Hidden (Norwegian: Skjult) is a 2009 Norwegian psychological horror film written and directed by Pål Øie, which stars Kristoffer Joner, Karin Park and Bjarte Hjelmeland.
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Plot
A small boy runs as fast as he can through a pitch-dark forest. Blinded by fear, the kid runs across a forest road without seeing the trailer truck coming. The truck misses the boy, with the driver starting to lose control of the vehicle. This triggers a chain reaction that leaves another boy without his family, who are killed when the trailer crashes into their car.
After his mother's death, KK (Kai Koss) returns to his hometown to settle her affairs. He has been away for 19 years, trying to escape and forget about his mother's cruel treatment of him. He soon realizes that he can't outrun his past. Various visions of the past haunt the protagonist as he visits his ancestral house. At one point, he decides to burn the house, but is deterred by the local police women. In the final catharsis of the protagonist, he pushes his diabolical half-burned brother Peter off the waterfall. In the end, the police arrest KK for various murders which seem to have been committed by the alter ego, Peter. The audience is left to question whether Peter is real or just a manifestation of KK's mangled, distorted past.
Production
Hidden was produced by Alligator in Bergen, and the movie budget was slated by 12.6 million Norwegian krone.
Release
The film has received international attention as one of the featured films of the After Dark Horrorfest 4 and ran on 29 January 2010. The other seven films which ran at After Dark Horrorfest are Dread, The Graves, Lake Mungo, ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction, The Final, The Reeds and Kill Theory.
