There’s no denying that “The Hidden” (MPAA-rated: R) looks great and moves like a tornado. MacLachlan, to whom seeming strange must come easily in the wake of “Blue Velvet” and “Dune,” and Nouri offer an amusing contrast to each other, and there’s the larger contrast of Nouri’s solid, normal domestic life and the nightmare that’s beginning to engulf the city. Even so, Gallagher clearly knows more about what’s going on than he’s prepared to reveal to Beck.
LAPD detective Tom Beck (the rugged, mature Michael Nouri) reluctantly teams up with FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher (pale, boyish Kyle MacLachlan), who seems a little weird, especially when Beck takes him home to dinner. However, so many people are likely to flock to this film that there’s no point in giving away its gimmick it suffices to say that it’s appropriately gruesome. Mulkey is just the first of a group of law-abiding types, including a stunning stripper (Claudia Christian) and even a pet dog, who mysteriously turn into robot-like mass killers whose appetites, whether for fancy cars, sex or food, must be gratified immediately-the consequences of delay are dire in the extreme. The caustic dark humor with which it begins ends up drowning in an ocean of blood. “The Hidden” has enough smarts that it doesn’t need to be so total and unrelieved a massacre.
Director Jack Sholder, who did “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2,” and writer Bob Hunt have set up an entertainment clever enough to snag us, but they can’t seem to resist going all out in appealing to the lowest common denominator. Its sheer energy and imagination are seductive but finally the awesome body count becomes a turnoff. This destruction derby is just a taste of things to come, for this action thriller is as unstintingly violent as it is crudely ingenious. Police Department on a long and totally reckless chase. Sequel: The Hidden II in 1994, with a different cast.As “The Hidden” (citywide) opens, a neatly dressed man (Chris Mulkey) holds up a bank, hops in a black Ferrari 308 and leads the L.A. The Hidden is directed by Jack Sholder, runs 97 minutes, is made by New Line Cinema, Heron Communications and Mega Entertainment, is released by New Line Cinema (1987) (US) and Palace Pictures (1988) (UK), is written by Kim Kouf, is shot by Jacques Haitkin, is produced by Robert Shaye, Michael T Meltzer and Gerald T Olson, is scored by Michael Convertino and is designed by C J Strawn and Mick Strawn. It is adult material, with considerable violence and strong language.Īlso in the cast are Claudia Christian, Ed O’Ross, Clarence Felder, Clu Gulager, William Boyett, Richard Brooks, Katherine Cannon, Kristen Clayton, John McCann, Lin Shaye, Larry Cedar, Chris Mulkey, James Luisi, Frank Renzulli, Duane Davis and Whitney Reis. This creature is into body snatching and takes over and lives in the bodies of a number of respectable Los Angeles humans and turns them into killer criminals.ĭespite the Z-grade premise, this is an A-class movie, with sparky performances, a witty screenplay, an eerie atmosphere and taut direction.Įxcellent of its schlocky kind, The Hidden keeps up nail-biting, edge-of-seat tension throughout, is imaginative and entertaining, and repays several viewings. Kyle MacLachlan is ideally cast as a good alien peacekeeper posing as an FBI agent, who helps nice cop Michael Nouri battle an intelligent evil alien parasite like a huge slug.
Kyle MacLachlan stars in The Hidden (1987).ĭirector Jack Sholder’s 1987 action, crime, horror movie The Hidden is an enlivening, surprisingly well made alien possession sci-fi thriller.
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