October 2, 2025 • 18 mins
Coming in at number 30, 2016’s “Hush”. Each day in the month of October we will count you down to Halloween with our favorite, not-so-obvious guaranteed horror hits! We’ll tell you why each one made the list, what the critics say, who should watch it and who should NOT and what food/drink/atmosphere to pair it with each night…. And of course, where you can watch it.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
It is Thursday, October second. Welcome everyone to this episode
of Amy and TJ. This is a big episode for
us because this is our first, I guess, first entrance
into our list leading up to Halloween for our favorite
Halloween movies that you might not have heard of or
you might not have watched. We didn't want to do
(00:24):
a countdown a series of our favorite horror movies that
most people have watched. We were trying to find some
movies that maybe you've looked at, you've passed by, you thought,
I wonder what that is, and these are some of
the best of the best to get you right into
the Halloween spirit. We were trying to come up with
a name for our series and I don't know, Teach,
you weren't so into it.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
No, yeah, yeah, we're trying too hard. It was that
didn't like it.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Well, okay, so we went. So we went. It was
all women against one man full disclosure. But I happened
to just say we're kind of going into the deep
cuts of horror, and our producer Amy Sugarman was like,
I love it. You get it the double on Tandra
deep cuts cuts like cuts like a knife, and I
(01:09):
loved it. She loved it. We all loved it. On
the phone, the couple like, how many women were on
the phone five You were like, eh, yeah, but anyway
you lost I lost. It's called deep Cuts. The Amy
and DJ's countdown to the best Halloween horror movies you
might not have seen.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Okay, you know what where she lost me? Amy Sugarman
lost me when she when she said get it. Anytime
somebody says something and he has to said get it
because it's like that dad, get it, then if you
have to explain it, then it is probably not have
the way to go. She lost me?
Speaker 1 (01:37):
All right, Well it's it's called deep cuts, all right, Okay,
so fine, drum roll coming in at number thirty. Hush.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Now, how many people you think immediately horror movie Hush
would say, oh yeah, I know that one. Even if
you're a horror movie fan. Do you think a lot
of people would know this movie.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
I don't know that many people have seen it, because
if if you look at what it did in the
box office, what its budget was, it's one of those
sleeper hits that if you do see it, you think
to yourself, where has this been all my life? This
actually was produced and released in twenty sixteen. It's a
horror slash drama rated are an hour and twenty seven minutes.
(02:17):
I love horror movies because they almost always come in
at under an hour and a half. It's such an easy,
quick burst of fun. I love it. They're not they
don't drag out usually.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
You know, it's some of these new ones. I remember
Ciners for whatever reason, was two hours and fifteen minutes.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
We were nervous.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Yeah, it's great movie, obviously great movie. But yeah, you're right,
some of these are. And even sometimes we see ones
that are our fifteen hour twenty like, oh, perfect perfectly.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
That Justifootball doesn't have an hour and fifteen minutes to
just take a fun roller coaster ride. That's how I
look at it. But this actually, this movie, it might
not be well known, it might not have been widely released,
but it was highly reviewed ninety one percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
And as we go through these lists, by the way,
we're gonna have a horror movie for you each day.
Not all of them are highly reviewed. This one happens
(03:06):
to be.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
And also we should know. I mean I didn't I'm
looking at this note you put together. I didn't know
the score there until now this is a rarity for
horror movies, especially a low budget one, not well known
some not some big blockbuster. That is an incredible score
for any movie. Yes, for a horror movie.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
Yes, I know. I actually felt validated. Oh yeah, sometimes
I don't feel validated. I'm like, what did they Why
would they say that this one? Actually, the consensus was
pretty it was pretty uniform.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
The heart. You gotta help me one more time with
the Rotten Tomatoes saying there's a critics score and an
audience score.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Yeah, there's like a popcorn meter and then there's a
critics meter.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
So what does that mean When I see a ninety
one percent rotten?
