Hush
Movie, 2016, Directed, Set in A house in the woods
Hush is #3 of 16 in release order and #3 of 16 in chronological order in the Mike Flanagan.
The story
A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.
Hush recap
Hush (2016) is a home-invasion thriller directed by Mike Flanagan and co-written with Kate Siegel, who plays Maddie Young, a horror writer who lost her hearing and voice to meningitis at thirteen and now lives alone in the woods. One night a masked man with a crossbow kills her neighbor at her glass door without Maddie hearing a thing. Realising she is deaf, he decides to toy with her: he steals her phone, sends her photos of herself from inside the house, cuts the power and punctures her car tires. A neighbor's boyfriend comes looking for his girlfriend, and the killer murders him too.
Hush ending explained
Out of options, Maddie decides to fight. She shoots the killer in the shoulder with his own crossbow, and when he crashes through the bathroom skylight behind her, she stabs him, blinds him with insecticide and sets off her strobing smoke alarm. As he strangles her, she drives a corkscrew into his neck and kills him. She takes back her phone, calls 911, and waits on the porch with her cat as the police arrive.
Where to watch Hush
Hush is streaming on Netflix, Prime Video, fuboTV, Peacock, Philo, and Shout! Factory TV in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 92%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Oculus, before Before I Wake.
- Chronological order: after Oculus, before Before I Wake.
Cast
- John Gallagher Jr. as The Man
- Kate Siegel as Maddie
- Michael Trucco as John
- Samantha Sloyan as Sarah
- Emma Graves as Max
Directed by Mike Flanagan.