The Hidden

This review is an excerpt from my book “Killer B’s: The 237 Best Movies On Video You’ve (Probably) Never Seen,” which is available as an ebook on iBooks. If you enjoy this review, there are 236 more like it in the book (plus a whole lot more). Check it out! THE HIDDEN: Strange FBI agent Gallagher (MacLachlan) arrives in a Pacific Northwest town, tracking a murderous psycho who has killed a dozen people—including his partner. Things get really weird when the killer, caught and hospitalized, extrudes a snail-like alien from his mouth into the body of an unconscious patient—who then gets up and walks away. Oddly, this revived guy has the same taste for Ferraris and heavy metal music that the first guy did... Gallagher explains to police detective Beck (Nouri) only that this killer “changes identities.” Beck presses for details; Gallagher offers only glib answers (“I read minds”). They follow a trail of killers—serial killers, in the sense that one killer seems to pick up where the previous one left off. Beck is frustrated by the bizarre things he sees in a shootout with a stripper-turned-killer (Christian). “An explanation won’t help you,” Gallagher insists. But when Beck finally does discover the truth—it’s out there. Discussion: “I guess a career in the police didn’t really prepare you for this, did it?” Gallagher chides, once Beck has discovered that they’re after an alien that picks up bodies like off-the-rack suits and uses them until they’re damaged to death. Although this flick might appear to be a trial run for “Twin Peaks,” MacLachlan also has a secret, in the tradition of “Starman.” Much of the fun in the film lies in the details: Gallagher trying to figure out Alka-Seltzer; the sly political commentary in the evil alien’s ambitions; the odd bodies that the body-hopper is forced to possess. Yes, it is very bloody—but for once, the amount of lethal force is not gratuitous, but essential to the set-up. What sets “The Hidden” apart from many other bloody action flicks is the compassionate sacrifices, which restore order to everyone’s lives.

one Of the best movies ever good old days I wish if I can know the title of the songs in the bar is it The bad girl and who is the Singar

Whereas The Lostboys gave you death by stereo, this gem serves up death by alien sex. There's tons of classic 80's sci-fi lampoons, but not enough to sink it out of cult status.

very bad movie, just plain stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was was really good scary sci-fi movie of the good guy vs. the BAD ALIEN genre.. Beautifully handled effects, even though this movie was before the heavy CGI available to sci fi directors today. (Didn't you love AVATAR!!!!) Still and though, this was a great efffort especially by Kyle MacLughlin, (sorry on the spelling, I have old-timers disease)