Speaker 1 (03:43):
To me, that's the critics' Those are the critics. Yes,
those are the critics. And I often like, if the
critics score is really low, if I look and see that,
the I think it's the popcorn meter or the audience
review is much higher. I know it's probably a movie
I'm going to like because they were looking at it too,
you know, like, oh, what was the cudamantography? Like, well, no,
I don't need it to be as high brow as
(04:04):
sometimes critics were. And sometimes when critics really like a
horror movie. I'm like, they tried too hard. I'm not
into it. I want your basic thrills, scares, jump, scares, tension,
I love all of that, but this one has all
of that. The budget was just one million, the box
office thirteen point six million, so hey, they were profitable. Yep.
And the cast Kate Siegel, she plays Maddie, and then
(04:28):
John Gallagher Junior plays the man, the serial killer in
this And actually it was directed by Mike Flanagan, but
he and Kate Siegel actually wrote it together, I believe.
I don't know if they're still together, but they were together.
So it was again a low budget kind of indie film,
but my god, is it good. So we've got the
synopsis for you. A deaf writer who retreated into the
(04:52):
woods to live a solitary life must now fight for
her life in silence when a masked killer appears in
her window.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Now that's I mean, that description is what it is.
But folks, what you're seeing is a bizarre The whole
time is a very tense cat and mouse game because
you know that the woman can't hear anything happening around here,
but you are the one who can't so you're screaming
(05:23):
at the television or the movie screen at a woman
who obviously can't hear you because it's just a movie.
But then she can't hear you because she can't.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
Hear It's so funny you just said that, because I
wrote we have a yat made the list, and what
I wrote out almost directly actually mimics what you just said.
I wrote it has all the elements of a great
Cabin in the Woods thriller, complete with jump scares. You
find yourself, I said, screaming at the TV because she
can't the main character can't hear what's going on, but
(05:52):
you can. You can hear it, you can see it,
and you can see what the main character can't. And
so it's so good at Bill creating and building real
tension that continues throughout the entire movie. I would say,
when I watched this movie, I could feel the tension
in my body. And I believe I have seen this
movie at least five times.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Oh yeah, at least. So we had it on again
yesterday the past couple days and watching it again. And
another cool element they have is that they actually put
you in. They give you these little moments of experiencing
what she's experiencing. By turning down the volume in the
middle of the movie while something still action is going on,
(06:35):
you get no audio, so you see and you feel
what she's kind of experiencing. And even that we talked
about this in the previous episode and setting this up
in the classics, and while we love horror movies, you're
immersed like this is an immersive experience, I would say,
because those notes, you can see it, you can hear it,
(06:58):
but then what you can't hear comes a part of
the outport and the drama as well.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
I haven't seen a movie like this. They took the
genre of Cabin in the Woods and this massed serial
killer coming after you, and they upped it with that
element of it. I thought it was really really cool
cool the critics, this is the consensus. Rotten Tomatoes has
like a critics consensus, and I loved what they said.
Hush navigates the bloody waters of home invasion thrillers and
(07:24):
incisive slashers for a contemporary horror puree. I thought that
was so well written, and so that is why it
made the list, because this is for us, It's become
a classic. Twenty sixteen. I don't know if you can
say it's a classic, but this is one of our
go to horror movies when we don't know what to
put on and we want to have a certain feel.
(07:47):
But it's just this, It gives you this, this excitement.
I love this movie. Nikki, my best friend, this is
her favorite horror movie. She this is like her go
to number one favorite horror movie that a lot of
people don't know about it, you know.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Okay, now that takes away from it a little bit
for me.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
She plays it so much. I'm like, Nicky, we cannot watch,
we cannot watch. Hush again, You're funny.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Haha, I'm kidding.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
So we also want to go through and talk about
who it's for, because not all horror movies are for everyone.
Like certain ones you might not like certain ones you do.
So this is who I think. We think this movie
is for someone who loves being on the edge of
their seats, anyone who likes that masked serial killer. This
(08:33):
is a scenario that it feels like could happen in
real life. So therefore it makes it extra scary, you know,
because this is something that you could see any Honestly,
the mask itself is unique. I haven't seen a mask
like this one. It almost looks human like. You can
see his expressions through the It's a white.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Mask, and it's not by design scary. It's by use scary, right,
It's not just as like a scary face there is
just looks so plain and emotionless. As you see this
guy doing some really horrific stuff, the face doesn't change
from this emotionless, blank thing.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
And I'm not We're not going to give away any
of the plots or any of the twists in any
of these movies, but I will say one of the
scariest moments for me is when she is trying to
communicate with him through the window, saying you can leave.
