The Hidden (1987)

An alien is on the run in America. To get his kicks, it kills anything that gets in its way, and uses the body as a new hiding place. This alien has a goal in life; power. Hotly pursued by ... See full summary »

Director:

Jack Sholder

Writer:

Jim Kouf

Stars:

Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Claudia Christian

4 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kyle MacLachlan	...	Lloyd Gallagher
Michael Nouri	...	Tom Beck
Claudia Christian	...	Brenda Lee Van Buren
Clarence Felder	...	Lt. John Masterson
Clu Gulager	...	Lt. Ed Flynn
Ed O'Ross	...	Cliff Willis
William Boyett	...	Jonathan Miller
Richard Brooks	...	Sanchez
Larry Cedar	...	Brem
Katherine Cannon	...	Barbara Beck
John McCann	...	Senator Holt
Chris Mulkey	...	Jack DeVries
Lin Shaye	...	Carol Miller
James Luisi	...	Ferrari Salesman
Frank Renzulli	...	Michael Buckley

Storyline

An alien is on the run in America. To get his kicks, it kills anything that gets in its way, and uses the body as a new hiding place. This alien has a goal in life; power. Hotly pursued by another alien (who's borrowed the body of a dead FBI agent), lots of innocent people die in the chase.

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Plot Keywords:

alien | police | chase | fbi | bank | 

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Taglines:

A new breed of criminal.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 October 1987 (USA)

Also Known As:

Lo oculto

Filming Locations:

Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$9,747,988 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Heron Communications, Mega Entertainment, New Line Cinema

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During an interview on TNT in 1994, Claudia Christian mentioned The Hidden as being her prior experience with aliens. She said this qualified her to work on Babylon 5.

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Goofs

State of the broken windshield during the chase of the "uzi woman."

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Quotes

Tom Beck: You know what bothers me about these two guys DeVries and Miller?
Lloyd Gallagher: Neither has a criminal record. They both lead normal lives until a few days ago, and now they're killing people.
Tom Beck: Do you read minds or was that just a shot in the dark?
Lloyd Gallagher: No, I read minds.
Tom Beck: Oh yeah? What was I just thinking?
Lloyd Gallagher: That I'm full of shit.
Tom Beck: Impressive.
Lloyd Gallagher: Not really. Quite simple to read.

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Connections

Featured in The House That Freddy Built (2006)

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Soundtracks

"Going Down Fighting"
Written by Erb
Performed by Shok Paris
Produced by Denny Nowak and Bill Peters
Published by Auburn Music / I.R.S. Music, Inc.
Administered by Atlantic Music Corp. (BMI)

User Reviews

An excellent movie with fascinating twists and turns to the plot, a must see

This movie is best seen without knowing much about the plot. It starts off as standard action movie where you follow a policeman who is investigating some strange event of a seemingly normal person kind of going crazy and suddenly committing thefts, violence, escaping the police. As the story develops, the story turns in unexpected but very fascinating directions.

The pace is kept high, never does ones attention wander. The acting is good and the story comes over as very real. I won't reveal too much here of what happens later as there are many elements of surprise which adds to the whole experience.

This is one of the movies that I have enjoyed watching several times. My vote is a 9.