Title: Hush
Director: Mike Flanagan
Lead Actor: Kate Siegel
Released: March 12, 2016
Genre: Thriller/Horror
As young adults, we often are left home alone a lot. Sometimes, this weird idea pops in the back of your mind saying “what if your not alone?” Or am I the only one at home? In this movie, an outlying deaf woman lives in a house by herself in an isolated area, finding herself and trying to fight for her life after she sees a hidden male figure in the window.
Maddie Young (Kate Siegel) is the main character who lost her abilities to hear and speak due to an infection that happened when she was ten. She felt abnormal to society and later on moved to an isolated house so she could be able to work quietly on her novels. Her close friend Sarah Greene (Samantha Sloyan), came over to chit chat, but she eventually left to go get dinner. Time flew by and it was nighttime. Sarah abruptly started banging on the glass door, and was frantic; she had an arrow in her back. Of course, Maddie couldn’t hear or see her and a man in a mask came up behind Sarah and stabbed her in the back causing her to die. This is when the man realized that Maddie couldn’t hear based upon the fact that her friend was frantically screaming and she didn’t even flinch. Throughout the movie he tries to kill her, but does she escape?
As I began to watch this movie, I figured out why everyone loved it. It is not very often that the main character in a horror film would have disabilities that couldn’t allow her to hear or speak. It reminds me of nightmares that I would have where I cannot yell for help or move, and I cannot imagine actually living through that. In the beginning of the movie I was nervous, since I never watched a horror movie with the main character having disabilities. This kept me watching because I HAD to know what was going to happen.
A big problem about this movie that a lot of adults were having was how gruesome this movie was. They were upset knowing that their children watched it. In my opinion, I personally thought it was a cliche. With how the movie was going, it seemed like it was a regular scary movie plot where the killer is trying to murder the main character and we have to watch and see if the killer is successful or not. One problem I had with this, is that they showed who the killer was, rather than us waiting for him to be revealed. Since they did this I think it took some of the excitement and mystery away from the movie. I felt that there could have been more plot twists, but instead it was straight to the point. I also feel like the main character and the killer could have had a better backstory to them. The question I feel myself asking a lot is why her? When the killer realized that she was deaf he could’ve just went away, unseen. Why did he take his time and energy to taunt her, when he didn’t even know her? I feel as if the directors could’ve gave us more details. I thought that it was going to be a fantastic movie but it feel short. Killer shows himself early,, not really a horror movie but more like a thriller. There were no plot twists.
I personally would not recommend this movie because I thought it was very bland and predictable. Even though the main character stood out to me, she was very predictable in the moves that she made. If you are looking for a thriller or a good horror movie I would recommend Kristy or The Conjuring. These movies were really intense and somewhat scary. This movie reminded me of a silent movie, which some people might like. Even though, there’s positives about this movie, and I love how its diverse, I would not recommend it because I think it could’ve went above my expectations. This movie had a lot of potential, but I feel like the directors got bored.
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