I can't see your face, you know, so you can leave,
And she's riding it on the window, I believe, with lipstick,
(09:31):
and he then looks at her and takes off the
mask slowly. For me, that was one of the scariest moments.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Okay, that will be the last thing we give away,
is what she meant to say.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Well, I'm not saying or who dies or any of that,
because the deaths are pretty spectacular, but that was.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
A wonderful high tension moment just ruined it for everybody.
Nobody's going to listen to the rest of our episode
if we're just gonna get.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
Okay, that's the last time. But I just would like
to give you the idea of just how well this
movie is. Crapper they know, they know how to scare
that crap out of you. This one is just so scary.
So who is this movie not for? What do you think, TJ?
Speaker 2 (10:16):
There is limited Gore's there's a couple of bad killings,
a little violence, but in terms of horror movies, this
one is not on the on the higher end, I
guess of that type of violence. I think this is
for folks who I think this is a nice dip
(10:36):
into the water of people who want who like horror movies,
not quite convinced of them, who are convinced that they
are a certain thing or a certain way. This is
a nice balance between a drama, a thriller, and a
slasher because most of the time there's not a lot
of dialogue. The moment is deaf, so there's just so
(10:58):
much suspense in drama that's built up instead of just
raw violence and attacking and death. I think this is
one for folks who who don't want the gore, but
you want the thrills, you want the scare, you want
to be on the edge of your seat. This is
a good stepping stone.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
Yeah, horror, that's a really good way to put it.
This is a good entry movie. Like if you have
dipped your toes in horror, you think you might not
like it, This is a really good one. If you
don't like all of that blood guts, I really that's
a because you still get some killings which are fun
and a little gory, but it's not too much. I
definitely get turned off by too much blood and guts
(11:38):
unless it's completely campy and it's funny. If it's not
that I get, I don't like a lot of that.
So this is actually perfect if you just like a
thriller with a little bit of horror thrown in. I
think this is a This is a good entry level
horror movie if you'd like to start seeing if maybe
this could be something you might like.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
These are masterful and I always give credit to these
movie makers. There is masterful terror built with silence, doors opening,
just him walking behind her and she can't hear, but
we can see what's happening. There are creepy moments like
oh my gosh, you can't They build tension in this
movie really really yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
I feel like I almost exercised after I see this movie,
because my whole body is like, oh on the like
just absolutely flenched. Yes, okay, so when we come back,
we're gonna tell you who this movie is not for,
what mood you should be in, and we actually even
offer some do's and don'ts with food and snack and
drink pairings with some of our movies, and we'll tell
you where you can watch Hush. Welcome back to our
(12:49):
new series Deep Cuts, TJ's favorite favorite name of the series.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
Ever, It's gonna grow me all right.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Coming in at number thirty, we are talking about the
movie Hush, and we told you who should watch this movie,
what kind of movie it is, and who might like it.
But we also have some warnings for who this might
not be for. And here's what I think, and I'll
get your take too, Babe. I think that if you're
in a cabin or a home alone in the woods,
(13:20):
or if you don't own blinds or curtains, I wouldn't
suggest you watch this movie by yourself.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
This is not for someone in isolation. It's not you shouldn't.
It'll creep you out. I don't like being alone in
the woods kind of a thing. I hate that set
up anyway. But if this will make you, every little
click you here around the house, every little noise, every
little wind, you're gonna think something's up. And this is not.
(13:48):
And again, generally horror movies, I think you should watch
with someone. This one is specific. You should not be
alone with this one.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
I agree, because I actually so I have. I don't
know if anyone has had a home where you feel
like you're isolated enough that you don't need blinds or curtains,
which is an amazing thing. But if you have one
of those setups, I'm telling you this movie is going
to perpetually freak you out. It will stay with you. You
will look at night outside and you'll see your own reflection,
(14:16):
and you'll think, maybe you see a masked man. You
might see the man. I guess that's what he's called
in this movie. He's referenced as a serial killer. I
believe that people who have done deep studies on this
movie say he had thirteen notches on his crossbow. That
is his weapon of choice, just in case you needed
to know. So he's just I guess they don't really
(14:38):
make specific reference to him, but people who have studied
the movie believe that he had thirteen kills before he
went and then tried to and attempts to get in
and murder Maddie, who is the star of the show.
