Hide and Seek
Hide and Seek is a 2005 American psychological thriller film directed by John Polson and starring Robert De Niro and Dakota Fanning. Albert Hughes was initially signed to direct, making his debut as a solo director, but he left due to creative differences.
Plot
Following his discovery of the body of his wife Alison in a bathtub after her apparent suicide, Dr. David Callaway, a psychologist, decides to move with his 9-year-old daughter Emily to upstate New York. There, Emily makes an imaginary friend she calls "Charlie". Her friendship with Charlie begins to disturb David when he discovers their cat dead in the bathtub, which Emily claims was a victim of "Charlie". David has nightmares of the New Year's Eve party that occurred the night before Alison's death.
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| author | Ari Schlossberg |
|---|---|
| award | MTV Movie Award for Best Scared-As-S**t Performance |
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | John Polson |
| editor | Jeffrey Ford |
| events | serial killer |
| genre | horror mystery thriller |
| keywords | alter ego apparent suicide beg dissociative identity disorder draw family friend force imaginary friend kill kiss murder new life new year psychologist split personality spoil upstate new york |
| musicBy | John Ottman |
| nomination | MTV Movie Award for Best Scared-As-S**t Performance |
| producer | Barry Josephson |
| productionCompany | Josephson Entertainment |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| recordedAt | New Jersey New York City |
| theme | psychological horror psychological thriller serial killer |