“Hideaway” is a guilty pleasure of mine. Most of Rotten
Tomatoes didn’t like it and the Dean Koontz, who wrote the novel that it was
adapted from, did all he could to try to remove his name from appearing
anywhere in the credits. It seems that the only other person who liked it was
Roger Ebert; I should see if any of my friends had even seen it. The special
effects that are used to represent Heaven and Hell are outdated and look
cartoonish, the ending is a total WTF-style cop out, and the fact that it takes
place in Seattle but has a large amusement park somewhere east of the city is
wrong but forgivable. I truly enjoyed the story, the actors, and most of all,
Jeff Goldblum. JEFF GOLDBLUM!
Jeff Goldblum is Hatch, a loving father and husband who dies
in a freak car accident while driving his family home from vacation. He’s
brought back to life by an experimental medical procedure that has only been
attempted on one other person who had been “gone” for as long as Hatch was.
This person who was also brought back is a killer who stalks night clubs
looking for victims to add to his monument/alter dedicated to Hell, and now
Hatch can see what the killer sees. Unfortunately, the killer can see through
Hatch’s eyes as well and sets his sights on Hatch’s daughter as the ultimate
sacrifice. Now Hatch must do everything he can to protect his family as they
grow more and more afraid of his irrational behavior.
Favorite actor in this film – JEFF GOLDBLUM!
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