And wow, it's just it the tension. It's a cat
and mouse game. It's so so good. So yes, if
you're alone, if you don't have blinds or windows, please
(14:59):
please don't watch this movie. What mood should you be
in to watch this movie? Because you know, we get
you know, we have movis we want a horror comedy?
Do we want a rom com horror? Do we want
a thriller or a slasher? What mood should you be
in to watch this one?
Speaker 2 (15:13):
I think this is You should treat it as an event.
You should treat it as not just something I'm going
to have on in the background or something on a try.
You should say, hey, tonight, let's check out this movie.
We have a plan be here at this time. We're
going to order this food and get set up to
pay attention to it. It's that kind of it's an
event movie, and that you need to turn the lights off,
(15:34):
You need to cuddle up, you need to have the blanket,
you need to do all that stuff.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
Yes, I think you just need to be ready to
be scared, if you want to be scared, if you
want to be thrilled, if you want to be in
that high adrenaline Oh my god, what's going to happen
next mood? This is your movie? Hush all right, food snack,
drink pairing. Here's what I think I want to get
your take. My suggestion would be don't have a drink
in your hand because there are several jump scares, and
(15:58):
you have been with me. When I've had a drink
in my hand and I get scared, I will actually,
unfortunately toss the drink and it will go everywhere that
has happened. So that would be one warning for you.
I also think nothing fizzy and nothing spicy, because you'll
get acid free flux from the anxiety that's already building
in your body. You should keep it like simple, have
a coaster for your drink, drink sparingly, and maybe just
(16:23):
keep the food to just something nice and easy on
your stomach.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
Can you eat while watching this movie because some people
like to dine and watch movie. Even theaters, you can
get dinner while you're watching a movie. Is this a
movie you want to be eating? Probably not, okay.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
I actually think you won't want to eat because you'll
be so nervous the whole time.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
This for me, is a popcorn movie. This is one
that yes, you can eat, but this is a snack
movie and enjoy. Obviously popcorn goes with most movies, but
this is one in particular. You want that. You want
to be settled, and you want to hang onto every
single thing that happens because there's a lot of texting.
You need to read what's happening. You have to feel attention.
(17:01):
You need to sit down and pay attention to this movie.
Get everything in front of you gives what you want
right next to you, use the bathroom, get your favorite throw.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
I love that because you know what, I can't stand
when people and look we all get into it. But
I would say, please put your phone down because, like
you pointed out, you don't have as much dialogue. So
watching this movie is really important that you're paying attention
to everything on the screen because you will miss really
awesome parts about this movie. If you're just trying to listen,
you know, people kind of are you know, they're they're texting,
(17:31):
they're looking at Instagram whatever, TikTok, and they're not and
they're kind of looking up when the action happens. Don't
do that with this movie. Put the phone down, cuddle
up with your favorite person and watch and you will enjoy.
And where can you watch? Amazon Prime? Right now? It
switched around. It was on Netflix for the longest time
and then when it went away, and that was like
my go to to put it on. I was like,
(17:52):
where did it go? Where did it go? Right now,
it's on Amazon Prime. We just actually rewatched it again yesterday.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Well, Prime users, you don't have to purchase it.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
Well no, yeah, but I think you would maybe if
you're not an Amazon Prime member.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
Okay, but Prime.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
If you are an Amazon Prime member, it's free. It
comes with your subscription. But there are plenty of other
places you can purchase it, obviously Apple TV.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
And it's worth it. We are recommending, and it is
worth it. We are telling you to purchase it if
you have to.
Speaker 1 (18:16):
Wow, you are telling people to do that because you
are not a big purchase movie person.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
Okay, yeah, I'm not purchased. I'm I'm still my sting
three ninety nine is too much. No, we're not doing that.
All this stuff streaming, we're going okay, let's not get
into that. But yes, folks, you need to check this
one out. We highly recommend it, all right.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
We can't wait to hear what you think about Hush.
