Meanwhile, on another astral plane, Hatch Harrison (Jeff Goldblum), a drowning victim, sees his recently departed daughter at the portals of Heaven. Unfortunately, just as he is about to exit on the Hades Express, he is resuscitated by a cardiologist. The pedestrian psycho killer thriller does, however, open with ghastly promise: A teenage Satanist, Vassago (Jeremy Sisto), screams, “I want to go to Hell!” and then impales himself on the weapon he used to sacrifice his mother and sister. Nobody much is going to see the picture, much less your moniker.
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Koontz hates the movie so much he tried to force TriStar to remove his name from the credits. Birmingham band Godflesh make a cameo appearance during one of the film’s scenes.īeneath its supernatural pretensions, the adaptation of Dean Koontz’s “Hideaway” is horrifying only in that it’s duller than the late Jeffrey Dahmer’s meat cleaver. Unfortunately, the vision works both ways, and the killer can also see through his eyes.
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He begins to understand that he has become psychically connected to a serial killer, and that by cutting himself, he can actually induce the visions and see through the killer’s eyes. After being revived, he experiences frightening visions. In the film, Goldblum plays a man who dies in a car accident, only to be revived two hours later. It is based on the 1992 novel of the same name by Dean Koontz, and stars Jeff Goldblum, Alicia Silverstone, Christine Lahti, Jeremy Sisto, and Rae Dawn Chong. Hideaway is a 1995 American horror film directed by Brett Leonard. When he foresees that Vassago is trying to capture his daughter, Hatch tries to find the criminal first, in spite of Lindsay, Regina and the detective in charge of the investigation believe that he needs psychiatric help. Hatch has some weird premonitions and becomes able to see through the eyes of the psychopath serial killer Vassago, a young man that killed his mother and his sister and committed suicide and was also brought back to life and now is killing young women and teenagers. Jonas Nyebern successfully brings him back to life. He dies for more than two hours, but the specialist Dr. While traveling on the road with his wife Lindsey and his daughter Regina, Hatch Harrison has a car accident, hitting a truck and falling with his wife in a river.
Here are the most popular videocassette rentals listed in the Aug.Hideaway movie storyline. The rest of the top five were “White,” a black comedy about marriage starring Julie Delpy “Barcelona,” Whit Stilman’s clever look at Americans abroad “Renaissance Man,” a military comedy with Danny DeVito, and “The Color of Night,” a Bruce Willis thriller that was lengthened by nearly 15 minutes for its video release. Copies of this Andrew Bergman souffle rented more frequently than any other title from January to June. * Vidbits: According to Variety, vidstore managers missed the boat with “It Could Happen to You.” They severely underestimated the appeal of the Nicolas Cage/Bridget Fonda/Rosie Perez romantic comedy. * “A Goofy Movie” (1995, Buena Vista, G, $22.99): A good-hearted animated flick featuring the rubbery charms of everybody’s favorite cartoon dog. Alfre Woodard co-stars in this Hallmark Hall of Fame production. * “The Piano Lesson” (1994, Republic, No MPAA rating, $95.95): Charles Dutton recreates the role he played on Broadway in a fine adaptation of the Tony-winning August Wilson drama. When “Hideaway” gets metaphysical, it gets really, really silly. Eventually, Vassago goes after Silverstone, which sets the stage for an epic battle between the forces of good and evil. On the other side, Goldblum’s wires get crossed with a serial killer named Vassago (Jeremy Sisto). Even though he spends hours at the bottom of a lake, he’s reanimated by a specialist in near-death resuscitation (Alfred Molina).īut there’s a catch. The star of “Hideaway” is Jeff Goldblum who, during the first few minutes of the movie, dies. Still, you have to wonder what was going through her head when she signed up for “Hideaway” (1995, Columbia TriStar, R, $95.95), a new-to-video horror outing that plays like a cheap gloss on Michael Mann’s excellent “Manhunter.”
And “Clueless,” her first comedy, is a surprise hit. Entertainment Weekly and Rolling Stone magazines touted her with cover stories. Columbia Pictures just signed her to a $10-million contract. Alicia Silverstone is anything but clueless.
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