Intruders (2011/I)

Director:

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

Writers:

Nicolás Casariego (screenplay) &
Jaime Marques (screenplay)

Release Date:

7 October 2011 (Spain)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

The Nightmare is Real.

Plot:

Two children living in different countries are visited nightly by a faceless being who wants to take possession of them.

Plot Keywords:

Mute | Writing A Short Story | Confessional | Out Of Reach | Hand Over Mouth

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Clive Owen	...	John Farrow
Carice van Houten	...	Susanna
Daniel Brühl	...	Father Antonio
Pilar López de Ayala	...	Luisa
Ella Purnell	...	Mia
Izán Corchero	...	Juan
Kerry Fox	...	Dr. Rachel
Héctor Alterio	...	Old Priest
Adrian Rawlins	...	Police Inspector
Michael Nardone	...	Frank
Mark Wingett	...	Dave
Peter O'Connor	...	Frank
Mary Woodvine	...	Teacher
Lolita Chakrabarti	...	ER Doctor
Ralph Ineson	...	Alarm Installer
Adam Leese	...	Policeman
Raymond Waring	...	Policeman
Ella Hunt	...	Ella Foster
Imogen Gray	...	Lilly
Natalia Rodríguez	...	Babysitter
Natasha Dosanjh	...	Aisha
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Christian Meinhardt	...	Skycraper Construction Worker (uncredited)
Craig Stevenson	...	Credited (voice) (uncredited)
Chris Wilson	...	Police Officer (uncredited)

Directed by
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

Writing credits
Nicolás Casariego		(screenplay) &
Jaime Marques		(screenplay)

Produced by
Ricardo Garcia Arrojo	....	executive producer
Belén Atienza	....	producer
María Cabello	....	line producer
Jesús de la Vega	....	executive producer
Mercedes Gamero	....	producer
Enrique López Lavigne	....	producer

Original Music by
Roque Baños

Cinematography by
Enrique Chediak

Film Editing by
Nacho Ruiz Capillas

Casting by
Shaheen Baig

Production Design by
Alain Bainée

Art Direction by
Iñigo Navarro

Set Decoration by
Andrea Calvé

Costume Design by
Tatiana Hernández

Makeup Department
Isabel Auernheimer	....	makeup artist
Kevin Carter	....	special effects contact lenses
Cecilia Escot	....	makeup department head
Eduardo Torres	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Mercedes Barbod	....	production manager
Kevin Jenkins	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Laura Alted	....	trainee assistant director
Richard Diment	....	second assistant director
Juan Jiménez	....	first assistant director
Óscar Manero	....	second assistant director
Esther Rojas	....	third assistant director
Samuel Andrew Smith	....	third assistant director (as Sam Smith)
Bruno Velasco	....	crowd assistant director

Art Department
Iñaki Bruña	....	property master
Rodrigo M. de Miguel	....	artist
Juan A. Gil del Pozo	....	assistant property master
Raúl Monge	....	concept designer
George Morris	....	action vehicles coordinator
Rosa Pariente	....	assistant property master
Maite Perez-Nievas	....	production assistant
Paul Sacks	....	assistant action vehicles coordinator
Carlos Salgado	....	concept designer
Alejandro Serna	....	concept designer
Ana Viana	....	set decorator: UK
Alex Ward	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Aitor Berenguer	....	sound mixer
Manuel Carrión	....	foley artist
José Luis Fernández	....	boom operator
James Muñoz	....	sound designer
James Muñoz	....	supervising sound editor
Emmet O'Donnell	....	adr recordist
Marc Orts	....	sound re-recording mixer
Filippo Restelli	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Jordi Morera	....	special effects makeup: DDT SFX Crew
Raquel Munuera	....	special effects makeup: DDT SFX Crew
Simon Rowling	....	physical effects
Simon Rowling	....	special effects crew

Visual Effects by
Juan Alonso	....	digital compositor
Manuel Barrero	....	digital compositor
Miguel Castrillo	....	visual effects artist
Fernando Falero	....	character animator
Elisa Mar Ferre	....	digital compositor
Iñaki Gegúndez Vicente	....	cgi artist
Joaquín Gutiérrez	....	digital compositor
David Heras	....	visual effects supervisor
Pablo Heras	....	character animator
Alfonso Hernández	....	digital compositor
Javier Martínez Pacín	....	visual effects artist
Daniel Moreno	....	digital compositor
Alejandro Núñez	....	digital compositor
Francisco Palomares Pozas	....	digital compositor
Óscar Perea Marcos	....	lead compositor
David Portales	....	visual effects artist
Carlos Puchol	....	visual effects producer
Isabel Revenga	....	digital compositor
Javier Roca	....	lead compositor
Sergio Rozas	....	visual effects artist
Jorge Oliva Ruiz	....	digital compositor
Javier Sanz	....	visual effects artist
Gabriel Sitjas	....	digital compositor
Javier Urrutia	....	digital compositor
Rubén Villoria	....	visual effects artist
José Miguel Zapata	....	visual effects artist

Stunts
Ignacio Carreño	....	stunt coordinator
Diego Herberg	....	stunt double: Clive Owen
Eduardo Moratilla	....	stunt rigger
Juan José Rodríguez	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Jorge Alvariño	....	still photographer
Adam Dale	....	aerial director of photography
Felix Forrest	....	MK-V AR operator
Álvaro García	....	key second assistant camera
Olaf Guembe	....	camera loader
Luis Lattanzi	....	first assistant camera
Juan Leiva	....	first assistant camera
Thamar Pueyo	....	video assist
Luis Santos	....	rigging gaffer
Miguel Ángel Viñas	....	second assistant camera

