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Hidden (2009 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Hidden' is a 2009 Norwegian psychological horror film written and directed by Pl ie,[http://www.28dayslateranalysis.com/2009/11/skjult-at-2010-8-films-to-die-for-film.html "Skjult at the 2010 8 Films to Die For Film !"]. 28Dayslateranalysis.com. 12 November 2009. which stars Kristoffer Joner, Karin Park and Bjarte Hjelmeland.[http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=12103 "Fourth After Dark Title Acquired"]. Shocktillyoudrop.com. 2 October 2009
Plot
A small boy runs as fast as he can through a pitch-dark forest. Blinded by fear, the kid runs across a forest road without seeing the trailer truck coming. The truck misses the boy, with the driver starting to lose control of the vehicle. This triggers a chain reaction that leaves another boy without his family, who are killed when the trailer crashes into their car.
After his mother's death, KK (Kai Koss) returns to his hometown to settle her affairs. He has been away for 19 years, trying to escape and forget about his mother's cruel treatment of him. He soon realizes that he can't outrun his past. Various visions of past haunt the protagonist as he visits his ancestral house. At one point he decides to burn the house, but is deferred by the local police women. In the final catharsis of the protagonist he pushes his diabolic half burned brother Peter off the waterfall. In the end, police arrests KK for various murders which seem to have been committed by the alter ego Peter. Audience is left with the question of whether Peter is real or just a manifestation of KK's mangled distorted past.
Cast
Production
'Hidden' was produced by Alligator in Bergen, and the movie budget was slated by 12.6 million Norwegian krone.[http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/34576/new-american-poster-after-darks-hidden "New American Poster - After Dark's Hidden"]. Dreadcentral.com. 16 November 2009
Release
The film has received international attention as one of the featured films of the After Dark Horrorfest 4[http://www.28dayslateranalysis.com/2009/11/skjult-hidden-official-horrorfest.html "Skjult (Hidden): Official Horrorfest Poster"]. 28dayslateranalysis.com. 28 November 2009. and ran on 29 January 2010.[http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=12768 "Posters, Pics from Upcoming Hidden"]. Shocktillyoudrop.com. 11 November 2009 The other seven films which ran at After Dark Horrorfest are 'Dread', 'The Graves', 'Lake Mungo', 'ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction', 'The Final', 'The Reeds' and 'Kill Theory'.
References
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