Hush - 2016

This is a surprisingly good movie, available streaming on Netflix.

For a movie that carries practically zero dialogue, it was not boring by any means.

The main character Maddie, is a deaf writer, living out in an isolated area. A stalker/murderer decides to make her his next victim, and he uses the fact that she is deaf to somewhat of an advantage in the beginning, by taking pictures of her with her own phone from within her own house, which he shows to her on her computer screen.

There is just some really fantastic elements in this movie. The ones that I enjoyed the most were moments when she is screaming in pain, but you don't hear anything. It was brilliant to mute out the sound because she can't hear, and you can get a sense for what it must feel like to be in so much pain and you're in a vacuum. I also love the scene where she can't hear him over her head on the porch, so she placed her hand on the wood underneath the porch to feel the vibration of him walking instead.  It was a very nice touch of realism. 

The man who is the murderer, was brilliantly played. A perfect blend of calm and dangerous.

I was a little surprised after watching it when I realized it was a Mike Flanagan movie, the same one who did Oculus which I reviewed a while back. This in my opinion, soars over Oculus. I didn't hate Oculus, and I loved the concept of the movie, but it was not really one I have a desire to watch again. Hush, I will watch again, probably some time later this week actually.