Intensity (film)

Intensity is a 1997 madeforTV miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Dean Koontz, starring John C. McGinley, Molly Parker, Piper Laurie, and Tori Paul. It originally aired in the United States on the Fox Network.

Before she has time to explain though, Edgler returns and murders the two workers with a shotgun. Chyna then learns that he is holding a 14yearold girl named Ariel hostage in his basement. She becomes determined to save Ariel and follows Edgler back to his home. On the road she runs into an older woman named Miriam Piper Laurie and asks her to call the police. The woman does not realize that Chyna is serious about the murders until she sees the two dead bodies back at the gas station. Unfortunately, she is hysterical on the phone with the police, telling them that they need to save Chyna and Ariel, which the police interpret as a crazy lady talking about the country China. Upon trying to fall back to sleep, the policeman, Ethan Trevaine, remembers the name Ariel as a missing persons case and starts investigating. Trevaine starts to find clues on what type of vehicle the killer was driving, and what Miriam was talking about earlier.Meanwhile, the car Chyna is driving runs out of gas so she leaves it in the middle of his road, forcing him to stop and push it out of the way. While he does so, Chyna runs back into his trailer and hides, unknowingly leaving foot prints. Edgler decides to have some fun and pretend he does not know she is there. ........

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