It’s getting the theatrical exposure it didn’t enjoy four decades ago.
Grindhouse Releasing has announced that it’s bringing the 1989 slasher film INTRUDER to the big screen, teaming with Full Moon Features to release it in select art-house venues across the U.S. and Canada beginning this holiday season. The directorial debut of Sam Raimi associate, the late Scott Spiegel, who scripted with producer Lawrence Bender (who went on to PULP FICTION and others), it stars Elizabeth Cox, Renee Estevez, Danny Hicks, David Byrnes, Raimi, Eugene Glazer, Billy Marti and Burr Steers, with brief appearances by Ted Raimi and Bruce Campbell. The story of a group of overnight shift workers being stalked and slaughtered in a supermarket was the first feature for the newly formed KNB EFX, though almost all of their grisly work was cut from the movie’s original VHS release to get an R rating. Grindhouse will be screening the unrated director’s cut, with all the gore restored.
“Scott was a longtime friend and a super-talented screenwriter and filmmaker,” says Grindhouse owner Bob Murawski. “I’ve always wanted to do something with INTRUDER. It’s an underrated and underseen film that literally delivers the groceries. Scott’s unrated director’s cut of INTRUDER never got a theatrical release. We are proud to be partnering with Charles Band and Full Moon Features to present INTRUDER on the big screen where it belongs.” Keep an eye on Grindhouse’s website for specific booking information.
