The Worst Film Ever

A Disappointing Continuation

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

The opening scene has a 12 year old boy named Kai coming out of what appears to be a grave in the woods. He causes an accident that kills another boy named Peter's parents. The film then jumps to a grown up Kai (Joner) who has inherited his mother's creepy house. His cruel Mother (Agnes Karin Haaskjold) abused Kai when he was young and his memories of her are rotten. He identifies her body at the morgue in a startling scene that has a great jump in it and heads to the house with two cans of gasoline to burn it down. Traumas from his past begin to haunt him and people around him begin to die. Kai becomes convinced it is Peter (Danielsen Lie) as a grown up that wants revenge for his dead parents. This Norwegian horror film has a very strong visual presence which creates some superb atmosphere. Writer/Director Pal Oie uses the Mother character for several unnerving and scary jumps not to mention some hair raising moments. The imagery and mood is odd and the shadowy lighting and cinematography definitely is effective. Even reading subtitles, this one will keep you interested and scared. The story does wander at times, including an ending that may leave you scratching your head, but Hidden is a horror film fans joy due to the fact it is actually scary.

This is a perfect example of a flick that will have his haters. It is a horror but it's filmed in an arty way. You really have to follow closely to catch it all. This isn't a no-brainer although after a while I knew who the killer was. But there's more going on, slowly you get to know what happened earlier. You really will get into the mind of Kai Koss (Kristoffer Joner) but as I said earlier it's done in an arty way and some will hate that because by doing so the director, Pål Øie, could add jump scene's with a ghost although it isn't a ghost story. Towards the end there are a few killings but it's shot really low on blood. The effects used was rather okay. A slow builder, surely a horror but for those who can dig arty flicksGore 1/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 3/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5

I never ever watched a Norwegian movie before, so at first I didn't not know what to expect, I had some reservations. The pace of the movie is slow throughout the entire movie and it's not a bad thing. As others commented the cinematography is very good, the scenery is beautiful in its own way. The few plot holes didn't bothered me that much as I was concentrated more to figure out who the killer was. I think that the main actor (Kai Koss) was the killer (I think) because in the woods when he meets Peter, facing him, his movements are the same as Peter's, in the photo he sees the blond boy, but when Sara looks at the picture the head is ripped of and the boy has no red balls in his hands...and many more clues. The acting was OK, it could have been better, some situations were sometimes not credible or just plain stupid. Overall it was an interesting look inside a Nordic horror movie...Not bad at all...

I think the movie was good. He actor Kristoffer Joner played the role as Kai Koss really good and made us all believe he was terrified all the time. We learn from the very start that his mother was quite the same like Josef Fritzl and he is back home after her death.The music in the movie is very nice and makes us afraid at the right time. The camera-shots are great and the scene we see in the movie are very well done.I think the other actors play well also, but it is a bit annoying that we don't learn too understand who they are. Like the woman that works at the hotel. Who is she? We never learn. And why does the policewoman give Kai Koss a new chance so many times and what did she know about his childhood? Who that makes all the murders is not totally clear after the movie. I guess its a bit up to what you think yourself. I have my theory. Thats symptomatic for the movie, because its quite psychological.