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| Index | 10 reviews in total |
9 out of 10 people found the following review useful:
Interesting Adaptation Of The Budd Hopkins Novel, 3 November 1999
Author:
tony lefcourt
Intruders, an over-long made for television movie, ranks as my third
favorite film made on the topic of ufo's and alien abduction. Only
Communion
and The Interrupted Journey ranks ahead of it.
Richard Crenna, the film's protagonist, is a therapist who must deal with
the reality of ufo's when one of his patients thrusts an "alien abduction"
account onto his plate. His initial reaction is to brush her off as a
nutcase. Soon, when other people with similar accounts journey into his
life, he begins to take a serious look at the possibility of ufo's actually
abducting people.
His investigation begins to uncover a certain amount of evidence and a
government involvement(pre-X-Files) that forces him to take a 180 degree
turn in his feelings about the subject.
Richard Crenna, as pointed out by another commenter, does seem to be a
composite of artist and author Budd Hopkins and Harvard professor John
Mack.
Crenna is very good in his role. I especially enjoyed watching his
characters transition from non-believer into believer.
The film is frightening in its depictions of abductions and encounters with
aliens. There are several sequences featuring abductions and several scenes
on board ufo's. Where Fire In The Sky seemed to tease the audience,
Intruders wants to bombard it.
Very, very frightening! A must see!
10 out of 13 people found the following review useful:
Most realistic alien movie ever made., 2 October 2003
Author:
crazyalien77 (crazyalien77@yahoo.com) from New Orleans, LA
This is by far the scariest and most realistic alien movie ever. This is the only alien movie to deal with aliens implanting a fetus in a human and showing hybrid alien and humans. This movie is based on the book "Intruders" in which Budd Hopkins uses hypnosis to reveal the blocked memories of alien abduction. You must see this movie.
9 out of 12 people found the following review useful:
One of the best movies about the subject, 18 November 2003
Author:
JazzySOB from The Netherlands
This is one of the best stories based on true experiences from people all over the world about UFO's and abductions which is made into a movie. Good book from the initial author Budd Hopkins who is a specialist about the subject. It is in line with other movies like "A Fire In The Sky" from Travis Walton and "Communion" from the author Whitley Strieber which are also based on true stories. Luckily the filmmakers did have hired good actors. Richard Crenna and Mare Winningham are very persuasive. A must see for everyone who have interest into the subject. I would like to buy this film on DVD (widescreen if possible), but unfortunately it is still not available on DVD.
5 out of 7 people found the following review useful:
Persuasive and "accurate", 20 October 1999
Author:
Doug-193 from United States
This is one of the best treatments of this subject available, far more accurately reflecting its (non-fiction) source material than "Communion," for example, or "Fire in the Sky." The way in which Crenna's character (probably a composite of Budd Hopkins and the late Dr. John Mack) slowly comes to believe his terrified and bewildered "patients," in spite of a healthy skepticism, is quite persuasive. The human dramas associated with witness reports are the focus here (as they are in the excellent "The UFO Incident"), and the visual effects, though gasp-producing, take care not to distort those reports. All the performances are first-rate. One of the three writers, incidentally,Tracey Tormé--the son of the later singer-songwriter, Mel Tormé--is also one of the writers of "Fire in the Sky."
unrelentingly atmospheric exploration of the alien abduction phenomena really gets under the skin., 17 August 2011
Author:
kclipper from Pittsburgh, PA.
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
Dan Curtis, executive producer of the successful television production,
'Dark Shadows' directs this T.V. miniseries which is probably the best
of the films that were made about the real-life testimonials dealing
with the occurrences of alien abductions that have swept the nation's
curiosities and astonishment.
Richard Crenna is a well-respected psychologist who encounters new
patient, Daphne Ashbrook, who is concerned with incidents dealing with
missing time, extreme anxiety, and terrible nightmares about sinister
prowlers. When hypnotic sessions reveal visions of small beings with
large black eyes and hideous experimental procedures, Crenna embarks on
a journey of a collective phenomena and self-discovery that endangers
his career as well as his professional relationships.
