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Films like The Hidden.

The Hidden (1987) reads as Sombre, breathless, measured alien / action, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

The Blob (1988) poster
1. The Blob1988

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Running Man (1987) poster
2. The Running Man1987

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Trancers (1984) poster
3. Trancers1984

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Red Sonja (1985) (1985) poster
4. Red Sonja1985

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Born Invincible (1978) poster
5. Born Invincible1978

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Eighteen Jade Arhats (1978) poster
6. Eighteen Jade Arhats1978

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Fist of the White Lotus (1980) poster
7. Fist of the White Lotus1980

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dragon Inn (1992) poster
8. Dragon Inn1992

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Return of the 18 Bronzemen (1976) poster
9. Return of the 18 Bronzemen1976

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Secret Rivals (1976) poster
10. Secret Rivals1976

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Eagle's Claw (1977) poster
11. Eagle's Claw1977

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The 18 Bronzemen (1976) poster
12. The 18 Bronzemen1976

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are The Hidden’s neighbours — where are yours?

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