''Deadly Intruder'' (aka ''The Deadly Intruder'') is a 1985
horror film
Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes.
Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apoca ...
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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 current girlfriend.
Cast
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Molly Cheek
Molly Cheek (born March 2, 1950) is an American actress. A Connecticut College graduate she worked in ‘dinner-theater productions and summer stock’ before finding television and film work.
Cheek is best known for her roles in the televisio ...
as Jessie
* David Schroeder as Grotowski
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Danny Bonaduce
Dante Daniel Bonaduce (born August 13, 1959) is an American radio personality, actor, television personality, and professional wrestler. Bonaduce is the son of veteran TV writer and producer Joseph Bonaduce (''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', '' One Da ...
as John
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Stuart Whitman as Captain Pritchett
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Daniel Greene as Danny
* Santos Morales as Carlos
* Steve Perry as Wayne
* Chris Holder as Ben
* Laura Melton as Amy
* Marcy Hansen as Cathy
* Curt Bryant as Jim
* Stephen Paul as Rogers
* Todd Martin as Mr. West
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Tommy Ramone
Thomas Erdelyi (born Tamás Erdélyi; January 29, 1949 – July 11, 2014), known professionally as Tommy Ramone, was a Hungarian American record producer and musician. He was the drummer for the influential punk rock band the Ramones for ...
(as Tommy Reamon) as Foreman
* W.T. Zacha as Mechanic
* Tony Crupi as Drifter
* 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''.
See also
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Exploitation film
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Horror-of-personality Horror-of-personality is a specific sub-category of horror and thriller genres; as opposed to excessive violence or the presence of malevolent supernatural beings, such stories evoke horror and/or suspense through villains who are perfectly human ...
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Slasher films
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Splatter
External links
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American slasher films
1985 horror films
1985 films
1980s slasher films
1980s English-language films
1980s American films
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