![]() ![]() Despite being repetitive at times in its scary quotient, the movie doesn’t bore. Scott returns home to find Charlie trying to rape Annie, but they fight back and overpower him before getting his gun and shooting him.The Intruder does manage to establish itself as a thriller. Annie is attacked by Charlie, and she comes across his underground cellar where he has been staying, and where he has kept Mike's body after killing him. Scott contacts Charlie's daughter Cassidy and learns that he killed Ellen after she threatened to divorce him and take the house. Scott also finds out that Charlie's wife Ellen died by an apparent suicide, unlike what Charlie said about her having cancer. Scott learns from his friend Mike that Charlie was in serious debt and was forced to sell the house. He also develops an obsession with Annie, going as far as to hit Scott with his car to try and be alone with her. He becomes obsessed with keeping an eye on the couple and making sure his house remains untouched. Scott and Annie Howard move into a beautiful home, but its previous owner, Charlie Peck, has a hard time letting go of the house. Charlie finds her and knocks her out, taking her as his prisoner. She comes across a freezer containing Mike’s body. It turns out that Charlie had a secret cellar beneath the house where he was actually living. As she tries to get rid of Charlie, she locks him out of the house but finds another path that he has been getting in from. Sure enough, Charlie sneaks up on Annie at home, which starts to frighten her. She says that her father is dangerous and that he killed Ellen for threatening to divorce him and take the house away, only to frame it as a suicide. Scott manages to talk to Cassidy again, and she asks him if Charlie is dead. This makes Annie start to agree with Scott. He gets home to Annie and suspects Charlie of attacking him, since it didn’t make sense how Charlie would have found out otherwise about the accident. Charlie catches up with Mike and pretends to be friendly by guiding Mike back to his car before revealing his plan to get rid of Scott and then swinging the axe into Mike’s chest.Īs Scott is getting out of the hospital, he attempts to contact Cassidy, but she hangs up on him when he mentions Charlie’s name. Charlie spots Mike outside and runs out with an axe to try and catch him, making Annie think it’s an intruder. When he gets to their house, he sees Charlie’s truck. Meanwhile, Charlie visits Annie at home, saying he heard about Scott’s accident and that he came with pizza. Scott, a little drunk, confronts Charlie about being near his wife, telling him to back off while Annie looks uncomfortable. After drinks, they pass a hotel where Charlie claims to be staying. However, Scott misses seeing Charlie hiding in the woods. Scott runs out with a bat to confront the potential intruder, but he hears high school kids leaving in a panic after seeing the lights. Later that night, the security lights go on. They have a small fight about Scott not telling the whole truth, but he is also none too pleased with Charlie being there. The client actually does try to come on to Scott, but he resists her and runs back home to Annie. She later calls him and hears music playing, and she realizes he was keeping things from her. Charlie goes over and has dinner with Annie after Scott texts her that he will be back late. He brings this up after Charlie leaves and suggests that someone is watching from the woods.Īt work, Scott secures a major client and is invited to go out for drinks later, even though Annie was preparing dinner. Mike goes to have a smoke outside, and Charlie joins him to chat for a bit, but it gives Mike the vibe that Charlie burned his car seat. He clearly does not like Mike and fantasizes about smashing a wine bottle over his head. During dinner, Mike and Rachel join their friends and Charlie. When he gets there, he sees that Scott removed a tapestry that was originally hung up, as Scott thinks it didn’t fit with their aesthetic, and Charlie starts to quietly get upset. She brings it up to him later when they get home, as it makes her uncomfortable.Īnnie invites Charlie over for Thanksgiving out of pity. Annie notices Scott flirtatiously chatting with the cashier. Scott and Annie go into town to get ice cream. In the morning, as Mike and Rachel go to leave, Mike sees a cigarette burn in the upholstery in his car. Mike steps outside to have a smoke, when it appears that someone is watching him from the woods. ![]() The couple eventually decide to move in and have a small housewarming party with Mike and his girlfriend Rachel (Alvina August). ![]()
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