We love it. It's number thirty on our list. We
will have a movie for you every single day leading
up to Halloween, just so that you can hopefully enjoy
these horror movies as much as we have. And with that,
I made roboch alongside TJ. Holmes. Thanks for listening.
It is Thursday, October second. Welcome everyone to this episode
of Amy and TJ. This is a big episode for
us because this is our first, I guess, first entrance
into our list leading up to Halloween for our favorite
Halloween movies that you might not have heard of or
you might not have watched. We didn't want to do
(00:24):
a countdown a series of our favorite horror movies that
most people have watched. We were trying to find some
movies that maybe you've looked at, you've passed by, you thought,
I wonder what that is, and these are some of
the best of the best to get you right into
the Halloween spirit. We were trying to come up with
a name for our series and I don't know, Teach,
you weren't so into it.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
No, yeah, yeah, we're trying too hard. It was that
didn't like it.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Well, okay, so we went. So we went. It was
all women against one man full disclosure. But I happened
to just say we're kind of going into the deep
cuts of horror, and our producer Amy Sugarman was like,
I love it. You get it the double on Tandra
deep cuts cuts like cuts like a knife, and I
(01:09):
loved it. She loved it. We all loved it. On
the phone, the couple like, how many women were on
the phone five You were like, eh, yeah, but anyway
you lost I lost. It's called deep Cuts. The Amy
and DJ's countdown to the best Halloween horror movies you
might not have seen.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Okay, you know what where she lost me? Amy Sugarman
lost me when she when she said get it. Anytime
somebody says something and he has to said get it
because it's like that dad, get it, then if you
have to explain it, then it is probably not have
the way to go. She lost me?
Speaker 1 (01:37):
All right, Well it's it's called deep cuts, all right, Okay,
so fine, drum roll coming in at number thirty. Hush.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Now, how many people you think immediately horror movie Hush
would say, oh yeah, I know that one. Even if
you're a horror movie fan. Do you think a lot
of people would know this movie.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
I don't know that many people have seen it, because
if if you look at what it did in the
box office, what its budget was, it's one of those
sleeper hits that if you do see it, you think
to yourself, where has this been all my life? This
actually was produced and released in twenty sixteen. It's a
horror slash drama rated are an hour and twenty seven minutes.
(02:17):
I love horror movies because they almost always come in
at under an hour and a half. It's such an easy,
quick burst of fun. I love it. They're not they
don't drag out usually.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
You know, it's some of these new ones. I remember
Ciners for whatever reason, was two hours and fifteen minutes.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
We were nervous.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Yeah, it's great movie, obviously great movie. But yeah, you're right,
some of these are. And even sometimes we see ones
that are our fifteen hour twenty like, oh, perfect perfectly.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
That Justifootball doesn't have an hour and fifteen minutes to
just take a fun roller coaster ride. That's how I
look at it. But this actually, this movie, it might
not be well known, it might not have been widely released,
but it was highly reviewed ninety one percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
And as we go through these lists, by the way,
we're gonna have a horror movie for you each day.
Not all of them are highly reviewed. This one happens
(03:06):
to be.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
And also we should know. I mean I didn't I'm
looking at this note you put together. I didn't know
the score there until now this is a rarity for
horror movies, especially a low budget one, not well known
some not some big blockbuster. That is an incredible score
for any movie. Yes, for a horror movie.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
Yes, I know. I actually felt validated. Oh yeah, sometimes
I don't feel validated. I'm like, what did they Why
would they say that this one? Actually, the consensus was
pretty it was pretty uniform.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
The heart. You gotta help me one more time with
the Rotten Tomatoes saying there's a critics score and an
audience score.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Yeah, there's like a popcorn meter and then there's a
critics meter.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
So what does that mean When I see a ninety
one percent rotten?
Speaker 1 (03:43):
To me, that's the critics' Those are the critics. Yes,
those are the critics. And I often like, if the
critics score is really low, if I look and see that,
the I think it's the popcorn meter or the audience
review is much higher. I know it's probably a movie
I'm going to like because they were looking at it too,
you know, like, oh, what was the cudamantography? Like, well, no,
I don't need it to be as high brow as
(04:04):
sometimes critics were. And sometimes when critics really like a
horror movie. I'm like, they tried too hard. I'm not
into it. I want your basic thrills, scares, jump, scares, tension,
I love all of that, but this one has all
of that. The budget was just one million, the box
office thirteen point six million, so hey, they were profitable. Yep.
