the difficulties Juan faces, but is unable to do much for him at night because of the stepdad that has come into their lives (who casually dismisses Juan's nightly combat with the "monster"). For Mia, her dad was the one who planted the outline of the Hollowface story in the tree after John moved to England with his mother, and for years it remained in the tree. Yet Mia finds it one day and she is engulfed in this story, but slowly captures her psychologically and she soon fears of the same monster that haunted John as a child. She only begins to view manifestations of this monster when John attempts to comfort her, because he and her share the same fears derived from the original Hollowface John created as a response to trauma with his dad. Together they are the only ones who can see this "monster" and therefore are the only ones affected. The ending is a cross between psychology and reality (it's really up to you to decide), where Mia is liberated from her fears of Hollowface as a result of John relinquishing his trauma and fear of Hollowface that continued to haunt him out of his love for Mia. At the end as he tells Mia that parents are the reasons monsters including Hollowface can never get to their children, it's a conviction he has to himself and a reminder of his mother who helped liberate him from his own fears initially. This is an extremely fascinating movie, and while it bored me on many occasions, I loved the implications and connections it presented, in a very discreet manner. It's astonishing however to see so many digest the movie in minutes and take the face value so literally. I suggest watching it again and really looking out for the connections, metaphors, and message it tries to present. Intruders is quite the movie.

Generally it is hard to make a movie with fresh enough twists nowadays but there are a certain group of movies which are able to achieve just that. Clive owen is not an actor who particularly excites me. But in this movie he has done his job pretty well. But I was most impressed by Ella Purnell's performance as the daughter Mia. I guess she is not as young as the character but her performance is still impressive. I loved the constant switching from one story to the other and the final realization about what it was all about. The plot is a little complicated. Well the premise isn't but the details quite honestly are. I didn't get the ending at first and I had to read through the boards to find out what all of this meant. It isn't memorable enough to warrant a 2nd viewing but it is definitely complicated enough. One thing I do have a problem with is the obvious CGI look of the monster and that is something I really have a problem with often.I liked the way the stories connected to each other and how it all came together in the end. The twists are at the appropriate time and the story moves quickly each time revealing something more about the situation. The details are important as well. There are some atmospheric scenes like the scene in the church ("exorcism") and the scenes in the bedroom of Mia. But still I feel it could be longer with more time for build up and less CGI. Oh by the way Carice van houten has a great body!Overall I liked the movie. 7/10

Intruders is a Spanish horror film directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later) and stars Clive Owen. It follows two children living in different parts of the world, who are visited nightly by a faceless being who wants to take possession of them. I thought the poster looked kind of interesting and I really like Clive Owen, but unfortunately you can't always judge a movie by its poster. This was really average and reminded me of that terrible movie 'Boogeyman' that came out in 2005. I always watch horror films late at night by myself, with all of the lights off and the curtains open so every creek outside can help add to the atmosphere. Even by doing this, it still didn't help this film. The CGI used to create the main villain known as 'Hollowface' was also really unimpressive and didn't give off a creepy vibe at all. While watching the start of the film and realising the main intentions of Hollowface was to steal little kids faces because he didn't have one of his own, I knew this movie didn't have much hope. I have seen a hell of a lot of crappy horror films and I can deal with that, but what really annoyed me was seeing Clive Owen ruin his career by choosing such terrible roles. He is so much better than this, what is he thinking?My Rating: 2.5/10For more Movie and TV News, Reviews and Rumours go to: www.facebook.com/tvmovienews

"Intruders" is generally well-made: Good acting, script, cinematography, arresting scenery, etc. It's definitely something different, with touches of "Pan's Labyrinth," though nowhere near as good as that film. Yet, the whole storyline has that same half-baked, fragmented feel that we get from so many films these days. Suspenseful at times, with some genuinely harrowing scenes, as well as some clever and surprising tie-ups. In the end, though, the whole feel of "Intruders" is draggy and repetitive. It just didn't play itself out and take me anywhere really interesting. Although some mystery is always nice, a little more revelation of who/what the "monster" is supposed to be--and how it came to be-- would be helpful.I can see why some like (or dislike) it more than I do, but I cannot see why anyone would find "Intruders" a truly special and rewarding film.