Unstoppable Rage: Infected people freak out when angry and may even turn on their own loved ones.Tomato Surprise: All three of the main characters were infected all along the story.Tainted Veins: The virus does this to you when you lose control.It's our three main characters who get super strength when they "lose control." Super Strength: It seems like the Breathers have super strength given how one manages to rip all the chains off of the hatch and open it in spite of Claire hanging her full weight from it, but they're just regular humans.Movie Details Where to Watch Full Cast & Crew News Buy DVD. Superpowered Evil Side: Those who are infected will transform in appearance, gaining Super Strength, when they launch into an Unstoppable Rage. R 1 hr 36 min Oct 30th, 1987 Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction.Spiritual Successor: The film is essentially a Perspective Flip I Am Legend.Riddle for the Ages: How the outbreak started.Ray, Claire and Zoe were infected all along and, when annoyed, turn into blood-thirsty mutants. Arriving at a time of the big space operas and expensive creature effects, THE HIDDEN raised itself up timidly in the midst of all of the cinematic hubbub to declare that just a good, clean, simple story can be equally as engaging. The Reveal: Breathers are soldiers who patrol the quarantined area, killing infected survivors. Back when Siskel & Ebert were with us, they both gave this modest little movie a thumbs up.Papa Wolf: In spite of being wounded, Ray shows up in the end to rescue his wife and daughter by ripping a few soldiers to pieces before being gunned down with fully automatic rifle fire.Later on, when main characters encounter the soldiers, they aren't that trigger-happy, but are still about to shoot the heroes down. Quarantine with Extreme Prejudice: After Ray and Claire try to leave the city among others, the military sets up a road blockade and sends jets that bomb escaping people and a town itself.Not Using the "Z" Word: No one ever uses the word "vampire," but our three heroes are nocturnal mutants who turn into pale, black-eyed monsters when provoked.Minimalist Cast: There are only three characters for the vast majority of the film.Humans Are the Real Monsters: The Breathers turn out to be humans, and they're slaughtering the citizens of Kingsville indiscriminately.Game Face: When an infected person "loses control," their skin becomes white and veiny, and their eyes turn black.Ray certainly seemed to rip that pipe out of the ground pretty easily. From visionary writer-director Terrence Malick comes this story based on real events about unsung hero Franz Jgersttter, who refuses to fight for the.Claire and Ray stress the importance of "not losing control" to Zoe.Flashback: Claire, Ray and Zoe each flash back to the day the whole thing started. Heres everything you need to know about the HIdden movie and that twist ending.Extremely Short Timespan: The film takes place over 24 hours, with a few brief flashbacks.The movie also features small roles by Danny Trejo, Clu Gulager, and horror genre star Lin Shaye. Chris Mulkey, William Boyett, Claudia Christian, Clarence Felder, and Ed O’Ross all are fun as the various “skins” of the body jumping alien (I especially like Boyett’s heart attack prone business man). Michael Nouri plays the typical 1980s hardcore detective and he works well with the odd Gallagher officer. His characters from Blue Velvet to Twin Peaks have always had a detached nature to them, but they still can be put in a “serious” movie without the movie becoming completely comedic. Kyle MacLachlan is a great actor for the role of the alien hunter. This relationship is nicely interwoven with the killer alien’s quest to gain power. The relationship between MacLachlan’s alien hunter and Nouri’s Beck is kind of the heart of the movie (which also has a bit of an Alien Nation feel at times). The Hidden however seems to ratchet up the violence a notch and provides humor by having characters (who don’t look like serial killers) killing…even at a point with a dog on the attack. They both are police procedurals and both involve secret aliens willing to kill. Based on the bestselling book by German forester Peter Wohlleben, this film features the author in classroom lectures, interviews, and forests explorations. The Hidden seems to have almost the same tone as They Live which is much more widely scene.
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