Hush aka (I'm Following This Truck Who's Owner Has Kidnapped My Whore Ass Girlfriend)

I don't know what it is about the British horror scene nowadays, but (at least in my eyes) for the most part it is soooo much better than the mostly generic crap that is being made here in the states. Seriously while the studios have been churning out crap PG 13 horror bullshit,crap ass remakes,and the bazillionth version of so and so strangers waking up in some unknown location and not knowing how they got there torture porn bullshit.

I mean something like this that could and should have been same old same old story wise such as "Hush" turns out to be something that even though I've seen similar stuff,still felt fresh and a bit different.

Hush is about a couple in England travelling one night while the loser boyfriend is doing his job of replacing posters at all the rest stops on the interstate. They are a bickering kinda miserable couple that seems to be teetering on the verge of a meltdown....especially after it comes to light (at least to the audience,not dip shit) that the girlfriend did the beast with two backs with a friend of theirs the night before....anyways,it ain't looking to good for the dude and his bitch ass ho in terms of their likelyhood of staying together after this little jaunt through the English countryside.

Well,things start a bit slow,with all the bitching while driving,until it comes to the realization of Sir Dip shit that he was just passed by a truck with a woman in her underwear locked in the back screaming bloody murder.Of course he and his girlfriend get up shits creek without a paddle as they try to find out what happens,and then the whore gets kidnapped...

This is when the fun starts,"Hush" is equal parts "Breakdown" and "The Vanishing" but what I liked,with the film being low budget,unlike something like "Breakdown" where you knew damn well,no matter how perilous the situation was for Kurt "I've Had Sex With Goldie Hahn...A Lot!!" Russell,you knew at the end he would be ok....same with "The Vanishing....even though Kiefer "Dammit!!" Sutherland was in a box underground you kinda knew he wasn't going to die...with this....you just don't get that feeling.

And even though I kiddingly called the dude dip shit,I actually thought the male lead,does a very nice job being the sympathetic hero,as he tries relentlessly no matter what to track down his whore ass girlfriend (even after he finds out about her whoring,which is done pretty great too!!). The other thing was,we don't ever really see the killers face,which I liked,we never learn of his motives,he's a faceless evil entity...and that just added to the suspense....

"Hush" is out on video,if you can get it,do so,its a thoroughly entertaining little thriller.