And the cast Kate Siegel, she plays Maddie, and then
(04:28):
John Gallagher Junior plays the man, the serial killer in
this And actually it was directed by Mike Flanagan, but
he and Kate Siegel actually wrote it together, I believe.
I don't know if they're still together, but they were together.
So it was again a low budget kind of indie film,
but my god, is it good. So we've got the
synopsis for you. A deaf writer who retreated into the
(04:52):
woods to live a solitary life must now fight for
her life in silence when a masked killer appears in
her window.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Now that's I mean, that description is what it is.
But folks, what you're seeing is a bizarre The whole
time is a very tense cat and mouse game because
you know that the woman can't hear anything happening around here,
but you are the one who can't so you're screaming
(05:23):
at the television or the movie screen at a woman
who obviously can't hear you because it's just a movie.
But then she can't hear you because she can't.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
Hear It's so funny you just said that, because I
wrote we have a yat made the list, and what
I wrote out almost directly actually mimics what you just said.
I wrote it has all the elements of a great
Cabin in the Woods thriller, complete with jump scares. You
find yourself, I said, screaming at the TV because she
can't the main character can't hear what's going on, but
(05:52):
you can. You can hear it, you can see it,
and you can see what the main character can't. And
so it's so good at Bill creating and building real
tension that continues throughout the entire movie. I would say,
when I watched this movie, I could feel the tension
in my body. And I believe I have seen this
movie at least five times.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Oh yeah, at least. So we had it on again
yesterday the past couple days and watching it again. And
another cool element they have is that they actually put
you in. They give you these little moments of experiencing
what she's experiencing. By turning down the volume in the
middle of the movie while something still action is going on,
(06:35):
you get no audio, so you see and you feel
what she's kind of experiencing. And even that we talked
about this in the previous episode and setting this up
in the classics, and while we love horror movies, you're
immersed like this is an immersive experience, I would say,
because those notes, you can see it, you can hear it,
(06:58):
but then what you can't hear comes a part of
the outport and the drama as well.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
I haven't seen a movie like this. They took the
genre of Cabin in the Woods and this massed serial
killer coming after you, and they upped it with that
element of it. I thought it was really really cool
cool the critics, this is the consensus. Rotten Tomatoes has
like a critics consensus, and I loved what they said.
Hush navigates the bloody waters of home invasion thrillers and
(07:24):
incisive slashers for a contemporary horror puree. I thought that
was so well written, and so that is why it
made the list, because this is for us, It's become
a classic. Twenty sixteen. I don't know if you can
say it's a classic, but this is one of our
go to horror movies when we don't know what to
put on and we want to have a certain feel.
(07:47):
But it's just this, It gives you this, this excitement.
I love this movie. Nikki, my best friend, this is
her favorite horror movie. She this is like her go
to number one favorite horror movie that a lot of
people don't know about it, you know.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Okay, now that takes away from it a little bit
for me.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
She plays it so much. I'm like, Nicky, we cannot watch,
we cannot watch. Hush again, You're funny.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Haha, I'm kidding.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
So we also want to go through and talk about
who it's for, because not all horror movies are for everyone.
Like certain ones you might not like certain ones you do.
So this is who I think. We think this movie
is for someone who loves being on the edge of
their seats, anyone who likes that masked serial killer. This
(08:33):
is a scenario that it feels like could happen in
real life. So therefore it makes it extra scary, you know,
because this is something that you could see any Honestly,
the mask itself is unique. I haven't seen a mask
like this one. It almost looks human like. You can
see his expressions through the It's a white.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Mask, and it's not by design scary. It's by use scary, right,
It's not just as like a scary face there is
just looks so plain and emotionless. As you see this
guy doing some really horrific stuff, the face doesn't change
from this emotionless, blank thing.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
And I'm not We're not going to give away any
of the plots or any of the twists in any
of these movies, but I will say one of the
scariest moments for me is when she is trying to
communicate with him through the window, saying you can leave.
