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*REMOVABLE DERMIS SUIT*
Hidden: The Hidden -1987 Jack Sholder 🇺🇸
🔎 What's it about? A space parasite is jumping from mouth to mouth turning its victims into destroying beasts.
📽 Who made it? Jack Sholder, master of pulp storytelling, creator of: Alone in the Dark (82), aberrant slasher of psychopaths on the run with a desire for blood; A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (85), an infectious sequel to the New Line hit that soberly reformulates the adventures of the owner of dreams; Two Renegades (89), an excellent buddy-movie with more action than chemistry between its protagonists; Missiles at Dawn (90), a powerful HBO product about a nuclear incident in the middle of the Cold War; 12:01, witness of time (93), successful criminal intrigue with a time loop premise; Generation X (96), failed pilot for the first adaptation of the X-Men; Wishmaster 2: Evil never dies (99), a comforting sequel to one of the 90's horror franchises that deserved better luck; and Arachnid (01), a shameful and pretentious commission for the Z series from the unsuccessful Spanish Fantastic Factory.
💎 What shines? The couple of cops (the ET, Kyle MacLachlan, and the OTO, Michael Nouri), a script that is a ticket for roller coasters, the work of an essential Jim Kouf, the trashy music of Michael Convertino, who prioritizes ingenuity over budget, that it's wildly incorrect, and that it's the perfect double feature companion to The Thing (82).
👑 Why do we like it? Because it is one of the most total films of the eighties: it has explosive action and Verhoeven gore, latex-filled mutant horror, a very well written police intrigue, social criticism (the alien learns human "greatness"), interplanetary humor, a voracious assailant (37 deaths + robberies + 1 assault on a police station), and a whirlwind rhythm that hits you to the seat from the moment the blessed New Line logo appears.
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