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The disturbed twenty year-old Rose Halshford (Miranda Cosgrove) moves with her father, the architect Jerry Halshford (Donal Logue), to an old house after the loss of her mother. Soon Rose meets her next door neighbor Leila Markby (Jenessa Grant) and she learns about the tragic disappearance of the teenager Rachel that was sheltered by the previous owner of her house, Cheri Garrison (Claire Calarco) and her son Marcus (Michael Luckett). Rose suspects of Leila's father Howard Markby (Tom Sizemore) and she also learns that he had been the prime suspect of the police but proved his innocence. Rose overhears noises in the house but her father believes she is still traumatized by the loss of her mother. Rose also dates the constructor Noah Henry (Austin Butler) that is refurbishing the house. When strange events happen in the house, Jerry believes Rose is the responsible. Is his daughter really paranoid?

"The Intruders"is an unoriginal and predictable film full of clichés. The formulaic story seems to be on the shelve ready to be prepared without any creativity. In addition, the lead character is annoying and does not seem to be a twenty year-old college girl. The conclusion is so obvious that irritates. My vote is four.

Title (Brazil): "A Casa do Medo" ("The House of the Fear")

I didn't think the intruders is particularly a bad film. Sure it might follow the same type of formula as other TV thrillers but this one you could tell had a better budget. This is also Miranda Cosgroves first thriller and for that I'd say she does a good job here and she's believable and much more disjointed from Carley Shay that we have come to love. She plays rose, a young girl that moves into a house with her father jerry, a architect that wants to do it up. Rose knows though that something is up after some weird occurrences and it's not long before they are in trouble. The plot is done well, cast was chosen well and it has good thriller elements. Overall not a bad watch and much better than the description gives it credit for.

I was curious to see what Miranda Cosgrove could do as a leading lady, all I ever hear is criticism about her acting ability. I never get to see her in anything as what she tends to do doesn't exactly fall into the category of stuff I would watch (With the exception of School Of Rock).

Starring alongside more than competent veterans Donal Logue & Tom Sizemore this horror is one big cliché & steals material from other movies, sticky tape's it all together and calls it original.

Dull and lifeless this is a hard one to make it through as it goes nowhere, is more predictable than a Cena match and goes nowhere.

Not entirely sure how to categorize this movie. It's definitely not horror or a thriller. Most likely someone's idea of suspense. Too bad there wasn't a true suspenseful moment.

I would not recommend this movie. The story is really nothing original as it has bits and pieces from other movies. The acting is nothing special.

Without giving details, it is basically one person has experiences that can't be explained, they are shared with someone else that doesn't believe them. The first person is believed mentally unstable. Nothing new. The extremely slow build-up does not deliver so much as the bat of an eyelash. Not much of a build up at all. Pretty lame actually.

In a nutshell its just boring. If you want to see how boring, knock yourself out. Its a waste of an hour and a half.

Sorry but im done with movies recycling the SAME ideas OVER AND OVER again.I started out hopeful and then it was all downhill from there.Just boring boring.The storyline never lifted off the ground,characters were just thrown in there and as one reviewer commented,this was neither horror nor thriller...it just was..in defense of Miranda Cosgrove this movie is neutral enough that her Nickelodeon fans can watch it and not be scared..you know like your ten year old can watch this and there'd be no issues with being scared..just some very quick blurry glimpses of what i guess must be the girl who's a ghost,but not a very exciting ghost.If you're doing housework or home alone and looking for something to have on in the background this is the movie for you!

This is by FAR the weirdest episode of iCarly. Nickelodeon needs to step up their game.

I Carly star Miranda Cosgrove stars as Rose Halshford, a college student whose life is upended when her mother commits suicide and her workaholic father Jerry Halshford played by Donal Logue (Quinn from Blade/ Harvey in Gotham) decides to move them across the country to a fixer upper house and Rose begins to experience strange things in the house which has a dark secret of its own.

Miranda did an amazing job starring in this movie. I'm glad they had her play a college student because she looks too old to play a high school student again. She looked like she could be a college student. The cute Austin Butler played Noah Henry, the guy who is working on fixing up the home and has a thing for Rose. Her neighbor the somewhat obnoxious Leila Markby played by Jessica Grant whose upset because her parents are getting a divorce and Tom Sizemore's quiet performance as Leila's dad Howard Markby.

