Hideaway

"Hatch Harrison was pronounced dead on arrival. After two hours, the doctors brought him back. But he didn't come back alone."

1995 1h 43m EN

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★5.2TMDB · 175🥫23%Rotten Tomatoes★5.3IMDB · 8,101

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Synopsis

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Hatch Harrison, his wife, Lindsey, and their daughter, Regina, are enjoying a pleasant drive when a car crash leaves wife and daughter unharmed but kills Hatch. However, an ingenious doctor, Jonas Nyebern, manages to revive Hatch after two lifeless hours. But Hatch does not come back unchanged. He begins to suffer horrible visions of murder -- only to find out the visions are the sights of a serial killer.

“Hatch Harrison was pronounced dead on arrival. After two hours, the doctors brought him back. But he didn't come back alone.”

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Cast

Jeff Goldblum
Hatch Harrison
Christine Lahti
Lindsey
Alicia Silverstone
Regina
Jeremy Sisto
Vassago
Alfred Molina
Jonas
Rae Dawn Chong
Rose Orwetto
Kenneth Welsh
Detective Breech
Michael McDonald
Young Cop

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Brett Leonard
Writers: Andrew Kevin Walker, Neal Jimenez
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Earned back only 81% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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31 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Brett Leonard, shot by Gale Tattersall. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Trevor Jones. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor B.J. Sears shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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ERA

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Jeff Goldblum and Christine Lahti and Alicia Silverstone carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Hatch Harrison was pronounced dead on arrival. After two hours, the doctors brought him back. But he didn't come back alone.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0113303 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Brett Leonard directs. Gale Tattersall behind the camera. Trevor Jones scores. B.J. Sears cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Earned back only 81% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
231 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Directed by Brett Leonard, shot by Gale Tattersall. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Trevor Jones. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor B.J. Sears shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Jeff Goldblum and Christine Lahti and Alicia Silverstone carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Hatch Harrison was pronounced dead on arrival. After two hours, the doctors brought him back. But he didn't come back alone.".
8IMDB entry: tt0113303 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Gale Tattersall
Original score: Trevor Jones
Editing: B.J. Sears
Production design: Michael S. Bolton
Costume design: Monique Prudhomme
Makeup / hair: Forest Sala
Runtime: 103 min · 1h 43m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $15,000,000
Box office: $12,201,255
Return: 81% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Hideaway (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes: 23% 🥫 Rotten
IMDB rating: 5.3/10 · 8,101 votes
MPAA: R

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Wuchak2022-08-17
★ 6/10
Coming back from the other side with a strange new ability (or curse) A well-to-do couple in the Seattle area (Jeff Goldblum & Christine Lahti) is struggling with grief and the challenges of parenting a beautiful teenager (Alicia Silverstone). When the man seems to die in an accident he is resuscitated by a revolutionary doctor (Alfred Molina). Yet coming back from the afterlife has a peculiar effect as he starts to have visions of a local serial killer (Jeremy Sisto). "Hideaway" (1995) is a psychological crime thriller with mystery/horror elements based on Dean R. Koontz’ 1992 novel. Dean hated the end results and wanted his name removed from the credits, but the gist of his story is intact (I guess the devil is in the details, as they say). True, the movie changes Regina from a cool orphan into a typical spoiled teenager and omits elaboration on how Vassago (Sisto) becomes what he is, but so what? You can only fit so much of a book into 1 hour and 45 minutes; besides, enough detail is there if you read in between the lines. The movie reminds me of a meshing of the future “Kiss the Girls” (1997) and “Bless the Child” (2000). It shares the tone and general locations of “Disturbing Behavior” (1998) with the story being influenced by flicks like “Body Parts” (1991) and “Eyes of Laura Mars” (1978). Obviously if you favor these kinds of flicks you’ll probably like this one despite complaints by Koontz and fans of the book. The storytelling is a little confusing in certain ways (for instance, if the killer dies in the opening sequence, how can he be alive & murdering people?). Yet everything is explained by the last act. Meanwhile the colorful CGI depicting the afterlife is quaint (being done in 1994) and reminiscent of the dubious effects in “Bless the Child,” but that’s okay because the afterlife should appear amorphous anyway. Silverstone was about 18 during shooting and quite fetching, but she’s not the focus; Goldblum and Sisto are. Speaking of Sisto, he looks & acts like Jim Morrison would if he was a psycho serial murderer. Meanwhile Lahti was 44 at the time and looks great. The ending at the titular hideaway (in a defunct amusement park) is thoroughly comic booky, but the flick has effective atmosphere and delivers the goods if you can roll with it rather than against it. The film was shot in Britannia Beach, British Columbia, which is 20 miles north of Vancouver. Vassago's hideaway was constructed in the abandoned Britannia Mine. GRADE: B-/C+

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