Mr. Hush (2010)

I saw that this is advertised as a 80's type slasher, so I tuned in. The acting and the wife's clothing reminded me of the artificial acting in Mullholland Drive. In that movie, the artificiality served to separate the main character's fake life from her real life.Here it was lack of knowledge about what natural acting is. The lines were sprightly spoken and emphasized. It so reminded me of watching plays put on by middle school students.The wife was a modern day June Cleaver. Dressed perfectly and with coordinating dress and sweater to bake cookies. Perfect makeup that changed with the scenes (where was continuity?). High heels.The daughter had an odd habit of looking off screen before speaking. I guess she was being fed her lines or something.Maybe this kind of stilted acting would have worked if the plot was interesting.

I understand that the film fell apart to a lot of people.. However I believe that certain editing/ cinematography fixtures could have saved what some consider "a terrible, god awful film." This being one of the lowest ratings let me discuss what was good, what was bad, and what could have been good.Firstly what was good was the concepts, the main character played by Brad Loree(Michael Myers in the eighth installment of Halloween) who has been trying constantly to make amends to a victimized past and trying to rebuild, that in of itself is a good start. Some of the acting as far as Steve Dash (the first person to portray Jason Voorhess as a killer), Ed Young who portrayed Mr. Hush and a handful of side characters was able to keep the plot rolling and keep an audience in their seats. Some of the Make-Up Effects (including the throat slash done by Ed Young himself) were stellar. Lastly the revealing the villain as a vampire in a slasher inspired film is definitely an interesting take.Now to what was bad. Brad Loree had some very sore spots when he was in his spotlight; that all the more kind of took this out of the spotlight. Sadly a lot of your key actors (mainly the second love interest, the children, the lackey) really tore the seams out from this production. On top of that, the reveal that Mr. Young's character was a vampire trying to destroy the main character's bloodline was poorly executed as well as the make-up that was used. Lastly the cinematography was all over the place, between catching very key scenes of action at the worst angles and the shaking camera movement, that tore the film a new one. However in scenes in the restaurant, kitchen, houses, etc. That could have made this so much better. While talking the filming at the worst possible angles, the scene with using the chainsaw and catching the chain-less bar at the worst angles.But to what could have made this film so much better. Doing a few takes and r-shooting scenes. That in of itself could have saved this. Editing really tore the fabric of this film and that had some ability to save this production as well. The vampire make-up itself could have been done better and well within budget probably made the ending of the film a jump rather than a laughable moment. Lastly, whoever did the sound and score should ultimately be replaced. I feel that the film could have been saved all the more without a sound system that didn't feedback per every scream and that the score was better blended.To conclude this, I feel that this film had a lot of thought and potential, but that so many fixable errors doomed something that could have been so good!!!

What a waste of an hour and half! The camera work was so shaky I got motion sickness(maybe it was the acting), the shots were so close every time the characters shifter a little the camera would move up down or sideways. I guess you could turn this movie into a drinking game, every time Holland screams you drink- might last 5 minutes. If you watch this don't blame me. Gotta add more lines so this will post Bad Movie Really Bad! The only thing I liked about it was they filmed near my old home, Stroudsburg and the woods were nice I feel bad for anyone else that watches this. The actor that plays the lead Holland has a very nice acting/stunt resume wonder if he can keep this one off? I think I have enough. Text to post

I was mad that i wasted a dollar to rent it but what made me madder is the 2 hours taken from me to watch. no plot, no continuity, you could care less about the characters, I believe the smart ones wanted to die early to get out of the movie. couldn't figure out what was supposed to draw me in to keep me interested, and it wasn't even bad enough to be funny! and of course they tortured me with a possible sequel segment at the end of the movie, I knew I should have shut it off when the credits started, what was I thinking? i was probably to numb to think. not scary. not funny. not engaging. OK i need to say more to submit this request. watch dead broke it is a very good movie comparatively a who done it movie that keeps you guessing