A multitude of research on the topic went into this excellent study of
a well-documented peculiarity which has puzzled and contradicted our
beliefs and customs for centuries. Curtis uses every thematic device to
create tension and paranoia and a tremendously scary tone that is
seldom found in television movies. The cast is excellent. Mare
Winningham and Daphne Ashbrook are extremely convincing as the
sympathetic abductees, and it's engrossing to see Crenna's transition
from a hard-headed skeptic to the seeker of ultimate truth, regardless
of his professional credulity, and Stephan Berkoff is shear perfection
as an eccentric ufologist. Fans of this intriguing genre will consider
this a prolific film, rising above the normal Hollywood depictions of
extraterrestrial fantasy and lore into a world of frightening reality,
spiritual enlightenment, and governmental suspicions. Skeptics and
realists may not be convinced, but won't help but to analyze and
interpret the cold facts whether or not these people are victims of
schizophrenic delusion.
I was 16 years old when I saw this for the first time, and was scared
out of my wits as a result. (especially the scenes of the hybrid
human/aliens and the dream sequences) It's a prime example of how
melancholic emotion and an ambient feel can make all the difference in
a horror film. The effective Dan Curtis also directed the recommended
thriller, 'Trilogy of Terror'. Watch with an open mind and the lights
off, and you just might acquaint with the tag-line "You Will Believe".
Intruders Must be released as REGION 1 DVD, 21 July 2006
Author:
Shawn McElroy (shawn_c_mcelroy@yahoo.ca) from Canada
This entertaining and informative adaptation of Budd Hopkins' book by
the same name originally aired on CBS where Canada and The US watched
in suspense. After seeing the first of two episodes, I just had to know
what would happen in the next one. I have LOVED this movie ever since I
saw the first fifteen minutes of it when I was twelve years old. Today
it remains near the top of my favorite films/shows/whatever. Gray
aliens, creepy abductions, UFOs, suspense, action; what's not to like.
My question and the point of this message is as follows
Why does the UK have this TV movie released on DVD, but Canada and the
US, where the show aired, are still waiting for this title to be
released?.
A petition may be needed.
Shawn
Very good made for TV., 8 March 2006
Author:
Geno Michaelangeli from Netherlands
I remember seeing this movie on VHS rental and I immediately liked it.
It started me on reading Bud Hopkins' books on alien abduction. As
stated here time and again, the acting is very good and the story very
involving. I remember especially enjoying reading the book after
viewing the movie. This way I had a visual reminder every time when
reading. On all accounts Intruders is a convincing and scary movie that
should please all lovers of the genre.
@dunneboy from Sweden: I'm not sure which version DVD you got, but the
movie's listed run time is 163 min. The R2 DVD of Intruders runs for
162 min.(And that's without factoring in PAL speedup:-)
2 out of 4 people found the following review useful:
An interesting pre X-Files alien/UFO show, 25 July 2005
Author:
manitou-full-moon from United Kingdom
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
Although this miniseries has dated since its first airing thirteen
years ago, it is pretty interesting in that it does have quite a few
plot elements that predate the X-Files, such as the creation of
alien/human hybrids and the government covering up crashed UFOs.
The plot basically revolves around two women who are suffering from
unexplained blackouts and nightmares, and the psychiatrist who ends up
treating them.
One of them, Lesley Hahn (Daphne Ashbrook, who later started in the
1996 Dr Who TV film) lives in California, and has a nightmare about
faceless repairmen entering her house and taking her, and the other is
a housewife, Mary Wilkes(Mare Winningham), from Nebraska who has
unexplained blackouts and ends up on a motorway miles from her home.
Lesley goes to a psychiatrist, Dr Neil Chase (Richard Crenna) who
doesn't believe her, thinking it could possibly be a result of sexual
abuse as a child. Meanwhile, Mary decides to take a holiday in
California with her sister, who knows Neil Chase, and is persuaded to
see the psychiatrist to find out if he can help with her problem.
