In the realm of suspense, 'Hush' stands out as a tightly wound thriller, driven by Kate Siegel’s performance and Mike Flanagan’s direction, which never misses a beat.

| Jan 23, 2025

With time and texture, it’s clear that star / co-writer Kate Siegel and director / co-writer Mike Flanagan are emitting a primal scream about power dynamics. "Hush" feels like a social howl shrewdly smuggled into the guise of genre entertainment.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 16, 2025

It’s the sort crafted for viewers to endure rather than enjoy.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 30, 2024

By the end of the film's brief runtime (it runs less than 80 minutes without credits), it's done exactly what it set out to do, which is to give you a thrilling, engaging experience without wasting its time or overstaying its welcome.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 25, 2024

It's a terrific modern slasher, and even got the seal of approval from Stephen King.

| Oct 20, 2021

It [had] really a nice production work and I wouldn't be mad if I went and saw this at the cinemas. I don't think it's a bad film at all, I just don't think other than those key aspects, there's a lot going on.

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | May 7, 2021

HUSH places you into a horror film unlike any other. On paper, it's a slightly typical "stalker outside the house" flick, but it combines an invasion-thriller with a slasher edge so frightening well.

| Jan 2, 2021

I... spent the full two hours in seat-clutching terror.

| Jun 13, 2020

Nothing makes me happier than a bit of originality in a film style normally filled with clichés.

| Jun 13, 2020

Hush is probably the best home invasion film since Adam Wingard's You're Next.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 13, 2020

Hush is well worth your time, and a definitive addition to the home invasion genre.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 13, 2020

What could have been tedious, one house with one mute girl inside, was the exact opposite with a few twists and turns worth a watch or two.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Apr 19, 2020

The intentions lean the movie more toward the nasty side of the sliding horror scale of serial-killer behavior and perhaps that's why it left me queasy.

| Nov 22, 2019

Hush is quick and agile, and the script from Flanagan and Siegel always manages to be clever enough to be effective. Hush doesn't break new ground, but that doesn't mean it's not a bloody good time.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 22, 2019

Hush is jam packed with enjoyable, nail-biting moments.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 22, 2019

It may not have the most original of premises, but Hush makes up for it as a sharp, tense horror-thriller featuring two striking lead performances and marvelous execution.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 22, 2019

Hush isn't as smart or crafty as Mike Flannigan's last film Oculus but is nevertheless a thoroughly capable experiment in tearing a cliché down to its most basic components and then building it back up with only the finest of ingredients.

| Original Score: B- | Nov 22, 2019

If you ever get dejected with the so-called awful state of modern horror filmmaking, all you need to do is look at Hush and you'll be reminded that effective horror is still alive and well.

| Nov 22, 2019

Packed full of suspense and atmosphere, Hush provides a great thriller/horror experience that starts fast and never lets up until the end.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Nov 22, 2019

An intelligent thriller that finds almost constant ways to introduce blood-curdling tension.

| Original Score: A- | Nov 16, 2019