I can't see your face, you know, so you can leave,
And she's riding it on the window, I believe, with lipstick,
(09:31):
and he then looks at her and takes off the
mask slowly. For me, that was one of the scariest moments.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Okay, that will be the last thing we give away,
is what she meant to say.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Well, I'm not saying or who dies or any of that,
because the deaths are pretty spectacular, but that was.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
A wonderful high tension moment just ruined it for everybody.
Nobody's going to listen to the rest of our episode
if we're just gonna get.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
Okay, that's the last time. But I just would like
to give you the idea of just how well this
movie is. Crapper they know, they know how to scare
that crap out of you. This one is just so scary.
So who is this movie not for? What do you think, TJ?
Speaker 2 (10:16):
There is limited Gore's there's a couple of bad killings,
a little violence, but in terms of horror movies, this
one is not on the on the higher end, I
guess of that type of violence. I think this is
for folks who I think this is a nice dip
(10:36):
into the water of people who want who like horror movies,
not quite convinced of them, who are convinced that they
are a certain thing or a certain way. This is
a nice balance between a drama, a thriller, and a
slasher because most of the time there's not a lot
of dialogue. The moment is deaf, so there's just so
(10:58):
much suspense in drama that's built up instead of just
raw violence and attacking and death. I think this is
one for folks who who don't want the gore, but
you want the thrills, you want the scare, you want
to be on the edge of your seat. This is
a good stepping stone.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
Yeah, horror, that's a really good way to put it.
This is a good entry movie. Like if you have
dipped your toes in horror, you think you might not
like it, This is a really good one. If you
don't like all of that blood guts, I really that's
a because you still get some killings which are fun
and a little gory, but it's not too much. I
definitely get turned off by too much blood and guts
(11:38):
unless it's completely campy and it's funny. If it's not
that I get, I don't like a lot of that.
So this is actually perfect if you just like a
thriller with a little bit of horror thrown in. I
think this is a This is a good entry level
horror movie if you'd like to start seeing if maybe
this could be something you might like.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
These are masterful and I always give credit to these
movie makers. There is masterful terror built with silence, doors opening,
just him walking behind her and she can't hear, but
we can see what's happening. There are creepy moments like
oh my gosh, you can't They build tension in this
movie really really yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
I feel like I almost exercised after I see this movie,
because my whole body is like, oh on the like
just absolutely flenched. Yes, okay, so when we come back,
we're gonna tell you who this movie is not for,
what mood you should be in, and we actually even
offer some do's and don'ts with food and snack and
drink pairings with some of our movies, and we'll tell
you where you can watch Hush. Welcome back to our
(12:49):
new series Deep Cuts, TJ's favorite favorite name of the series.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
Ever, It's gonna grow me all right.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Coming in at number thirty, we are talking about the
movie Hush, and we told you who should watch this movie,
what kind of movie it is, and who might like it.
But we also have some warnings for who this might
not be for. And here's what I think, and I'll
get your take too, Babe. I think that if you're
in a cabin or a home alone in the woods,
(13:20):
or if you don't own blinds or curtains, I wouldn't
suggest you watch this movie by yourself.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
This is not for someone in isolation. It's not you shouldn't.
It'll creep you out. I don't like being alone in
the woods kind of a thing. I hate that set
up anyway. But if this will make you, every little
click you here around the house, every little noise, every
little wind, you're gonna think something's up. And this is not.
(13:48):
And again, generally horror movies, I think you should watch
with someone. This one is specific. You should not be
alone with this one.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
I agree, because I actually so I have. I don't
know if anyone has had a home where you feel
like you're isolated enough that you don't need blinds or curtains,
which is an amazing thing. But if you have one
of those setups, I'm telling you this movie is going
to perpetually freak you out. It will stay with you. You
will look at night outside and you'll see your own reflection,
(14:16):
and you'll think, maybe you see a masked man. You
might see the man. I guess that's what he's called
in this movie. He's referenced as a serial killer. I
believe that people who have done deep studies on this
movie say he had thirteen notches on his crossbow. That
is his weapon of choice, just in case you needed
to know. So he's just I guess they don't really
(14:38):
make specific reference to him, but people who have studied
the movie believe that he had thirteen kills before he
went and then tried to and attempts to get in
and murder Maddie, who is the star of the show.
