The Hidden
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| Directed by | Jack Sholder |
| Produced by | Stephen Diener, Dennis Harris, Jeffrey Klein, Lee Muhl, Michael L. Meltzer, Gerald T. Olson, Robert Shaye |
| Written by | Jim Kouf |
| Starring | Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Claudia Christian, William Boyett |
| Music by | Michael Convertino |
| Cinematography | Jacques Haitkin |
| Editing by | Michael N. Knue, Maureen O’Connell |
| Distributed by | New Line Home Video (USA) |
| Release date(s) | 1987 |
| Running time | 96 min |
| Country |  USA |
| Language | English |
| Followed by | The Hidden II The Seed |
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The Hidden was a 1987 science fiction/horror film from New Line Cinema. The film was written by Jim Kouf and directed by Jack Sholder. The cast featured Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri and Claudia Christian.
This film received a MPAA rating of R, and was filmed in color with mono sound. The DVD version was remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound. At the time it was released it was an independent film and had been produced for less than US$5 million. A sequel, The Hidden II, directed by Seth Pinsker was released in 1994.
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[edit] Plot summary
A murderous creature from outer space arrives on Earth and begins to inhabit human bodies as hosts. The creature seems driven to only do two things: drive fast exotic cars at reckless speeds and listen to loud heavy metal music, which leads to a confrontation with the police after it commits a bank robbery. The police officer in charge of the investigation, Sgt. Tom Beck (Nouri), is baffled when the suspect will not fall after being wounded several times in a shoot-out. In the process the creature uses up its human host body, leaving a corpse, and eventually moves on to its next victim while its host is incarcerated at the hospital after the shoot-out with the police. This creature commits a series of murders in Los Angeles while jumping from body to body, leaving the police department perplexed. Arriving on the scene is FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher (MacLachlan), who is actually an alien policeman that was sent to Earth to recapture the parasitic murderer.
[edit] Remake
As of February 2006 a remake of The Hidden, written by Rock Shaink Jr. is currently in the works, called The Seed.
Update: As of January 2007 the remake has begun to move forward. Now starring Radha Mitchell and Neal McDonough and to be directed by Rock Shaink Jr. from a script by Mark Jonathan Stanley and Rock Shaink Jr..
[edit] See also
- Fallen is a 1998 film with a similar premise; however, the body-hopping antagonist is a supernatural demon rather than an extraterrestrial.
- The film also has a premise similar to the novel The Puppet Masters from 1951 by Robert A. Heinlein, as well as to the novella The Autopsy by Michael Shea published in 1984. Furthermore, The Hidden bears a remarkable number of resemblances to the novel Valley of Lights by Stephen Gallagher, published earlier the same year as the movie was released.
[edit] Awards
- Jack Sholder won the Grand Prize at the Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival in 1988.
- Jack Sholder won Best Director at Fantasporto in 1988. It was also nominated for Best Film at that festival.
- Michael Nouri won Best Actor at the Catalonian International Film Festival in 1987. Jack Sholder took Prize of the International Critics’ Jury at the same festival.
- At the 1988 Saturn Awards, Michael Nouri was nominated for Best Actor, Jack Sholder was nominated for Best Director, Jim Kouf was nominated for best writing, and The Hidden was nominated for best film.
