Hellbilly
11-11-2003, 11:50 AM
"Ever heard of Caesarean? I think I can do that"
So, one night beautiful Anne (Daryl Hannah) gets kidnapped from her apartment, gets drugged, and wakes up in someone's cellar chained to a bed.
Her abductors are Frank and Helen (Jennifer Tilly), an odd couple living in the middle of nowhere (Canada) with one wish one their mind: to have a baby.
Problem is, Helen can't have kids anymore ever since her first pregnancy went wrong while giving birth to a deformed child.
This traumatic experience made her loose all her marbles: They impregnate Anne and plan to keep her locked up in the cellar for the next 9 months ...
Ever had your doubts if Jennifer Tilly is a good actress? Sure, she was nominated for the Oscar once but damn, after watching her act in this crude Misery ripoff they oughta consider taking back that nomination ;)
Sidney J. Furie who once embraced the world with his creepy The Entity gives us a blatant little shoddy thriller that, despite playing at a few Film Festivals, was bound to go direct-to-video.
The first hour of Hide and Seek is hard to sit through - it took me awhile to figure out that Jennifer Tilly was not playing a retard, rather an insane woman heh - just watching her annoying acting, screaming and singing (watch out for her "October song") will most likely make ya duck for cover.
If you haven't turned off your TV by then I'll bet the overused cliches seen a million times before will do the trick ... or the non stop assault of unintentional humor ... or Daryl Hannah's numerous and tiresome attempts trying to outsmart and escape from Helen & Frank ... or the lack of tension/suspense and that made-for-TV feel.
If you make it to the end you'll be rewarded though. Yep. Once Jennifer Tilly gets rid of her sadistic but boring husband (by chopping him up into little pieces) Hide and Seek delivers sort of, and turns into a halfway decent over-the-top campy slasher flick.
As bad as she was in the first hour, J.Ti also kinda redeems herself - her final 30 minutes are watchable (she has one hell of a funny oneliner near the end).
Not a great slasher, but "ok" because of the ending.
Rent/buy/watch at own risk.
http://web9.server51.df-webhosting.de/bilder/Z0203132.JPG
This is the R2 Kinowelt version. Video (16:9/1.85:1) is ok, audio (2.0 surround/english) does the job. Not much extras besides the (english) Theatrical Trailer, bio's, gallery and trailers for other flicks (Deep In The Woods, The Pointmen and The Invisible Circus).
Also available the R1 US Version (Lions Gate):
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1573628697.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
So, one night beautiful Anne (Daryl Hannah) gets kidnapped from her apartment, gets drugged, and wakes up in someone's cellar chained to a bed.
Her abductors are Frank and Helen (Jennifer Tilly), an odd couple living in the middle of nowhere (Canada) with one wish one their mind: to have a baby.
Problem is, Helen can't have kids anymore ever since her first pregnancy went wrong while giving birth to a deformed child.
This traumatic experience made her loose all her marbles: They impregnate Anne and plan to keep her locked up in the cellar for the next 9 months ...
Ever had your doubts if Jennifer Tilly is a good actress? Sure, she was nominated for the Oscar once but damn, after watching her act in this crude Misery ripoff they oughta consider taking back that nomination ;)
Sidney J. Furie who once embraced the world with his creepy The Entity gives us a blatant little shoddy thriller that, despite playing at a few Film Festivals, was bound to go direct-to-video.
The first hour of Hide and Seek is hard to sit through - it took me awhile to figure out that Jennifer Tilly was not playing a retard, rather an insane woman heh - just watching her annoying acting, screaming and singing (watch out for her "October song") will most likely make ya duck for cover.
If you haven't turned off your TV by then I'll bet the overused cliches seen a million times before will do the trick ... or the non stop assault of unintentional humor ... or Daryl Hannah's numerous and tiresome attempts trying to outsmart and escape from Helen & Frank ... or the lack of tension/suspense and that made-for-TV feel.
If you make it to the end you'll be rewarded though. Yep. Once Jennifer Tilly gets rid of her sadistic but boring husband (by chopping him up into little pieces) Hide and Seek delivers sort of, and turns into a halfway decent over-the-top campy slasher flick.
As bad as she was in the first hour, J.Ti also kinda redeems herself - her final 30 minutes are watchable (she has one hell of a funny oneliner near the end).
Not a great slasher, but "ok" because of the ending.
Rent/buy/watch at own risk.
http://web9.server51.df-webhosting.de/bilder/Z0203132.JPG
This is the R2 Kinowelt version. Video (16:9/1.85:1) is ok, audio (2.0 surround/english) does the job. Not much extras besides the (english) Theatrical Trailer, bio's, gallery and trailers for other flicks (Deep In The Woods, The Pointmen and The Invisible Circus).
Also available the R1 US Version (Lions Gate):
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1573628697.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg