Hidden (2015 film)

Hidden is a 2015 American drama-horror film directed and written by Matt and Ross Duffer. The film stars Alexander Skarsgård, Andrea Riseborough, and Emily Alyn Lind. Principal photography began on August 15, 2012 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This was producer Richard D. Zanuck's last film; he died before filming began.

An unknown viral outbreak has devastated the world. A family of three, Ray (Alexander Skarsgård), Claire (Andrea Riseborough) and their daughter Zoe (Emily Alyn Lind), have taken refuge in an abandoned fallout shelter shortly after the catastrophe to hide from the monsters outside. Zoe wakes one night after having a nightmare of the supposed monsters she calls 'Breathers' and believes the shelter is in danger. Ray and Claire convince Zoe that they are safe and there is nothing to fear. Zoe also talks to her doll, Olive, for comfort and support and sees Olive as a real person. The family has difficulty coping in their cramped environment but manage by having a set of rules, such as always keeping calm and never leaving the shelter. The three soon discover at dinner that their already dwindling rations are also being consumed by a rat and try to find and kill it. The family also discovers that the rat managed to sneak into the shelter through another opening other than the main barricaded hatch. They find a small air duct but Ray reassures Zoe that the breathers wouldn't be able to fit through the duct. It is revealed that they have taken shelter for 301 days and that Ray believes they're most likely the only ones left alive. Claire talks to Ray about her concern over their food supplies but Ray assures her everything will be fine and that their main priority is to keep Zoe alive, regardless of what happens to them. Ray and Claire then have sex and Ray falls asleep.

Eventually Zoe spots the rat, wakes Ray and they attempt to kill it. Claire kills the rat but in the process, Ray accidentally knocks over one of their lamps, burning the wooden table it was on. Having put out the fire Claire and Ray talk to and comfort Zoe who has hidden herself under her bed. She explains to Ray and Claire that 'Nothing will be okay' and that the breathers 'will see'. Ray and Claire quickly realize the smoke produced from the fire is drifting up the air duct. Initially Claire and Ray believe they are safe but discover that the smoke has left ash covered all above their shelter hatch, making their hiding place visible for the breathers. Claire and Ray go to the surface to cover and hide their shelter but Zoe spots a humanoid figure in the distance. Disregarding her mother's rules, Zoe climbs through the barricade to the surface to warn her parents of the wandering breather. She manages to warn them and they all go back into the shelter but are followed by the breather. With the breather above them Claire, Ray and Zoe try to keep quiet but Zoe's doll, Olive, gets caught on a nearby pipe screw and activates, talking loudly. The breather soon deduces their location beneath the hatch door and attempts to break in. The breather almost manages to break open the hatch but Claire and Ray fend it off and reseal the hatch. The breather, however, is joined by others and they manage to break through the hatch and into the shelter. Claire and Zoe manage to escape through the air duct but Ray is caught and seemingly killed by the breathers. Claire and Zoe run through the nearby forest to try to escape pursuing breathers and end up on a highway only to be subdued by a net fired from a helicopter. As the breathers close in on the two it is revealed that the breathers are actually United States soldiers, wearing night vision goggles and re-breather packs.