Ever wanted to know what could make the premise of a home
invasion film creepier? Make the
homeowner a deaf girl. Living the
solitary life as a writer in the middle of the woods, during the course of one
night Maddie receives a visit from a mysterious man wanting to kill her. What makes
this movie so interesting is it’s (mostly) told from the perspective of a
person who can’t hear. This means there
isn’t any creepy music building up the movie’s tension, or a lot of long
conversations between characters except through ASL. Because the main character was deaf, I found
myself constantly at the edge of my couch.
Because unlike the other home invasion movies, such as Strangers, I was not able to hear if
someone is knocking on the door, or coming around a corner.
Something else I like about the movie was how simple it
was. Unlike other home invasion films
such as Strangers or The Purge, the storyline in Hush was simply about one psycho trying
to kill one girl in the house at night.
There were no back stories such as a blind-date gone wrong between the
killer and Maddie, nor was there a twist that showed Maddie was related to or
had a relationship with the killer at one point. You never really find out what the motives
are between the characters, only that one of them is trying to kill the other.
4 ½ of 5