And wow, it's just it the tension. It's a cat
and mouse game. It's so so good. So yes, if
you're alone, if you don't have blinds or windows, please
(14:59):
please don't watch this movie. What mood should you be
in to watch this movie? Because you know, we get
you know, we have movis we want a horror comedy?
Do we want a rom com horror? Do we want
a thriller or a slasher? What mood should you be
in to watch this one?
Speaker 2 (15:13):
I think this is You should treat it as an event.
You should treat it as not just something I'm going
to have on in the background or something on a try.
You should say, hey, tonight, let's check out this movie.
We have a plan be here at this time. We're
going to order this food and get set up to
pay attention to it. It's that kind of it's an
event movie, and that you need to turn the lights off,
(15:34):
You need to cuddle up, you need to have the blanket,
you need to do all that stuff.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
Yes, I think you just need to be ready to
be scared, if you want to be scared, if you
want to be thrilled, if you want to be in
that high adrenaline Oh my god, what's going to happen
next mood? This is your movie? Hush all right, food snack,
drink pairing. Here's what I think I want to get
your take. My suggestion would be don't have a drink
in your hand because there are several jump scares, and
(15:58):
you have been with me. When I've had a drink
in my hand and I get scared, I will actually,
unfortunately toss the drink and it will go everywhere that
has happened. So that would be one warning for you.
I also think nothing fizzy and nothing spicy, because you'll
get acid free flux from the anxiety that's already building
in your body. You should keep it like simple, have
a coaster for your drink, drink sparingly, and maybe just
(16:23):
keep the food to just something nice and easy on
your stomach.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
Can you eat while watching this movie because some people
like to dine and watch movie. Even theaters, you can
get dinner while you're watching a movie. Is this a
movie you want to be eating? Probably not, okay.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
I actually think you won't want to eat because you'll
be so nervous the whole time.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
This for me, is a popcorn movie. This is one
that yes, you can eat, but this is a snack
movie and enjoy. Obviously popcorn goes with most movies, but
this is one in particular. You want that. You want
to be settled, and you want to hang onto every
single thing that happens because there's a lot of texting.
You need to read what's happening. You have to feel attention.
(17:01):
You need to sit down and pay attention to this movie.
Get everything in front of you gives what you want
right next to you, use the bathroom, get your favorite throw.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
I love that because you know what, I can't stand
when people and look we all get into it. But
I would say, please put your phone down because, like
you pointed out, you don't have as much dialogue. So
watching this movie is really important that you're paying attention
to everything on the screen because you will miss really
awesome parts about this movie. If you're just trying to listen,
you know, people kind of are you know, they're they're texting,
(17:31):
they're looking at Instagram whatever, TikTok, and they're not and
they're kind of looking up when the action happens. Don't
do that with this movie. Put the phone down, cuddle
up with your favorite person and watch and you will enjoy.
And where can you watch? Amazon Prime? Right now? It
switched around. It was on Netflix for the longest time
and then when it went away, and that was like
my go to to put it on. I was like,
(17:52):
where did it go? Where did it go? Right now,
it's on Amazon Prime. We just actually rewatched it again yesterday.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Well, Prime users, you don't have to purchase it.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
Well no, yeah, but I think you would maybe if
you're not an Amazon Prime member.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
Okay, but Prime.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
If you are an Amazon Prime member, it's free. It
comes with your subscription. But there are plenty of other
places you can purchase it, obviously Apple TV.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
And it's worth it. We are recommending, and it is
worth it. We are telling you to purchase it if
you have to.
Speaker 1 (18:16):
Wow, you are telling people to do that because you
are not a big purchase movie person.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
Okay, yeah, I'm not purchased. I'm I'm still my sting
three ninety nine is too much. No, we're not doing that.
All this stuff streaming, we're going okay, let's not get
into that. But yes, folks, you need to check this
one out. We highly recommend it, all right.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
We can't wait to hear what you think about Hush.
We love it. It's number thirty on our list. We
will have a movie for you every single day leading
up to Halloween, just so that you can hopefully enjoy
these horror movies as much as we have. And with that,
I made roboch alongside TJ. Holmes. Thanks for listening.
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