Animation Department
Fernando Falero	....	character animator

Casting Department
Yaël Moreno	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Suzanne Barnes	....	costume buyer
Mónica García	....	assistant costume designer (as Mónica G. Lancha)
Ana Martínez Fesser	....	costume runner

Editorial Department
Miguel P. Gilaberte	....	digital intermediate colorist

Music Department
Ginés Carrión	....	assistant orchestrator
Ginés Carrión	....	music copyist
Lewis Jones	....	pro tools recordist
Simon Rhodes	....	music scoring mixer
Aled Jenkins	....	assistant score engineer (uncredited)
Dom Kelly	....	musician: oboe/cor anglais (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Alexis Arderius	....	driver
Bobby Finn	....	driver: cast
Rob Hempenstall	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Angus Arias	....	second assistant production
Giles Barron	....	production runner/driver
Bruno Cassoni	....	assistant location manager
Lucía Chacón	....	assistant to executive producer
Annie Clapton	....	production runner/driver
Laurence Coriat	....	script consultant
Robin Davies	....	production assistant
Carlos López Martín de Blas	....	legal advisor
David Fantham	....	facilities
Elton Farla	....	unit medic: UK
Karim Ferrero	....	production assistant
Lucia Foster Found	....	aerial operations coordinator
Sofía Fábregas	....	development executive
Anuska Galán Ricoy	....	production staff
Jan García	....	production accountant
Ana Gil	....	production assistant
Janine Gray	....	assistant: Clive Owen, London
David Lopez Arias	....	assistant to production manager
Tom Ludlam	....	production runner/driver
Guillermo Martel	....	documentalist
Inés Mas	....	production secretary
Beatriz Mayo	....	financial manager
Chris Moore	....	location manager: UK
Kira Moreno	....	production assistant
Kevin Otero Speight	....	location manager (as Kevin Otero)
Ana Palacios	....	production coordinator
Benjamin Perkins	....	chaperone
Silvia Gonzalez Rangil	....	health & safety advisor: spain
Sergio Rozas	....	titles designed by
Will Samuelson	....	helicopter pilot: aerial unit
Carmen Soriano	....	script supervisor
Andy Stephens	....	aerial operations manager

Production Companies

• Antena 3 Films
• Apaches Entertainment
• Canal+ España
• Ministerio de Cultura
• Universal Pictures International (UPI)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI)

Distributors

• Millennium Entertainment (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• Star Films (2012) (Peru) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2012) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2012) (France) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Geneon Universal Entertainment (2012) (Japan) (DVD)
• Geneon Universal Entertainment (2012) (Japan) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2012) (Greece) (DVD) (blu-ray)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• VVS Films (2012) (Canada) (all media)
• Waylen Group (2012) (Taiwan) (video)

Special Effects

• User T-38 (digital visual effects)

Other Companies

• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies
• Digital Media Services (DMS)  digital marketing asset management
• Digital Media Services (DMS)  on-line promotional material creation
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Flying Pictures  aerial filming by
• Intelligent Media  international monitoring agency
• Kodak  motion picture film supplier
• Milan Records  soundtrack on
• Movietech  camera equipment provided by
• Production Copier Company  production equipment and services
• Southern Sun  grip and lighting equipment

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for terror, horror violence, some sexuality/nudity and language

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA | UK | Spain

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:15A | USA:R | UK:15 | Netherlands:16 | South Korea:18 | Singapore:NC-16 | Mexico:B | France:U (with warning) | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Antena 3 Films

Trivia:

The director said that editing the film was a big challenge. It was a long, complex process because of the story's dual structure.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Juan:The shadow monster woke up. It saw the boy in the pot and said:
Juan:[making his voice gruff] "Mmmm. I'm starving. I'm going to eat you up."
Juan:So the monster opened his mouth wide and swallowed the little tailor whole. The boy fell and fell into a dark cave filed with slime...
Luisa:Is that it?
Juan:That's all I could come up with.
Luisa:Well, you'll think of something tomorrow. Let's go to bed.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Projector: Intruders (#2.4)" (2012)

Soundtrack:

Painted Up Doll

Very decent supernatural and psychological thriller

This film seems to have a very low key marketing and I haven't even seen many critics reviews for it despite it already opening.

I found this to be a pretty decent supernatural bogeyman type thriller with some intriguing psychological twists and turns. The scares are sparsely spread but are effective when they do come. The storyline is quite compelling and is told in two completely separate strands whose only apparent connection is the bogeyman. It had me very engaged and a very creepy atmosphere is maintained.

The performance from all the actors including the children were good, nothing outstanding, just played to realistic levels. There isn't a lot of emotional weight to the characters but I cared about the child protagonists, who are victimised by the "Freddie Nightmare" style dream monster.

The last act is a good one but unfortunately, it was sloppily executed. The finale should have been more dynamic with a bigger impact on its revelations. Given the storyline, its a missed opportunity for the director. Also, there is a big chance you might see some twists coming due to the film's narrative giving too many clues, again a bit sloppy. I did see the revelations coming to an extent but there was still a twist that I didn't expect. I do like the story, its a satisfying one but the execution could have been much better which is a pity. Still the journey was an intriguing one, at times scary and definitely worth a watch.