Tödliches Versteck (1989)

Tödliches Versteck: Directed by Matthew Patrick. With Gary Busey, Mimi Rogers, Michael McKean, Kurt Christopher Kinder. A deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in.

“Hider in the House is the story of a disturbed man (played by Gary Busey) who is desperate to be a part of a functional and u0026quot;normalu0026quot; family. Tom Sykes (Busey) was verbally and physically abused by his parents growing up. He took action into his own hands and burned their house down with them in it. Committed to a psychiatric facility his whole life, the hospital board felt it was time to release him into society. Boy, were they wrong. We quickly find out he is still very disturbed from the events that took place in his childhood. Meanwhile, we meet the Dreyer family who is moving into a new house. Tom sneaks up to the attic of that house and builds some sort of a room sheltering him from the family. They have no clue heu0026#39;s hiding out in there.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhile up there, he overhears pretty much every conversation that takes place. The ironic thing about u0026quot;Hider in the Hoiuseu0026quot; is that the family he so desperately wants to be a part of is FAR from u0026quot;normalu0026quot;. The man of the house is cheating on his wife (Mimi Rogers), the young son is having pretty serious emotional issues involving bullies, etc. Tom overhears all of it. He eventually becomes infatuated with Julie Dreyer (Rogers) and worms his way into her life. All this leads up to a satisfying conclusion.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHider in the House is a pretty good suspense/thriller. Gary Busey puts in a good performance as does Mimi Rogers. There are a few murders in the film, but thatu0026#39;s not what this is about. The true point of the movie is the back story involving Tom and his childhood. Itu0026#39;s interesting to see him looking at the Dreyer family like they are the perfect thing in the world. Of course, the viewers see them as a very dysfunctional group. There are some slow parts that drag on, and the idea of him hiding out in the attic without anyone knowing is VERY unbelievable. But itu0026#39;s good enough for a viewing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e6/10”