| “ | Everything I do, I do for us. | „ |
| ~ Charlie vowing to get his property back. |
| “ | You don't deserve Foxglove!!! | „ |
| ~ Charlie's last words before Scott kills him. |
Charlie Peck is the main antagonist of the thriller film The Intruder.
In his characterisation, he is a volatile hunter and serial killer who hunts down and kills anyone on his property. Soon enough he terrorizes the Howards when they bought his house in order to reclaim his own property.
He was portrayed by Dennis Quaid, who also played Corporal Gallo in Pandorum, Ely Vaughn in Beneath the Darkness, and Harvey in The Substance.
Biography[]
Charlie Peck is a delusional savage who devoted his life to his home and family (mainly his house). It is mentioned that Charlie's wife was wanting a divorce with him, and wanted to kick him out of the house after his company went bankrupt. But Charlie's insanity grew vicious and violent and decided to make it look like his wife committed suicide by putting a shotgun in her mouth, leading his kids to leave and change their identities and leaving Charlie only on his property. Years have gone by and Charlie put the house up for sale, and a couple moves in named Scott and Annie Howard. While the Howards were in the house Charlie keeps visiting them ominously and still thinking the house is still his. Scott is starting to figure out what Charlie is up to and where he came from, while Scott's friend Mike is helping.
One night Mike came over to see what was going on, and was caught by Charlie. Charlie felt like he was a threat and Charlie swung an axe at Mike's chest, killing him and stored him in the bottom of the house where Charlie was happening to be living. Scott finally finds out about Charlie, and how he murdered his own wife, and what he has been planning. Charlie finally gives up and tries to kill Scott and steal his wife from him and rape her and live happily ever after in the house. Charlie was killed by Scott out of self defense, and Annie calls 9-1-1 and says that "My husband just shot an intruder".
Personality[]
Charlie is a very violent, insane, psychopathic, sadistic, cruel, and overprotective man who wants nothing more but his land back. Charlie will stop at nothing to get his land back.
Trivia[]
- In one of the pictures of him, his wife and daughter when she was a child together, Charlie also had a son. Although he was never mentioned by name and didn't make any appearance in the film, it can imply that he too moved away following his father's unstable nature and changed his name.
- The film includes subtle references to other classic horror films such as The Shining and Psycho.