Lindsey survives the impact and manages to crawl out of the car, dragging her unconscious husband as well. Regina escapes just shortly before the car falls in the cold waters, but Lindsey and Hatch are trapped inside the vehicle. Hatch is driving his wife and daughter somewhere in the night (we never find out where they are going), the car swerves out of the road and falls into the nearby river.
#HIDEAWAY 1995 MOVIE#
And speaking of car accident, shortly after we are introduced to the Harrisons (a cute little scene actually in which Regina's parents are playing a game of movie associations and try to get her to participate), another one takes place immediately after. We see that he has a loving family - wife Lindsey (Christine Lahti) and teenage daughter Regina (Alicia Silverstone) and only later do we find out that Hatch and Lindsey had another daughter, who died tragically in a car accident. Then we are introduced to our main protagonist Hatch Harrison (Jeff Goldblum), of whom we know relatively little - for example the film never bothers to explain what he does for a living (in the book he is an antiques dealer). Not entirely original, but an effective and creepy opening. "Hideaway" opens with a young man named Jeremy who has just killed his mother and sister and proceeds to impale himself upon a knife as part of a ritual to willingly damn his soul to hell and be accepted to serve Satan (or something to that extent). Koontz was likewise quite unsatisfied with the end result and one can easily see why. Unlike Hideaway, it establishes no pretensions of the divine and evil, and engages us with interesting characters whom we care about.Īfter Stephen King's short story "The Lawnmower Man" was adapted to the screen in the Brett Leonard's 1992-film of the same name and in such a way that the author himself tried everything possible to detach his name from the project, curiously the same thing was about to happen only three years later, when Leonard this time set on to direct an adaption of a novel of one of King's main competitors in the horror/thriller genre - Dean R. It goes all the way with its unique, nightmarish, and sensational imagery, and knows no boundaries.
One film that comes to mind is Lord of Illusions, which is more grotesque, violent, gory, and over-the-top, but effective nonetheless. There are far better and scarier horror films out there, Hideaway is not one of them. Alicia Silverstone's daughter character was limited in scope as well mainly serving as a plot gimmick for the killer to prey on. She was there mostly to lend support when needed, only becoming a more independent and stronger character near the end. His wife's role (Christine Lahti) was mostly limited and reduced to that of the long-suffering spouse. Sometimes he made mistakes when he should have known better and was slow to catch on with certain matters. Some of his actions, reactions, and dialogues were wayward and awkward. However, I simply did not care for Goldblum's character and was not convinced of his suffering.
#HIDEAWAY 1995 FULL#
Though some characters were not written well or underutilized of their full potentials, the acting was fine, especially Jeremy Sisto's risky performance as the despicable creep. I also thought the film was going to make some point about spirituality, religion, hell, or heaven, but no such luck. From time to time, the filmmakers treaded on thin ice by depicting questionable, unsavory, and objectionable acts and images. maintaining a patient's confidentiality despite being a menace to others) brought up in the film were terribly erroneous. Also, the science, law, and technicalities (e.g. By the end of the film, many questions and plot holes had arisen but were not addressed. The rest of the movie was merely another slasher film in disguise, no matter how high-gloss it seemed. At least that was something I had not seen too often before. The best and most inspired scene was during the first five minutes when the killer journeyed in agony towards hell, after committing an atrocious act and then committing suicide. The special effects were subpar and murky. It was quite ridiculous, cheap, trashy, conventional, predictable, and laughable.
In fact, I scoffed at it from time to time. This film wasn't particularly exciting, scary or suspenseful. Unable to convince anyone of his warnings and knowledge, it's only up to Hatch to stop the killer, who may have a target in mind close to Hatch's heart. It turns out that he shares some sort of special link with the deranged killer (Jeremy Sisto), as they have both been to the other side. After his revival, Hatch begins having visions of young girls being murdered. Nyebern, who has developed a unique resuscitation technique that can revive the dead even after a prolonged period of time.
One night, while driving home with his wife and daughter, Hatch (Jeff Goldblum) gets into a car accident which results in his temporary death.
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