Product Details

• Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Christine Lahti, Alicia Silverstone, Jeremy Sisto, Alfred Molina
• Directors: Brett Leonard
• Writers: Andrew Kevin Walker, Dean R. Koontz, Neal Jimenez
• Producers: Agatha Dominik, Agatha Hanczakowski, Beau St. Clair, Gimel Everett
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• VHS Release Date: April 9, 1996
• Run Time: 106 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303548687
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #220,502 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

After a near-death experience, a family man (Jeff Goldblum) finds himself psychically linked to a serial killer who's chosen his next victim: his own daughter (Alicia Silverstone). Based on the novel by Dean R. Koontz. Screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker and Neil Jimenez. Directed by Brett Leonard (The Lawnmower Man).

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Succeeding Predictability, March 10, 2002

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Jacob Malewitz "areaderseye.blogspot.com" (Lansing, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hideaway (DVD)

Solid movie. Two men come back from near-death due to a new experimental surgery. Both of them bring something back with them. God vs Satan ,ala "Prophecy", is the main theme and I find these tales to be entertaining. Hideaway will not knock your socks off with a an ever-twisting story arc but what it does have is a solid core plot, coupled together with above-average acting, and special effects that will move you. That last comment seems to be up for debate, some have called the effects "hoaky" and stated they ruined the movie. I disagree. You'll have to check it out for yourself. High recommendation.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A REALLY BAD MOVIE WITH A REALLY GOOD CAST..., April 26, 2006

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Lawyeraau (Balmoral Castle) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hideaway (DVD)

Despite a stellar cast, Jeff Goldblum, Christine Lahti, Alicia Silverstone, and Alfred Molina, who do their best with a really bad script based on the Dean Koontz novel of the same name, this movie is a stinker. Even the special effects are bad. It is so bad that Dean Koontz tried to disassociate himself from the film, with good reason.

The basic premise of the movie has to do with a family man (Jeff Goldblum), who dies in an accident and is brought back to life through the extraordinary intervention of a doctor (Alfred Molina). Though the doctor's efforts appeared at first blush to have been successful, our family man now seems to be psychically linked to someone else, a psycopathic killer who happens to be a satanist. Of course, it turns out that this killer was also brought back from the dead by the very same doctor. What happens next is too stupid for words. Save your money. Do not buy this movie.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's decent, November 29, 2004

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R. Stringini "moviman7643" (Addison, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hideaway (DVD)

I have to say, I was fairly underwhelmed by this film. I have not read the book, but I have a feeling that it is much better than this.

Even with all the short comings the movie is decent, but it has some major flaws. For starters, the direction is horrid. The film seems flat, and almost made for TV at times. There is no tightness, nothing close. That hurts the movie a great deal, because the lack of any claustrophobia cuts the tension down immensly. There is only a few short moments where there are any real scares (the begining, and a few of the Sisto in the shower moments), but other than that there is hardly anything here to really scare the audience. The second problem is how the movie seems to glaze over some of the more violent aspects. Yes, there are on screen murders, but they are so tame that the horror of the moment is lost. It all feels very by the numbers as well. The final problem is the acting. Everyone here seems to be trying, but the script gives them very little to work with at times, and because of this, the acting is very on and off. Jeremy Sisto suffers the most in this area. His performances goes from dark and menacing to horridly over the top, and almost pushes this entire affair in to B-movie territory. Jeff Goldblum suffers from the same problem. Christine Lahti has some nice moments, especially towards the end while she is fighting Jeremy, but she also slips in to some over acting. Alicia Silverstone is there, and not much else. She really has no character or than the hostage. The rest of the cast is fine.

The movie does have some very interesting set designs, and the story does have it's cool moments (although those moments are hurt by the very blah pacing).

Now, the movie is far from horrible. It is entertaining to a degree, and has some very interesting sequences (the hell and heaven stuff does look horribly dated due to the reliance on computer graphics though). Also, it is always fun to see some fairly well known actors in a fairly cheesy horror movie. I would recommend renting it, and if you can find the DVD or VHS for really cheap, then grab it. Otherwise, this one can warrant a miss.