Shudder Day: Intruder (1989)

 As I near the middle of a long week of work, how about a Slasher set in a Store?

I've somehow never seen this Cult Classic, so let's check out...

In a small California town, a Grocery Store is engrossed in drama as one of their Employees has an ex-boyfriend show up and he's violent.

He's forced to leave and surely the drama ends there. 

They find out that the Store is going to be sold at the end of the Month.

The Staff isn't happy.
The Co-Owner (middle) is also not on board, but he has no choice.

What happens for the next hour or so is that the Staff all split up to do their jobs (like marking down all of the items).

As someone who has done 2 Store Closings, I get this.

I like Ted Raimi's chances of survival here.

Meanwhile, the ex-boyfriend (Craig) lingers about and seems to make his way in.

Oh, so he's the Intruder (not this one, Joe Bob) then.

The body count finally starts to rise.

If you've found this Movie in any form of physical media, you'll see it listed as Starring Bruce Campbell (who plays a Cop in the last Scene) and Sam Raimi.

The latter is the Butcher, who does not much until getting hung up on his own petard...I mean, meat hook.

Can our Final Girl stop the crazed killer?
Will you find a version that doesn't SPOIL who that is?

Well, here's one.

To find out how it all goes down, stream it now.

An enjoyable Slasher Film that checks all of the boxes.

Technically, Joe Bob doesn't quite agree, but that's all good.

The Film doesn't feature a bunch of big names.  It doesn't break the mold plot-wise.
The Title is also generic, but that was by design from the Distributor.

Given the setting and tone, I'd have gone with 10 Kills or Less.  Just saying.

Intruder, however, hits all of the right beats and has its own little quirks.

At worst, it is a bit cliche.
At best, however, it gives you everything you'd want out of a Slasher Film that is not part of a Franchise.

That and weird ass shots like the POV of...a Phone Receiver?!?

A fun Slasher Film that takes a bit to get going.  If you go into it looking for all of the tropes and a good time, they are both here.