It's a pretty good thriller and reminded me of movies like the 2012 The Pact and 2016 The Boy. Rose's dad is an architect who works alot and leaves Rose alone alot in a creepy house. Due to being traumatized by her mother's death and being forced to take a leave of absence from Stanford, prior to the events of this movie, Jerry had Rose in therapy and on medication afraid she would share the same fate as his wife and suffer from schizophrenia. So when Rose tells them of seeing things, her nightmares, or objects disappearing and reappearing, it's hard for him to believe her.

With this movie, the characters and suspects are shown and while the movie plays on, the viewer begins to pick who's the possible guilty party. Are these figments in Rose's head? Is she really nuts and imagining things? Is it the cute guy constantly popping up? Is he real? Is it the neighbor next door who had a connection to the house's dark secret? This movie leads you in one direction and shocks you by going a different direction. I wasn't surprised due to being desensitized by a stranger than fiction real world. But I still enjoyed the film.

I don't know exactly why but one of my favorite scenes in the movie was when the younger cast members are in the living room talking about the house's dark past and when the conversation could have went one way, the conversation was led back to a mature conversation which focused on the plot at hand.

I also liked how Noah and Rose's relationship was played out. Was he a figment of her imagination or was he too good to be true? It wasn't rushed and very tasteful and organic.

The movie was very realistic like it could happened in real life which it probably has and this is how rational human beings would react and handle this type of predicament. I enjoyed it and would watch it again. I liked how the actors played these characters in a natural way and no one tried to out act the other. It was a really good film with a good script, a great cast, and was well directed. I really liked it.

Actually a decent film of the genre. Recently I read a review of another film in which the reviewer stated that people today only rate at the top or the bottom. That seems to be the case here as well. This film could have been better. The resolution could have been more surprising and the background of the truth could have been a little deeper. Will I watch this movie more than once? Probably not. But it wasn't bad at all. It's at least a 6. Sometimes I rate movies a little higher if I feel they were underrated. But in this case, I can confidently rate it a 7 out of 10 without feeling like I'm cheating.

The plot is so bad, its mind numbing. I don't care, in general, what movie reviewers have to say. However, all of them are pretty spot on for this.

Terrible plot- Most times a movie knows where its going with its plot, this on the other hand seemed like it was improvising every step of the way. Nothing original, nothing new, doesn't add anything to the genre.

Terrible Acting-Miranda Cosgrove is so bad in this. All the other characters are forgettable as well.

Terribly not scary- It's laughable really.

and above all just a really bad job with everything. Time that you will never get back.

Very, very bad acting, Miranda Cosgrove and Michael Luckett being the worst of all, Austin Butler the only one being sort of good.

Directing, no comment.

Screenplay, omg, it's some kind of collage of bits taken from other movies. Forget about gradually building up towards a suspense or any suspense at all. I don't think that the writer even tried.

The only thing that I liked about the movie was the house.

It got me through a migraine attack without making it worse so I guess it could be worse than that, hence the extra star. There are some worse movies but not much.

Lame, routine horror about intruders that appear to have no faces. Not too scary to say the least. seek out many, many better examples, if you are that way inclined.

I couldn't still find the horror to this. Just another let's-pretend-to where you never get too far: plain mockery. Not to mention its extremely low pace and wasting/filling time in whatever nuisance out of reason. I should have seen it coming!

Couldn't even reach one hour time and gave in. Absolutely not recommended!

Everybody who knows Miranda Cosgrove, remembers her mostly from her Nickelodeon shows: Drake & Josh and ICarly. I really liked watching Drake and Josh. I didn't like ICarly that much, it was too cheesy of a show. I also can only think of two movies I've seen with Miranda Cosgrove in which are School Of Rock, and Yours Mine and Ours. However, I felt like Miranda Cosgrove did better in this role. Rather then play a comical character, she has a more serious role in The Intruders which I felt she looked better in.

