Hello Horror 2022 - Day 22 - Hush (2016)

  Mike Flanagan has become a Halloween staple in his own right.  I'm only doing movies this year or I'd probably have watched The Haunting of Bly Manor.  I'm definitely planning on watching The Midnight Club since I loved those books as a kid but you guys know how long a time commitment it is to watch a season of anything and it's way far down on the list.

Maddie (Kate Siegel) lost her hearing and voice when she was a teen but has successfully pursued her independence and even made a career as a novelist.  So it's extremely disheartening when she is trapped in her home by a serial killer (John Gallagher, Jr.).  No way of escaping, calling for help, or hiding, Maddie must channel her inner Kevin McAllister to survive the night.

You can read Sun Tzu, Clausewitz, Julius Caesar but Home Alone provides excellent principles for preparation of the battlefield.  Bonaparte would have wept.  Hush isn't nearly as elaborate, modeling itself after Wait Until Dark instead, but Maddie is tenacious and highly motivated, sparing the audience (me) from screaming about making dumb decisions.  That's always nice in a slasher.  And the cat lives.  

Hush is currently streaming on Netflix.