The Intrusion (1975)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Ellen Anderson (Kim Pope) kissing her husband goodbye when a door to door salesman (Michael Gaunt) shows up. However, he isn't really selling anything and instead he forces himself into the house and repeatedly humiliates and rapes Ellen.
Zebody Colt's THE INTRUSION is a pretty wild little movie that is probably going to turn off most viewers. In fact, it's highly doubtful that most people would even bother with this film as it's pretty much a rough rape fantasy where the man breaks into a house and repeatedly rapes a woman and then rapes her friend (Lynn Bishop) once she arrives at the house. Colt has a notorious reputation with some of his films and there's no question that this here is a notorious one.
For the most part this is a mildly entertaining movie, although using the word entertaining makes me feel quite guilty. This isn't a film that's going to be for everyone but if you enjoy films that don't try to make you feel good and pretty much makes you feel as if you need a bath then you'll probably want to watch this. On a technical level there's nothing overly impressive about the film. I mean, you're basically watching someone being tied up and sexually abused for 67-minutes. I will say that I was impressed with the editing style that was done.
What makes the film more memorable than it probably would have been otherwise were the two lead performances. Pope really did look like your "girl next door" or housewife and I thought she was believable in the part. Yes, her "crying" wasn't believable but this is a low-budget porn/roughie so one shouldn't expect the work of Meryl Streep. I also thought Gaunt was effective as the rapist and especially with that laid back and rather "business as usual" approach that he brought to the character.
THE INTRUSION is a film that's not going to appeal to many but fans of this sub-genre should find it worth watching.