I got this movie from RedBox a couple of days ago. Anybody who gets movies from RedBox, knows there are a lot of movies on the screen which are movies you haven't heard of. Obviously, not movies that came out in the movie theaters. They seem like more of their own independent movies from a movie studio we are not familiar with and frequently filmed in Canada. Some of these independent films actually are good. My favorite movie which I also got from RedBox and also left a review on is called Junior High Spy. Some of the independent movies also aren't well done, which might be our expectation from them. However, this movie was great. Miranda Cosgrove is also a well-known actress and had the main role in this independent film.

What was great about this movie. It was a fun horror movie to watch. A movie that will keep you scared, but not like too scared that will make you afraid to be alone in a room. This movie shows how a girl feels about recent stressors in her life, which some people believe are the reason she is claiming to experience the Supernatural. She shows a lot of emotion, and real character. Also, I remember her as the annoying sister in Drake and Josh who pranks her brothers throughout the series, and seems to get away with everything. In this movie, we see her as more of a victim.

If you're up for a horror movie, then I'd recommend getting this. I personally loved it, and I like the feelings you get when watching a movie you find very entertaining and don't know what to expect. I also have to say that unless you're watching a matinée at the movie theaters, watching movies seems much more fun at night than during the day. This is a great movie to watch at night. It entertained me enough to give it a 10/10.

When something horrible has happened at a house ... you'd expect people not lining up to go there ... and live there. On the other hand, you do expect anyone selling/renting those houses, not to tell people anything about that. I mean in movies you don't expect them too ... to give the characters some modicum of respect - and so that the viewers will not hate them from the start.

This is quite the mediocre horror movie overall and apart from the cliches more than a little bit predictable. You may like it more than others and it is well done technically speaking ... but there is not much more to it.

After the suicide of her mentally ill mother, Rose Halshford (Miranda Cosgrove) and her father Jerry (Donal Logue) quickly leave the family home and move into a house in need of repairs. Rose, a Stanford student, copes with her mother's death, forcing Jerry to insist that she take a year off from college to focus on recovery. Rose is on medication to help with an underlying illness, similar to her mother's. However, she secretly flushes the medications down the toilet. The new house is big, with a spooky basement that seems to attract Rose. Shortly after the move, Rose begins to notice objects being moved and Jerry's stuff begins to disappear. They also discover that a young woman who used to live in the house had mysteriously disappeared, followed shortly after by the woman who owned the house. Now Rose must find out what happened to them before she suffers the same fate.

"The Intruders" is director Adam Massey's second film, following his 2006 debut with "A Lobster Tale." While his debut film was a lighthearted indie that seemed to do well during its festival run, "The Intruders" represents a change of pace and style for the filmmaker. What both films have in common is the use of well-known actors in central roles, who elevate the film with their acting ability rather than the weight of their names. As a mystery film, "The Intruders" presents a gradual revelation, where the protagonist finds clues only when convenient for the pace of the narrative. For example, only several days after moving into the house, Rose discovers a locked wooden door in the basement which triggers her investigation. After all, who examines every room in a house right after moving in? It is better to leave what is in the basement for later, when there is time to get used to the other two floors. As the thread of suspense continues to unravel, the characterizations remain so formulaic and the horror so banal that the story could have been automatically generated by an artificial intelligence program.

Debut screenwriter Jason Juravic introduces several key characters to the plot. Like Rose's new neighbor, Howard Markby (Tom Sizemore), who was at some point a suspect in the missing woman's disappearance. Noah Henry (Austin Butler) is helping repair Rose's new home, and he and Rose begin to become romantically involved. As we begin to notice someone lurking in the background, we wonder which of these characters is to blame for the murder of the missing woman. There are false leads mixed in with enough real ones to keep us on our toes as we try to guess who the killer is.

Miranda Cosgrove, known for her career in television and music, takes on a role here that is significantly different from what the public used to see her. She embodies the character of Rose with a convincing melancholy, presenting a marked contrast to her former image. Her performance brings a touch of authenticity to the journey of a young woman confronted with disturbing supernatural events. On the other hand, Donal Logue, playing Rose's father, is stuck in a one-dimensional role that doesn't allow him to explore his talent. He mainly serves as a barrier to the protagonist, expressing skepticism of her claims and contributing little to the plot's development. The romance between Rose and Noah, played by Austin Butler, adds a love interest element to the story. However, this subplot doesn't offer much emotional impact to the main narrative, and the secondary characters don't get the same deep development that Rose gets.

