Mike Flanagan, the director of Oculus, has debuted his second feature film, a new scary movie called Hush. This low-budget film he co-wrote with his wife, Kate Siegel is causing quite a stir in the horror world. The movie stars Siegel as the main character, with Samantha Sloyan from Area 407, John Gallagher Jr. from 10 Cloverfield Lane, and Michael Trucco from Battlestar Galactica.
The movie is about a deaf writer named Maddie, who lives a life of seclusion as she finishes typing her latest novel. She has almost no contact with the outside world aside from the occasional visit from a local girlfriend and talking to friends via text or email.
The movie trailer highlights some of the fear to come by beginning with a mysterious gloved hand stealthily taking a cell phone off an end table. Maddie is typing away on her laptop when she starts receiving creepy messages sent from her cell phone. She begins feeling even more threatened when she receives pictures taken of herself sitting there in her living room. As she begins searching her home, she sees the masked stranger waving her cell phone at her from outside her open front door. She rushes to her door to close and lock it while he darts toward it.
The stalker continues to do what he can to block her from contacting anyone for help. He persistently tries to gain entry into her home against her will. As if home-intrusion and stalking aren’t scary enough, Maddie can’t hear him coming. She must do everything in her power to defend herself against the man in a white mask as he tries to use her hearing deficit against her.
The film premiered at the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas on March 12th and Netflix apparently was impressed. The on-demand movie provider didn’t waste any time making a deal; the movie has just been released on Netflix.
