The overnight crew at Walnut Lake Market is closing up shop - and someone is killing them off one by one. We dive into Scott Spiegel's 1989 cult slasher Intruder, the Michigan filmmaking crew behind it, and how a $130k grocery store shoot became the audition tape for the most important practical effects team in horror history.
Citations
Hadden, Christine. "Friday Flashback: Intruder (1989) - Death Amidst the Frosted Flakes". Fascination With Fear. 6 July 2012. https://fascinationwithfear.blogspot.com/2012/07/friday-flashback-intruder-1989-death.html.
Hamman, Cody. "Intruder (1989) Revisited - Horror Movie Review". JoBlo. 26 May 2022. https://www.joblo.com/intruder-1989-revisited-horror-movie-review/.
"Makeup Mavens: KNB EFX Group". Cinemonster, Letterboxd. 2015. https://letterboxd.com/cinemonster/list/makeup-mavens-knb-efx-group/.
00:00:00 Intro
00:06:22 Intro: Distribution & Reception
00:14:59 Let's Make a Movie: Filmmakers
00:22:56 Let's Make a Movie: Cast
00:33:24 Let’s Make a Movie: Production
00:38:10 Vibe Check: Cinematography
00:51:51 Vibe Check: SFX
00:56:42 Vibe Check: Music & Sound Design
00:58:39 Story Time: Characters
01:08:59 Story Time: Murder & Mayhem
01:25:07 Story Time: Themes
01:37:06 Open Mic
01:46:48 Losing Light
