On a random weekend, I was looking for horror and thrilling movies as usual. Suddenly a plot description in Hush movie review made me play the movie without giving a second thought. The plot stated a deaf writer fought for her life when a masked killer appears at her doorstep.
A great mix of thrill and horror
Then I checked the cast and first name was Kate Siegel. Whose acting I admire a lot since I watched her acclaimed horror film Oculus back in 2013. It’s difficult to say Hush was a great action thriller or a horror thriller because throughout the movie it was hard to blink the eyes as scene after scene the movie was becoming more thrilling and scarier. On top of everything, Kate Siegel acted really well as the wasn’t even a single scene where I felt she was not in her character Madison Young (Maddie).
Jaw dropping scenes
Ok, so the best scene which gave me goosebumps which was also mentioned in Hush movie review i read was when the killer sneak into the house. Took her pictures without letting Maddie know, and sent them to her on her laptop. I don’t know if I have made sense in explaining the scene or not. But, imagine you are working on your laptop, thinking you are all alone, and then you receive your pictures and those pictures are sent from your own mobile, scary right?
Apart from its suspense and horror, action was also filmed with an intention to leave major impact.
There was a scene when Maddie’s ex-boyfriend comes to the house. Killer kills him in front of her eyes but instead of losing hope, she starts calculating her weaknesses and strengths against the killer and devise a plan. Such presence of mind and dedication to never lose the hope comes from her past. She had survived from bacterial meningitis and an unsuccessful surgery leading to permanent loss of hearing and speaking abilities.
Clear depiction of serial killers’ psychology
This killer was a mentally disturbed attention seeker who had already killed 12 others and also made their notches on his crossbow he used as a killing weapon which may seem a usual plot seen in many thrilling movies. But in Hush, this man who had already killed many for fun before. Falls prey to Maddie’s intelligence as she considered him a coward trying to kill for no good reason. This approach of Maddie towards the killer has conveyed a very interesting message that victims should never empower the criminal.
This message is very important to lead a confident everyday life because in most of the cases. People surrender when they realize they have been victimized for no crime and this is what empowers the invader. Maddie handled the psycho man as he deserved instead of giving up considering herself alone. You will learn from my Hush movie review that she fought till she could and smiled at the end of the movie as she had found ending to her incomplete story that she was writing in beginning of the movie.
Overall, one of the best thrilling movies with some teeth wrenching action scenes, great storyline and above all great acting by Kate Siegel and Madison Young.
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