How crazy do you like your thrillers? Do you like killers who infiltrate the lives of their victims' survivors? Serial childnappers with a troubled past? Secret religious cults with a base in the woods? Hallucinatory issues caused by prescription drugs doled out by a sketchy psychiatrist (Lee Yo-sung)? Police officers who are easily persuaded by the dark side? Because Sohn Won-pyung's Intruder has all that and more. When a creepy woman (So Hee-jung) reaches out claiming to be a family's long-lost daughter/sister/aunt, the good news comes at a cost. The loyal houseservant disappears; the parents (Choi Sang-hoon, Ye Soo-jung) turn into nosebleeding zombies; and their son (Kim Mu-yeol), a recently widowed architect, loses control of every aspect of his life, including his sulky daughter (Park Min-ha).
While it's pretty clear early on that this newest addition to one very rich family is up to no good, Intruder keeps you on the edge of your seat as you try to figure out the antagonist's motivations. Why this family? Why now? Is she out for revenge? Is she on the frontline of an alien invasion that's targeting humans weakened by grief? Is she engaged in devil worship? If so, how high up the ladder is she? Or has she taken evangelicalism taken too far? Maybe this is simply a case of pure insanity made worse by rampant complicity? I'd call this a pulp version of Parasite, focused on the plot twists more than the politics. Popcorn recommended.
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