Barbara (played by Melissa Bush) appears in Hide and Creep.
Barbara is an employee at the police department and a sister of Keith. She helps connect the survivors during the crisis, including contacting Chris and participating in the search for her missing car. Later, she travels with Keith, his daughters, and another companion as they attempt to escape the infected town. Chuck (played by Chuck Hartsell) appears in Hide and Creep.
Chuck owns Chuck's Super Video World and becomes the film's most persistent surviving viewpoint character. He defeats a zombie with a VCR, reports the corpse to the police station, discusses the outbreak on the news, and learns that darkness frightens the zombies. Although he prepares to escape, he stays behind to watch a football game when it is finally broadcast. Keith (played by Kyle Holman) appears in Hide and Creep.
Keith is one of the hunters defending the town against the zombies and is a friend of Lee. After witnessing the violence against Lee, he learns that the strippers fear darkness and shares this information by radio. He then protects his daughters and Barbara while fleeing in an SUV, but his youngest daughter bites him, causing the vehicle to crash. Michael / Lee (played by Michael Shelton) appears in Hide and Creep.
Michael / Lee is connected to two outbreak storylines. As Lee, he is one of the hunting-club survivors, but is later mistaken for a zombie and brutally beaten by grocery-store employees. As Michael, he is found at the cemetery after an encounter with aliens and is brought to the police station with Chuck and the government agent. Chris (played by Chris Hartsell) appears in Hide and Creep.
Chris is a man who meets Chuck during breakfast and discusses the zombie corpse left at the police station. After Barbara calls looking for him, he joins Chuck in searching the cemetery for her car. The pair find Michael and the government agent there and give them a ride back to the police station, linking Chuck's story with the wider outbreak.
Hide and Creep (2004) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.
Characters
Barbara
(played by Melissa Bush) — supporting
Barbara is an employee at the police department and a sister of Keith. She helps connect the survivors during the crisis, including contacting Chris and participating in the search for her missing car...
Chuck
(played by Chuck Hartsell) — supporting
Chuck owns Chuck's Super Video World and becomes the film's most persistent surviving viewpoint character. He defeats a zombie with a VCR, reports the corpse to the police station, discusses the outbr...
Keith
(played by Kyle Holman) — supporting
Keith is one of the hunters defending the town against the zombies and is a friend of Lee. After witnessing the violence against Lee, he learns that the strippers fear darkness and shares this informa...
Michael / Lee
(played by Michael Shelton) — supporting
Michael / Lee is connected to two outbreak storylines. As Lee, he is one of the hunting-club survivors, but is later mistaken for a zombie and brutally beaten by grocery-store employees. As Michael, h...
Chris
(played by Chris Hartsell) — supporting
Chris is a man who meets Chuck during breakfast and discusses the zombie corpse left at the police station. After Barbara calls looking for him, he joins Chuck in searching the cemetery for her car. T...
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Chuck → Barbara
(Professional Emergency Contact)
Chuck attempts to contact the police chief, and the police-station secretary handles the call; Barbara is identified as a police-department employee.
Barbara → Chris
(Professional Police Station Contact)
Barbara calls the restaurant looking for Chris while he is speaking with Chuck.
Barbara → Keith
(Family Sister)
The plot explicitly identifies Barbara as Keith's sister. She joins Keith, his daughters, and her ex-boyfriend while fleeing the town.
Story Dynamics
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Chris → Michael / Lee
(Alliance Group Associate)
Chris is part of the group connected to the police station investigation, while Michael is found at the cemetery and brought back to the station.
Chuck → Michael / Lee
(Alliance Temporary Ally)
Chuck joins the group that finds Michael at the cemetery and helps give the group a ride back to the police station.
Chuck → Chris
(Social Companion)
Chris sits down with Chuck at breakfast, and the two later travel together to the cemetery and police station.
Keith → Michael / Lee
(Social Friend)
The plot states that Keith witnesses his friend Lee being brutally beaten at the grocery store.
Story Analysis
A southern town collapses under a zombie outbreak while separate survival stories intersect through improvised investigation, escape attempts, and dark comedy.
Plot Progression
Graves Open at Dusk
Friends Against the Dead
The Failed Escape
Strangers Converge
Chuck Chooses Television
Directed by Chuck Hartsell, Chance Shirley
Hide and Creep (2004) · 6.1/10 · comedy, horror, science-fiction
