Raul Faust Movies involving a psycho chasing an innocent guy have been around since the very nineties, and I had my doubts that "Hush" could be somehow an addition to the genre. After some months of searching for the original DVD, I found it on a local website and bought it myself. One thing very peculiar about this film is how the chasing is made; in this case, the innocent man (Zakes) is who follows the lunatic, in order to save his (ex?)-girlfriend. From this point on, the movie reveals to be pretty original in many scenes and circumstances, supported by a professional cast. I just don't understand why English movies tend to portray themselves as rude people, but deep inside I'm positive they're not. The bad aspects about the picture is directing, which is too shaky in some scenes, and the over-the-top plan that the killer builds, which is hard to believe being done in real life. The last fifteen minutes work like a cat and mouse game, remembering some scenes of 2008's "The Strangers", which isn't particularly a problem, but a positive resemblance. Also, I consider it to be in the same level as 2001's "Joy Ride". All in all, this is a good movie, to be honest, and a reason why we should recognize some talent in British productions.

Joshua Bozeman MAYBE some minor spoilers, but nothing too substantial. I had this movie sitting around for a bit, and I finally decided to watch it this afternoon. With so many movies, I end up watching in chunks, getting up to do other things that pop into my head as I'm watching, but this was one of those movies I started and couldn't pull myself away. The premise sounded interesting to me, a couple stuck on various British motorways, a menacing fella in a semi truck after them, the scares that come along with all of that. Tho they used many clichéd horror movie elements, they all seem to work here because the plotting is so well paced, the storyline makes so much sense. Some examples: The bad guy is always brooding around, his face just out of reach of the light, so you never see his face- this tactic is old, but it works as you use your imagination to paint the scariest face ever on this guy, even if it turns out he probably looks fairly normal. Definitely reminded me of the baddie from I Know What You Did Last Summer (Gordon's Fisherman rain coat and all). The cell phone signal that drops out at the worst moment. The cell phone that rings at the worst possible second. These are used here, but it seems to just make sense, and it's not overly done, so it doesn't get in the way of a good scare. Dumb characters making dumb decisions. This was the one that lowered the rating to an 8.5 or an 8 for me. Zakes' decisions in the start of the film were too much to overlook. You understand why they added them, because the story had to progress somewhere, but this was an area to work on. I won't spoil anything, but you kinda wanted to smack the guy a few times in the start of the film. They did a nice job of making you dislike him a bit in the beginning, that way later on you liked him all that much more. Direction was nice, with some really cool special effects shots on the rainy road, the acting was pretty spot on, and the photography was eerie throughout- nice scenery and locations here...the massive gas station complex/truck stop reminded me of the scenes from High Tension, especially the bathroom stuff. Always fun to see a game of cat and mouse in a horror film like this. Not a perfect film, but darned near it with a fulfilling ending, some really good scares, a lot of nail biting tension, and atmosphere to boot. A definite gem, and a high point of the 'stuck on the road with crazy guy after me' sub-genre. Highly recommended.

Theo Robertson Like so many films I've seen on Film4's The British Connection this week HUSH seems to be a film of two halves . Some of the films such as LAYER CAKE get off to a great start then fail to keep up the momentum for the second half . Others such as KILL LIST seem to be two different films stuck together and Mark Tonderai's HUSH belongs firmly alongside KILL LIST in this respect The first half introduces the protagonist Zakes who is driving his girlfriend Beth on a British motorway late at night where he thinks he spots something disturbing in the lorry in front of them . Tonderai mixes the mundane with the indiscernible . We know something nasty is going to happen and this takes place amongst a background of drunken yobs and disinterested motorway service station staff . Something indeed nasty does happen because Beth disappears and the only place she could have disappeared to is inside the sinister lorry . If that's not bad enough Zakes finds himself facing a couple of jobsworth security menwho catch him in the ladies toilet It's at this crossroads of the narrative that Tonderai could have driven the story to several directions . I was hoping for a low budget British version of the underrated Kurt Russell star vehicle BREAKDOWN but this doesn't really materalise . What we get is a rather confused film that doesn't know what type of horror/thriller it's meant to be . A couple of times I was expecting to be watching some serious torture porn but again HUSH isn't really that type of film . It certainly contains very graphic violence which is somewhat alienating for someone hoping for a straight forward thriller. There's no real explanation as to why people are being kidnapped either which means the audience will be left shaking there heads saying " Is that it ? " In short this is yet another British film that had potential only to lose it in the home straits . It's a film uncertain as to who the target audience might be . I certainly hoped it was going to be a straight forward intelligent thriller while an out and out fan of graphic horror will probably be left similarally disappointed . It's probably summed up the song at the end which sounds like it'd be at home in another film such as a romantic comedy

Tipster101 "Only you saw it. Only you can save them" the tagline reads. This is more or less the theme of this British thriller. Zakes Abbot (William Ash) spots something rather disturbing on the road, a woman caged in the back of a van, and has a dilemma of whether to follow and help or shrug it off as someone else's problem. After a small effort of calling the police and attempting (and failing) to read the dirty number plate, Zakes chooses the latter. That is until his girlfriend goes missing and he realises he has a more personal stake in pursuing the captor.What follows is a fairly straight-forward cat & mouse chase as Zakes tails and evades the villain simultaneously, bringing to mind the 2003 French thriller High Tension (AKA Switchblade Romance) which as you might expect with that title is essentially one long suspense sequence. The tension in Hush doesn't quite allow it such a cocky title as the French film, but it is a good attempt nonetheless and it provides a few "No don't go there!" or "He's behind you!" moments. The film does however contain almost all the horror clichés, and although it tries to subvert one or two, this is nothing new and horror fans will see everything a mile off. As far as the plot goes, it would have been acceptable as a simple chase-thriller if it weren't for one scene (involving the security guards) which just seemed unnecessary and too contrived even for this already improbable story. Still, at 90mins it's an easy, enjoyable thriller that's worth a watch.