The sound of piano keys echoes in an opening montage, with slow shots on old decaying dolls. The camera switches to the shaky motion shot style for the hectic scenes where Rose may be acting "crazy". A conveniently uncovered necklace connects the story's three main characters. The lights flicker eerily. Someone suddenly sits upright in bed after waking up from a nightmare. The protagonist stumbles while running. There are even several library research scenes, highlighted by discrepancies in architectural blueprints and one of those movie search engines that try to be Google without actually being Google. In short, the film follows with determination a list of suspense clichés to deliver a predictable production.

When compared to Kate Hudson in "The Skeleton Key," the choice of "The Intruders"' as a middling thriller entertainment choice comes down to whether Miranda Cosgrove is the preferred attractive young actress to tackle the haunted story of a house scary and its secrets revealed slowly. With peripheral boxes ticked for a lukewarm thriller that mixes vengeful ghost hauntings with small-town mysteries centered around a troubled heroine, "The Intruders" ends up being another brick in the pile of formulaic thrillers, better suited to filling cable programming. On a midweek night than to stand out as a memorable film. The only real surprise the film holds is that it's not the haunted house story we initially anticipated, joining a number of other films that were released around the same time, including "The Pact (2012)" and "The Boy (2016)", which reveal that what initially appears to be a haunted house movie has a mundane explanation.

But still, what bothers you the most here is its predictability. Once it is revealed that the previous occupants have "left" under mysterious circumstances and that the house has been remodeled so that large rooms and hallways are hidden behind walls (a detail revealed a few minutes into the film), it's not that difficult to piece together the parts. And, again, predictable never equals scary. Furthermore, the film seems to resort to clichés common to low-budget thrillers. Miranda Cosgrove's character, Rose, follows the stereotype of many young protagonists in films of this genre, showing resentment for the move to the new house. Her father, played by Donal Logue, acts like many fathers in horror movies, initially dismissing his daughter's concerns as figments of his imagination. Although Miranda Cosgrove and Donal Logue give decent performances, the weak plot does not allow the film to stand out. The plot seems to be a repetition of similar stories already seen before. For example, when she is cooking and turns off the stove, it was easy to predict that someone would turn it back on as soon as she left the room, simply because the film showed her turning off the stove burner for a few seconds. Not to mention predictable jump scares, the disappearance of a character who was obviously not killed, unfounded suspicions to mislead the public, and the "villain" shown in photos just to bet on which moment he would appear on the scene with our protagonist.

The direction of the film chooses to use visual and sound elements typical of suspense films, such as the echoes of piano keys, shaky cameras in moments of tension and flashing lights, to create a frightening atmosphere. These technical choices are effective in creating a sense of unease, but they fail to fully compensate for the lack of originality and the limitations of a formulaic, predictable plot. Although it contains elements of suspense and the paranormal, the film fails to create a genuinely frightening atmosphere. Horror movie fans will be able to see an established formula, featuring a female protagonist confronted by paranormal events as she tries to unravel the secrets of a haunted house, but at no point will they shiver or sit on the edge of their seat looking forward to the next big reveal or scene. Repulsive. The performance by one of Nickelodeon's perennial teen muses, Miranda Cosgrove, is a standout, but the film as a whole fit more comfortably in the category of generic thriller entertainment than in the genre's list of notable films.

The movie's attempt to blend a teenager's struggle with mental health and a mysterious house falls flat, as the plot takes improbable turns that defy realism. Viewers may find themselves shaking their heads at the numerous instances where the storyline feels forced, making it difficult to fully engage with the characters and their predicaments.

Moreover, the film's cringe-worthy moments are abundant, creating an awkward viewing experience. From poorly executed dialogue to contrived situations, "The Intruder" often elicits unintentional discomfort rather than genuine suspense or intrigue.

Adding to the disappointment is the subpar acting that fails to breathe life into the characters. The performances come across as forced and lacking authenticity, making it challenging for the audience to connect with or empathize with the characters' struggles.

In the end, "The Intruder" misses the mark, unable to deliver a compelling and believable narrative. It's a cinematic endeavor that leaves viewers questioning not only the plot but also the choices made in bringing this story to the screen. Overall, it's a forgettable experience that fails to leave a lasting impression.