Intruders(2011)
2011 · Juan Carlos Fresnadillo · 100 min
Though no one can see him, Hollow Face lurks in the corners, desperately desiring love but only knowing how to spread fear and hate. He creeps into the life of John Farrow after Farrow’s beloved 12-year-old daughter Mia is assaulted in their home. The line between the real and the imaginary blurs as fissures start to open within the family unit. It seems that no security measure can keep Hollow Face out.
Thriller · Horror · Fantasy
5.5575 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How scary is Intruders?
It opens like a moody family drama before slowly folding in a creeping monster story, and the two threads run side by side until they start to bleed into each other. The pace is unhurried, favoring dread and unease over jolts, though a few well-placed scares do land along the way. Its scares live mostly in the mind—fear tied to family, trauma, and not knowing what's real—rather than gore or physical violence. It's more unsettling and sad than fun, the kind of horror that leaves you thinking rather than laughing it off.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Intruders rates psychological 4/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 30 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 65 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 60 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A slow-building creeper that alternates quiet dread with jolts, tightening steadily toward a tense, unsettled finish.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4.
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