I think of the movie Last Action Hero where it's this heightened L.A. Everyone is playing it seriously, even though it's like. Everyone is playing to the intelligence of the script, written by Jim Kouf. But he also notes that it’s thoughtfully written given the premise and that everyone involved takes it seriously.įor what it is, it’s very well done. Beck realizes that not all is as it seems with Gallagher, either, as the duo reluctantly team up to catch this interstellar fugitive before it can wreak even more chaos.įor those who think this plot seems a little silly, Davis would likely agree. As it turns out, said criminal is an extraterrestrial insect that can pass from body to body, using various hosts to indulge in its destructive impulses until the body is used up and it finds another one. While Beck is ready to call the case closed, he’s pulled back in by FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher (Kyle MacLachlan), who claims the real criminal is still at large. In The Hidden, we open with gruff Los Angeles detective Thomas Beck (Michael Nouri) leading the chase for Jack DeVries (Chris Mulkey), a man with no criminal past who suddenly went on a killing spree, culminating in a shootout with police that leaves DeVries near death.
While there are certainly similarities to JGTH, The Hidden is more akin to the sci-fi police procedurals that came out in the late ’80s such as Alien Nation or another favorite of Davis’, The Peacemaker. Anyway, it seemed like a no-brainer to watch The Hidden for a discussion with Davis, who credits it as one of those childhood movies where “anytime it's on, you stop what you were doing and you would watch.” ( Spoiler Alert: we’ll be discussing major plot points). I’ve had The Hidden on my radar ever since I heard it described as a better version of Jason Goes to Hell, a movie I probably would have enjoyed a lot more as a standalone film rather than trying to tell me after eight movies that Jason Voorhees is actually a parasitic worm that inhabits new hosts after ritualistically shaving them. Given Davis’ eclectic mix of horror and sci-fi inspirations, I was excited when he recommended Jack Sholder’s 1987 film, The Hidden.
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Horror fans should also check him out in the short film Page One, the Stakes is High essay series that he wrote to explore hate and fascism through the lens of vampire films, and his video " Your 21st Century Woke Horror Host: Addison Hadley." He’s currently featured on Peacock’s The Amber Ruffin Show, where his horror sensibilities can’t help but peek through from time to time.
Starman (1984) A curious alien (Jeff Bridges) responds to the Voyager spacecraft's invitation to visit Earth, lands in Wisconsin and takes the….Prayer For The Dying, A (1987) An IRA hitman agrees to carry out one final assassination in exchange for a new identity in England.Warren's Inseminoid follows an archaeological expedition by the space… Inseminoid (1981) Unfairly dismissed on its release as a low-budget imitation of Alien (1979), Norman J.He’s partnered with tough homicide cop Tom Beck (Michael Nouri), and the action scenes come thick and fast as they throw everything they’ve got at the fleeing creature.Ī highlight comes when the alien takes over the voluptuous body of stripper Brenda Lee Van Buren (Claudia Christian of Babylon 5 fame). Hot on the alien’s trail is strange FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher (Kyle MacLachlan in a dry run for his Twin Peaks persona) who is actually an intergalactic cop after the nasty, tentacled slug creature that killed his family. It transpires that there’s an alien creature on the loose which enters and inhabits people’s bodies and then indulges its love of fast motors and very loud rock music. This movie from Jack Sholder, the director of Alone In The Dark and A Nightmare On Elm Street (Part 2), begins with an action sequence in which a guy commits murder, steals a fast sports car and wipes himself out, Vanishing Point-style after a wild car chase through the busy streets of LA.
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