A waste of 90 minutes of my life

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Let me begin with saying, that the movie really isn't that bad. Just make sure you haven't read the book before. If you have, don't watch the movie. Key elements from the plot of the book is either left out completely, or altered so drastically that it has significant negative effect on both the story and for certain characters, the character development throughout the plot. Actually, this is the 3rd Koontz adaptation I've seen in recent history, and I actually thought it couldn't get any worse than "Watchers", but this one is. So far, the least worst movie adaptation I've seen, is "Mr. Murder". So my recommendation, if your going to rent a Koontz movie, is to avoid this one. Read the book instead. It will take more time but will definitely be worth it.

While traveling on the road with his wife Lindsay (Christine Lahti) and his daughter Regina (Alicia Silverstone), Hatch Harrison (Jeff Goldblum) has a car accident, hitting a truck and falling with his wife in a river. He dies for more than two hours, but the specialist Dr. Jonas Nyebern (Alfred Molina) successfully brings him back to life. Hatch has some weird premonitions and becomes able to see through the eyes of the psychopath serial killer Vassago (Jeremy Sisto), a young man that killed his mother and his sister and committed suicide and was also brought back to life and now is killing young women and teenagers. When he foresees that Vassago is trying to capture his daughter, Hatch tries to find the criminal first, in spite of Lindsay, Regina and the detective in charge of the investigation believe that he needs psychiatric help."Hideaway" is another rip-off of "Eye of Laura Mars", I believe the first movie to explore the idea of a person connected to a serial killer through his eyes. "Hideaway" has a good cinematography and special affects, the cast is great and the sequence of the accident of Hatch and Lindsay is excellent. Although not being an original storyline, this attractive movie entertains. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): "O Esconderijo" ("The Hiding Place")

This film started out very strange, where you proceed into a home with all religious pictures on the wall and a mother and daughter praying before a statue. Then you see a young man go into a locked room and does horrible things to himself as his father tries to help him. The picture proceeds to Jeff Goldblum,(Hatch Harrison) who plays an antique dealer and his wife Christine Lahti,(Lindsey Harrison). This married couple have a daughter Alicia Silverstone,(Regina Harrison) who is bored to death on a vacation her parents are taking in the mountains. Alicia fights with her dad and they all decided to head back home, on the way they have a car accident which causes reason problems with Hatch Harrison. There is plenty of Soul, Body and Spiritual happenings and also Good & Evil Spirits. If you like this type of film, you will definitely love this film and the excellent acting.

If you've read the book you would die seeing this movie. It was grossly misrepresented as being from Dean Koontz novel, he actually fought to have his name removed from the title after screening it. The most fundamental part of the book is the character of Regina, who was a innocent, wise-cracking 12 year old. She represented a pure, loving spirit, all that Vassago despised...she certainly was not a teenage sex pot. What a waste of an amazing blueprint for a film. The book, taken word for word would've made a fantastic movie, a real suspenseful thriller, not the low brow, pathetic drivel the studio made of it. Hopefully someone with talent and vision can find a way to make a movie, truly based on the book with Dean Koontz seal of approval, because I would love to see it.