Hideaway(1995)
1995 · Brett Leonard · 103 min
Hatch Harrison, his wife, Lindsey, and their daughter, Regina, are enjoying a pleasant drive when a car crash leaves wife and daughter unharmed but kills Hatch. However, an ingenious doctor, Jonas Nyebern, manages to revive Hatch after two lifeless hours. But Hatch does not come back unchanged. He begins to suffer horrible visions of murder -- only to find out the visions are the sights of a serial killer.
Drama · Thriller · Horror
5.2174 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Hideaway scares
Hideaway mixes a psychic-link thriller with slasher-style violence, so the fear comes from both eerie visions and a very human killer stalking real victims. The pace moves like a mystery-thriller, easing into tension through dream-like flash images before shifting into more direct chase-and-attack scenes later on. There's a spooky, otherworldly edge to the visions themselves, but the actual threat feels grounded in a disturbed person rather than anything truly magical. It plays more like a moody 90s horror-thriller than a heavy, haunting experience, good for viewers who like a blend of supernatural mystery and stalker suspense without heavy gore.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Hideaway rates psychological 3/5, visceral 3/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 40 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 55 of 100 — balanced
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 45 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A slow psychological build that steadily tightens into a tense, scare-heavy final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.
How scary is Hideaway?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Hideaway rates 3/5 — solidly scary, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. It works on both fronts, unsettling the mind while going for the body. Expect it to be moderately gory and scary but not punishing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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