2009 · thriller · horror
Hidden
Directed by Pål Øie1h 35m2009
Painful memories arise when Kai Koss inherits his dead mother's house and goes back to his childhood home after 19 years.
Our read: Hidden (2009) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive thriller · horror entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, extreme thriller / horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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How Hidden feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want atmospheric psychological horror about returning to a childhood home and trauma.”
Skip it tonight — You are sensitive to childhood abuse stories or prefer jump scares.
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