The Hidden 2522220 219462166 2008-06-15T10:14:18Z Law Lord 3157060 /* Similar works */ Comma and punctuation mark {{Otheruses}} {{Infobox Film | name = The Hidden | image = Hiddenposter1987.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Jack Sholder]] | producer = [[Stephen Diener]]<br>[[Dennis Harris]]<br>[[Jeffrey Klein]]<br>[[Lee Muhl]]<br>[[Michael L. Meltzer]]<br>[[Gerald T. Olson]]<br>[[Robert Shaye]] | writer = [[Jim Kouf]] | starring = [[Kyle MacLachlan]]<br>[[Michael Nouri]]<br>[[Claudia Christian]]<br>[[William Boyett]] | music = [[Michael Convertino]] | cinematography = [[Jacques Haitkin]] | editing = [[Michael N. Knue]]<br>[[Maureen O'Connell|Maureen O’Connell]] | distributor = [[New Line Home Video]] <small>(USA)</small> | released = [[1987 in film|1987]] | runtime = 96 min | country = {{flagicon|USA}} USA | language = [[English language|English]] | budget = | preceded_by = | followed_by = [[The Hidden II]]<br> The Seed | website = | amg_id = 1:132739 | imdb_id = 0093185 }} '''''The Hidden''''' is a [[1987 in film|1987]] [[science fiction film|science fiction]]/[[horror film|horror]] [[film]] from [[New Line Cinema]]. The film was written by [[Jim Kouf]] and directed by [[Jack Sholder]]. The cast featured [[Kyle MacLachlan]], [[Michael Nouri]] and [[Claudia Christian]]. This film received a [[Motion Picture Association of America|MPAA]] rating of R, and was filmed in color with mono sound. The DVD version was remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound. At the time it was released it was an [[independent film]] and had been produced for less than US$5 million. A sequel, ''[[The Hidden II]]'', directed by [[Seth Pinsker]] was released in [[1994 in film|1994]]. ==Plot summary== A murderous creature from outer space arrives on Earth and begins to inhabit human bodies as hosts. The creature seems driven to only do two things: drive fast exotic cars at reckless speeds and listen to loud heavy metal music, which leads to a confrontation with the police after it commits a bank robbery. The police officer in charge of the investigation, Sgt. Tom Beck (Nouri), is baffled when the suspect will not fall after being wounded several times in a shoot-out. In the process the creature uses up its human host body (Chris Mulkey), leaving a corpse, and eventually moves on to its next victim while its host is incarcerated at the hospital after the shoot-out with the police. This creature commits a series of murders in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] while jumping from body to body, leaving the police department perplexed. Arriving on the scene is [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent Lloyd Gallagher (MacLachlan), who is actually an alien policeman that was sent to Earth to recapture the parasitic murderer. == Similar works == * ''[[Needle (book)|Needle]]'', a novel by [[Hal Clement]] may have been inspiration for this movie.{{Fact|date=April 2008}} * ''[[The Puppet Masters]]'', a novel from 1951 by [[Robert A. Heinlein]] has a similar premise. * ''The Autopsy'', a novella by [[Michael Shea]] published in 1984 also bears a likeness. * ''[[Valley of Lights]]'', a novel by [[Stephen Gallagher]] published earlier the same year as the movie was released and to which ''The Hidden'' also bears a remarkable number of resemblances. * ''[[Fallen (film)|Fallen]]'', a [[1998 in film|1998]] film has a similar premise. However, the body-hopping [[antagonist]] is a [[supernatural]] [[demon]] rather than an [[Extraterrestrial life in popular culture|extraterrestrial]]. ==Awards== *Jack Sholder won the Grand Prize at the [[Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival]] in 1988. *Jack Sholder won Best Director at [[Fantasporto]] in 1988. It was also nominated for Best Film at that festival. *Michael Nouri won Best Actor at the [[Festival de Cine de Sitges|Catalonian International Film Festival]] in 1987. Jack Sholder took Prize of the International Critics’ Jury at the same festival. *At the 1988 [[Saturn Awards]], Michael Nouri was nominated for Best Actor, Jack Sholder was nominated for Best Director, Jim Kouf was nominated for best writing, and ''The Hidden'' was nominated for best film. ==External links== *{{imdb title|id=0093185|title=The Hidden}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hidden}} [[Category:1987 films]] [[Category:American films]] [[Category:English-language films]] [[Category:Independent films]] [[Category:New Line Cinema films]] [[Category:Science fiction action films]] [[Category:The Hidden films]] [[de:The Hidden – Das unsagbar Böse]] [[fr:Hidden]] [[it:L'alieno]] [[ja:ヒドゥン]] [[ru:Скрытый враг (фильм, 1987)]]