Hush (2008)

Too much of everything

Pretty Good

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Hush is a classic Horror/Thriller, which means a Thriller with some unnerving and sometimes frightening motives. However, it's really not the best that British cinema has to offer.Reading the synopsis, I thought to myself "oh great, another Joyride/Hitchhiker rip-off", and I must admit I was wrong. While repeating the story of a mad truck driver and a couple on the road, Hush is different and somewhat unique in its own way. It might be the mystery shroud surrounding the trucker, who never says a word (unlike world famous Rusty Nail whose voice is legend amongst us Horror freaks). It might be the relationship between the protagonist and his girlfriend and the way it unravels throughout the film. It might be the sadly unsuccessful twist attempted by the screenwriter. It might be all of these together.The main problem with Hush, except the fact that the twist was painfully obvious and felt like a huge waste of time, was the final editing. It felt like one hour of story/footage had been violently pushed into 30 minutes of film. Too many things, allegedly and obviously important, overlooked, too many questions left unanswered, and too many answers where no questions were. Pity.All in all, Hush is enjoyable enough, and you could do a lot worst. Nothing good, nothing bad, nothing worth recommending or trashing.

I ummmed and ahhed about renting this film for ages, mainly due to two early warning signs: 1) It's billed as a 'brilliant' British horror (yeah, right), and 2) It's produced by Screen Yorkshire (who also made that wonderful (SARCASM ALERT), ahem, other 'brilliant' British horror 'The Cottage'). How I wished I'd trusted my initial instinct! The acting is atrocious, the script is unbelievably bad, and the title has no bearing on the film whatsoever. It feels like Duel meets The Vanishing meets Breakdown meets... Coronation Street. The Labrador was nice though. Perhaps 'Hush' refers to the fact that after watching this tripe, you really won't want to talk about it with anyone....

Motorways can be a eerie and lonely place to be when driving late one night. So the concept of the film , that being a trucker kidnapping women on motorways, was a good place to set an horror film. You got the dry deserts of Texas for TCM, and the dry deserts of Australia for wolf creek and now you got the empty motorways and services stops of Britain.The first half an hour of the film I rather enjoyed, the atmosphere was well created . The acting from William ash wasn't all to great, either was the dialogue seeing that the first half an hour mainly consists of an Eastenders type argument. Most horrors today can put me to sleep but Hush managed to keep me awake, this is probably because of the location they used , one that I am so used to . But the problem was that it didn't leave me with a satisfying feeling when it finished. What I watched was a bloke going out on a rescue mission for an hour. There were many unanswered questions such as , what was the killer doing with the girls?, why he captured them? Who the bloke at the store? If we knew why, then there would be more depth in the film, giving you more a disturbing creation. Also there were to many clichés . I know the horror genre is the hardest to reinvent, but can the director and writers please try and come up with new ideas . Also , what was up with the shaking effect when having a conversation at a table. It was very distracting but as soon as they get up and walk, the camera is locked, no movement whatsoever. There probably a meaning behind this ( I hope ) The plot was simple , not that this is bad as films such as Halloween have simple plots. But unlike Halloween , it failed to capture you into the situation of what the character was facing. Overall it was blunt and poorly delivered. Not one I'll watch again or even bring up in a conversation

better than expected British thriller about a mad man in a truck abducting girls. Zakes Abbot discovers this one night when he drive behind the Psycho's truck. is it better to leave it be? or get involved? hell soon find out the consequences of his decision. the last 20 minutes of the film , i found myself yelling at the screen saying "be quiet", "stupid woman" and "moronic dog". decent acting by the lead and superbly directing for first timer Mark Tonderai. the film could have easily be 30 minutes longer, especially since there was a few questions i wanted answered. the lack of these answers is the only reason i gave "Hush" a 7 in stead of an 8.