{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Death Screams aka The Deadly Intruder | image = | caption = | director = John McCauley<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ziemba |first=Joseph A. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bleeding_Skull/Go5XDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Deadly+Intruder%22+film&pg=PT107&printsec=frontcover |title=Bleeding Skull!: A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey |last2=Budnik |first2=Dan |date=2020-10-29 |publisher=SCB Distributors |isbn=978-1-909394-14-8 |language=en}}</ref> | producer = Bruce R. Cook<ref name="b" /> | writer = Tony Crupi<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Hudson |date=2011-02-24 |title=More rubbish films that don't deserve long reviews |url=http://www.hudsonlee.com/more-rubbish-films-that-dont-deserve-long-reviews/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208194627/http://www.hudsonlee.com/more-rubbish-films-that-dont-deserve-long-reviews/ |archive-date=2021-12-08 |access-date=2025-12-17 |work=HudsonLee.com |language=en-US |url-status=live }}</ref> | starring = Danny Bonaduce<br>Stuart Whitman<br>Daniel Greene | music = John McCauley<ref name="a" /> | cinematography = Tom Jewett(as Thomas Jewett) | editing = | distributor = Channel One Productions/Thorn EMI/Home Box Office Home Video (HBO) | released = {{Film date|1985}} | runtime = 86 minutes<ref>{{Cite book |last=Weiner |first=David J. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Video_Hound_s_Golden_Movie_Retriever_199/4azirDJX73cC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Deadly+Intruder%22+film&dq=%22Deadly+Intruder%22+film&printsec=frontcover |title=Video Hound's Golden Movie Retriever, 1991 |last2=Gale |first2=Thomson |date=1991 |publisher=Visible Ink |isbn=978-0-8103-9404-9 |pages=146 |language=en}}</ref> | country = United States | language = English }} '''''Deadly Intruder''''' (aka '''''The Deadly Intruder''''') is a 1985 horror film.<ref name="a">{{Cite web |date=2016-01-21 |title=Deadly Intruder (1988) |url=https://thebetamaxrundown.com/deadly-intruder-1988/ |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=The Betamax Rudown |language=en-US}}</ref>
==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 girlfriend.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Deadly Intruder |url=https://www.hysteria-lives.co.uk/hysterialives/Hysteria/deadly_intruder.html |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=www.hysteria-lives.co.uk}}</ref>
==Cast== * Molly Cheek as Jessie<ref>{{Cite web |last=A. |first=Florita |date=2025-02-12 |title=Deadly Intruder (1988) Movie Review |url=https://hellhorror.com/movies/deadly-intruder-review-47738.html |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=HellHorror.com}}</ref> * David Schroeder as Grotowski * Danny Bonaduce as John<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Todd |date=2020-01-04 |title=Film Review: Deadly Intruder (1988) |url=https://horrornews.net/96797/film-review-deadly-intruder-1988/ |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=Horror News |language=en-US}}</ref> * Stuart Whitman as Captain Pritchett * Daniel Greene as Danny * Santos Morales as Carlos<ref name=":1" /> * Steve Perry as Wayne * Chris Holder as Bob<ref name="b">{{Cite book |last=Borseti |first=Francesco |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/It_Came_from_the_80s/s3jpDAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Deadly+Intruder%22+film&pg=PA87&printsec=frontcover |title=It Came from the 80s!: Interviews with 124 Cult Filmmakers |date=2016-08-16 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-2563-8 |pages=87 |language=en}}</ref> * Laura Melton as Amy<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2022-11-07 |title=Deadly Intruder |url=https://outlawvern.com/2022/11/07/deadly-intruder/ |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=VERN'S REVIEWS on the FILMS of CINEMA |language=en-US}}</ref> * Marcy Hansen as Cathy * Curt Bryant as Jim * Stephen Paul as Rogers * Todd Martin as Mr. West * Tommy Ramone (as Tommy Reamon) as Foreman * W.T. Zacha as Mechanic * Tony Crupi as Drifter<ref name=":1" /> * 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''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Juhnke |first=Karl |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Das_Erz%C3%A4hlmotiv_des_Serienm%C3%B6rders_im_S/Jdr0BQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Der+T%C3%B6dliche+Feind&pg=PA293&printsec=frontcover |title=Das Erzählmotiv des Serienmörders im Spielfilm: Eine filmwissenschaftliche Untersuchung |date=2013-09-03 |publisher=Springer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-322-89955-2 |pages=293 |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-01-19 |title=Deadly Intruder 1985 |url=https://wipfilms.net/slasher-and-giallo/deadly-intruder/ |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=Women in Prison Films |language=en}}</ref>
==See also== *Exploitation film *Horror-of-personality *Slasher films *Splatter
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0233536}}
Category:American slasher films Category:1985 horror films Category:1985 films Category:1980s slasher films Category:1985 English-language films Category:1985 American films Category:English-language horror films
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