Deadly Intruder

Death Screams aka The Deadly Intruder
Directed by	John McCauley [1]
Written by	Tony Crupi [2]
Produced by	Bruce R. Cook [3]
Starring	Danny Bonaduce Stuart Whitman Daniel Greene
Cinematography	Tom Jewett(as Thomas Jewett)
Music by	John McCauley [4]
Distributed by	Channel One Productions/Thorn EMI/Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)
Release date	1985 (1985)
Running time	86 minutes [5]
Country	United States
Language	English

Deadly Intruder (aka The Deadly Intruder) is a 1985 horror film. ^[4]

Plot

In a place called Midvale, a sanitarium patient escapes after dispatching security specialists there and heads off to looking for the love of his life. The disturbed individual is obsessively jealous, slaying anyone whom he fears may be endangering his relationship with his girlfriend. ^[6]

Cast

• Molly Cheek as Jessie ^[7]
• David Schroeder as Grotowski
• Danny Bonaduce as John ^[8]
• Stuart Whitman as Captain Pritchett
• Daniel Greene as Danny
• Santos Morales as Carlos ^[9]
• Steve Perry as Wayne
• Chris Holder as Bob ^[3]
• Laura Melton as Amy ^[9]
• Marcy Hansen as Cathy
• Curt Bryant as Jim
• Stephen Paul as Rogers
• Todd Martin as Mr. West
• Tommy Ramone (as Tommy Reamon) as Foreman
• W.T. Zacha as Mechanic
• Tony Crupi as Drifter ^[9]
• Kay St. Germain Wells as Neighbor
• Suzanne Benoit as Salesgirl
• Gerry Landrum as Lineman

Release

The film was released in Finland as Murhaaja saapuu öisin and in West Germany as Der Tödliche Feind. ^{[10] [11]}

See also

• Exploitation film
• Horror-of-personality
• Slasher films
• Splatter

References

1. Ziemba, Joseph A.; Budnik, Dan (2020-10-29). Bleeding Skull!: A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. SCB Distributors. ISBN   978-1-909394-14-8.
2. Lee, Hudson (2011-02-24). "More rubbish films that don't deserve long reviews". HudsonLee.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
3. Borseti, Francesco (2016-08-16). It Came from the 80s!: Interviews with 124 Cult Filmmakers. McFarland. p. 87. ISBN   978-1-4766-2563-8.
4. "Deadly Intruder (1988)". The Betamax Rudown. 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
5. Weiner, David J.; Gale, Thomson (1991). Video Hound's Golden Movie Retriever, 1991. Visible Ink. p. 146. ISBN   978-0-8103-9404-9.
6. "The Deadly Intruder". www.hysteria-lives.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
7. A., Florita (2025-02-12). "Deadly Intruder (1988) Movie Review". HellHorror.com. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
8. Martin, Todd (2020-01-04). "Film Review: Deadly Intruder (1988)". Horror News. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
9. "Deadly Intruder". VERN'S REVIEWS on the FILMS of CINEMA. 2022-11-07. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
10. Juhnke, Karl (2013-09-03). Das Erzählmotiv des Serienmörders im Spielfilm: Eine filmwissenschaftliche Untersuchung (in German). Springer-Verlag. p. 293. ISBN   978-3-322-89955-2.
11. "Deadly Intruder 1985". Women in Prison Films. 2013-01-19. Retrieved 2025-12-17.

External links

• Deadly Intruder at IMDb