7 | / 10 |
Users | 4.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.8 |
It's 10 p.m. the night before Walnut Lakes neighborhood supermarket closes its doors forever. The owners and night crew have a long shift ahead of them - longer than they think. Weird things start happening. The phone lines are cut, and the night crew start dying, one by one, in the most gruesome ways imaginable.
Starring: Elizabeth Cox, Renée Estevez, Dan Hicks, Sam Raimi, Bruce CampbellHorror | 100% |
Thriller | 13% |
Crime | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 (48kHz, 24-bit)
None
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD)
DVD copy
Region free
Movie | 3.0 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 4.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Scott Spiegel's "Intruder" (1989) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Synapse Films. The supplemental features on the disc include the film's original theatrical trailer; making of featurette; extended scenes; outtakes; audition highlights; stills gallery; audio commentary with writer/director Scott Spiegel and producer Lawrence Bender; and more. In English, without optional English subtitles for the main feature. Region-Free.
In pain
Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.78:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Scott Spiegel's Intruder arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Synapse Films.
Synapse Films continue to impress with the attention and care they give to various cult films. Last year they produced a marvelous Blu-ray release of Radley Matzger's The Image, which is without a doubt the most competent treatment an erotic film has received since the high-definition format was launched. This time around the studio has tackled a cult slasher film, and once again the final result is surprisingly good.
After an all-new 2K digital restoration, Intruder transitions to Blu-ray with a strong high-definition transfer. From start to finish detail is very pleasing, while clarity and contrast levels remain stable. Color reproduction is also very convincing, particularly in those sequences where light isn't restricted; colors are stable, well saturated and natural. Furthermore, there are no traces of severe denoising or post-production sharpening. Unsurprisingly, light grain is noticeable and detail never looks compromised. There are no serious compression issues to report in this review either. This being said, some extremely light noise has been retained (and from I see, it appears to be a byproduct of the scanning), but none of it is even remotely distracting. There are also a few scattered damage marks (see the tiny line that splits the image in screencapture #8) that could not be addressed during the digital restoration. Still, the overall quality of the presentation is very, very good. (Note: This is a Region-Free Blu-ray disc. Therefore, you will be able to play it on your PS3 or SA regardless of your geographical location).
There is only one audio track on this Blu-ray disc: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. For the record, Synapse Films have not included optional English subtitles for the main feature.
The audio appears to have been optimized very well. When the killer observes and later on approaches his victims, the sound design (music and supporting effects) has clearly benefited from the loseless treatment. Clarity, in particular, is very good. The dialog is also crisp, clean, stable, and easy to follow. Overall, however, do not expect the DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 track to test the muscles of your system because more often than not it is easy to tell that the film was made with a small budget.
Scott Spiegel's Intruder is a groovy low-budget slasher flick which has been given the royal treatment by the folks at Synapse Films. This is the fourth Blu-ray release I have seen from them (my favorite is Radley Matzger's The Image) and at this point I have to place them amongst the very best cult labels in the U.S. Clearly, they are very passionate about their work. Let's hope that they will also be able to bring to Blu-ray some of the cult European films in the Impulse Pictures catalog. RECOMMENDED.
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