Mike Flanagan's Hush

No, this is not a remake of 1998 Hush with everybody's beloved psycho grandma Jessica Lange and everybody’s most hated vegan Gwyneth Paltrow, this Hush is an *gasps* original script!

Directed by: 

• Mike Flanagan

Written by: 

• Mike Flanagan
• Kate Siegel

Cast: 

• Kate Siegel as Maddie Young
• John Gallagher Jr. as The Man
• Michael Trucco as John Stanley
• Samantha Sloyan as Sarah Greene

Length: 

• approx. 81 min​

Genre:

• ​Horror 
• Slasher
• Home Invasion

​I watched this movie because of the hype that surrounded it on social media, and my virtual friends once again didn’t disappoint me. Judging by how freaking good it was, I was not surprised to find out its coming from Mike Flanagan’s beautiful mind, since he is the same director that brought us one of my personal 2013 favourites: Oculus. Hush was written by good ol’ Mikey himself and his wife, Kate Siegel, who has a small part in Oculus (I admit I had to search for that because I couldn’t remember who she was in it) and is also the main character in Hush.

​This is a home invasion kind of horror about a deaf-mute girl, Maddie (played by Kate Siegel) , that after a break up decides to move on her own in a house in the middle of nowhere to go write her second book.

And this is as much as I can tell you about the flick as shit hits the fan basically from the start, and this is another reason why I really enjoyed this. Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against a slow burner, but I love even more movies where you don’t have any time to get bored or even considering checking your phone.
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"I have nothing against a slow burner, but I love even more movies where you don’t have any time to get bored"
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The things I enjoyed more about Hush are:

• I learned a bit of sign language: most important how to say ‘bitch’ – I'm sure it will come handy somewhere in the future; 
• It’s unpredictable:  I really couldn’t guess what was coming next, not too brag but *Spoiler* I called Denise getting killed (I was thinking a gunshot instead of an arrow) on The Walking Dead;
• Well tailored characters that actually make you care for them and you don’t want to see slaughtered and very good delivery from all especially from the main lady who *Spoiler* is not deaf-mute in real life.​

Just in case I wasn’t clear enough, I definitely suggest you get some popcorn ready and check this movie out, you will thank me.
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9/10

Written by Mags.
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