As Rose digs into the house's past, she finds that a young woman named Rachel Winacott (Jazmin Paradis) went missing from the house and Leila's father, Howard (Tom Sizemore), was a prime suspect in her disappearance. It seems the previous owner, Cheri Garrison, was a pillar of the community and she and her son took in a lot of runaways and those who needed help. Then one day, Cheri just disappeared, leaving all of her possessions behind.
Rose finds herself home alone most of the time, as Jerry's job is very demanding. For some of the major parts of the renovation, Jerry has hired a team to help and Rose finds herself shocked when she discovers Noah (Austin Butler, Arrow) in her kitchen, but he is simply one of the construction workers. Aside from that fright, Rose keeps hearing strange noises in this enormous home, finds doors closing and opening on their own, and even finds odd little rooms she didn't know were there. When she tries to explain these events to her dad, he simply fears she is having a breakdown, so she turns to Noah, who has become a friend and possibly more.
Things escalate as she continues to dig into the past of the house and its previous occupants, hoping to unravel the mystery of what really happened to Rachel Winacott, despite the fact that her case was closed when a convenient explanation arrived to explain her sudden disappearance. But in her prying, Rose has stirred something up that doesn't want to be found and she just might find herself a victim.
I found The Intruders to be a bit boring, even though it was supposed to be a thriller. I didn't necessarily find the actors believable, even though I know some of them to be very good actors, typically. While the ending was fairly creepy, I just didn't really enjoy the journey to get there and the acting was so stiff, I didn't find myself invested in the characters. I love a good thriller, especially one with a potentially ghostly aspect, but The Intruders just left me cold. I've definitely seen worse movies, but it was nothing spectacular, for sure. As for the special features, there were two behind the scenes featurettes that talked about shooting and what it took to get the film made, but like the film itself, neither were very compelling. If you are bored and find it on TV or Netflix, you may want to check it out, but there are more enthralling thrillers out there.
