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Hush (2016)

Hush poster
Directed by
Mike Flanagan
Genre
horror film, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 21m
Rated
R
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 4,875 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A deaf writer living alone in a remote house must survive a night when a masked killer shows up outside her door. Her disability becomes both a vulnerability and an unexpected advantage as she fights to stay alive.

tenseclaustrophobicsuspensefulminimalistsilentrelentlessgrimcat-and-mouse

What happens

Hush is a 2016 American slasher film directed and edited by Mike Flanagan, and starring Kate Siegel, who also co-wrote the film with Flanagan. The film co-stars John Gallagher Jr., Michael Trucco, Samantha Sloyan, and Emilia "Emma" Graves. It was jointly produced by Trevor Macy through Intrepid Pictures and Jason Blum through Blumhouse Productions. The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 12, 2016, and was released by Netflix on April 8, 2016. It received positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances and atmosphere. Midnight Mass, a miniseries based on the Hush story within a story of the same name, also created and directed by Flanagan, and starring Siegel, was released on Netflix on September 24, 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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