Neil is struck by the similarities between the two cases, and realises
that symbols drawn by Mary are similar to that of another patient of
his, a former soldier who encountered a crashed UFO which was recovered
by the government. Making contact with a university professor who does
research into alien abductions, he begins to investigate the wider
world of alien encounters, and runs into a general who is investigating
UFOs in secret. Finally, Mary is abducted again, and learns the true
purpose of the aliens.
I remember seeing this show when I was a kid, and it scared the hell
out of me. Now, it appears rather dated, and the alien effects are
pretty funny in a sort of rubber-monster way, especially when compared
with the rather more convincing CGI aliens you get today. However, the
story is quite interesting, although initially quite slow-moving, and
the leads turn in acceptable performances.
I'm a sceptic when it comes to alien abductions, but I find the entire
'abduction-mania' culture of the 1990s very entertaining in retrospect.
After this show was aired, many people began claiming they were being
abducted, and creating the atmosphere that allowed The X-Files to be
successful. If you like that show, you might like this as well. As I
said, it's sort of a precursor in spirit, complete with a CSM-like
general who knows more about the aliens than he will tell his
subordinates, telling them at the beginning when a UFO is caught on
radar 'It's just a meteor' (The X-Files episode 'Fallen Angel' had the
exact same scene at the beginning, intriguingly. A possible homage?)
and generally, you can see how it could possibly have been one of the
inspirations for the show.
It's actually based on Budd Hopkins' 'Intruders: The Incredible
Visitations at Copely Wood', which is a supposedly 'true story' about a
family who are abducted and probed by aliens. If you're intrigued by
the book, don't really bother checking it out. It's just a load of
tripe about people who have sleep paralysis and try to pass it off as a
visitation from outer space, and it actually tries to convince you that
aliens really are visiting the Earth.
The show, however, is highly recommended. The plot is quite
interesting, and if you like laughing at rubber aliens and daft makeup
there's plenty of that, as well.
Oddly, I don't think it's been released in the US on DVD, which is
quite a mystery given its popularity, but if you're in the UK, or have
a multi-region player, it was reissued this past November on DVD by
Paramount Home Video (raiding the CBS back catalogue, no doubt) and is
available from most good EU-based DVD shop sites (and Amazon.co.uk, as
well) So, if you want to see the beginning of the 'alien abduction' pop
culture phenomenon, get this! You won't regret it!
0 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
Fantastic TV-movie, but mishandled on DVD, 19 July 2005
Author:
dunneboy from Sweden
Definitely one of the better "UFO-epics" out there. BUT, the version
released on DVD is much shorter compared to the version showed on TV,
and that's a shame. One of the most prominent and important scenes,
when Dr. Chase have found a circle of burned grass at Leslie's back
yard and two neighbor children is sitting by and waiting "for the moon
to come down again" is totally missing. There are also several more key
scenes edited out. For example the scene where two government agents
"visits" Dr. Chase and tell him not to waste his time on this
"abduction" rubbish.
We can only hope for a proper DVD release in the future, with all
material from the network version inserted again.
If you like this one, you should give "Fire In The Sky" (1993) a try.
1 out of 4 people found the following review useful:
Okay for a TV show., 31 May 2005
Author:
bursegsardaukar
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
The show starts with General Hanley arriving at Cheyenne Mountain. The
radar operators there are tracking a U.F.O but the General ordered it
to be classified as nothing more than a meteor and equipment problems.
Meanwhile, at Nebraska, a dazed, disoriented Mary Wilkes was walking
down a road that was about 30 miles away from her home. Mary couldn't
remember how she got there.
At Los Angeles, Lesley Hahn was woken up by several repairmen that had
somehow gained access into her house. The next thing she remember was
waking up on the couch and about three hours have passed.
Under hypnosis by Dr. Neil Chase, both women discovered that they were
abducted by aliens and had experiments performed on them.
After her abduction, Lesley suddenly became pregnant. The aliens soon
came back and took her baby.
Mary was abducted again and she was shown her alien/human hybrid
daughter by the aliens.
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