{"id":1114,"date":"2026-01-16T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/?p=1114"},"modified":"2026-01-10T17:51:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T17:51:03","slug":"the-time-of-the-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/the-time-of-the-massacre\/","title":{"rendered":"The Time of the Massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WARNING: <\/mark><\/strong>This Review May Contain Spoilers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a common thing for there to be an American remake of a foreign film, Ju-on <\/em>and The Grudge <\/em>for example, however it is very rare for this to happen the other way around. I\u2019ve mentioned previously that this article was coming when I wrote my Indian Horror <\/em>article as before then I didn\u2019t even know Khamoshi <\/em>existed \u2013 let alone the fact that this is the second remake of Hush <\/em>by the same director. I guess Kolaiyuthir Kaalam <\/em>didn\u2019t turn out how he expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Limited Dialogue<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              I\u2019ll say this, Hush <\/em>had more dialogue than I expected for a film where the lead character is deaf and mute but Mike Flanagan felt it may not have worked with no dialogue at all. There are only a few conversations throughout the whole film (because for me, Maddie\u2019s internal monologue doesn\u2019t count). In a weird way, I wish the conversation between Maddie and the killer, as well as the introduction of John, never happen as they slightly kill the tension of the film for me. Khamoshi <\/em>on the other hand has dialogue throughout, between Dev and his father, the Desais and the estate manager as well as Kurana the cook and Surabhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maddie vs Surabhi<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Both of our lead females, and ultimately final girls, are supposed to be deaf as well as mute. However, for me this isn\u2019t clear in Surabhi\u2019s case. Maybe she is a better lip reader than Maddie is, even though in Hush <\/em>she does insist that her neighbour Sarah doesn\u2019t need to sign, it is clear that she does it to communicate better with Maddie. At no point in Khamoshi <\/em>do any of the other characters sign their dialogue to Surabhi and there\u2019s even a point when she is painting that Kurana is talking to her and Surabhi isn\u2019t looking at her, so how does she know what she\u2019s saying? Plus would the mix of Tamil and English not be confusing to her? Kurana even calls for her when she\u2019s in trouble like she can hear her! I know this probably a small thing but it bothered me nonetheless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Too Much Information<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              This is what makes the bad guy in Hush <\/em>more terrifying than in Khamoshi, <\/em>there\u2019s no background \u2013 the audience has no idea who this man is, we don\u2019t see him until around 30 minutes in and there\u2019s no hint as to what his motivation is. We\u2019re introduced to him as he kills Maddie\u2019s neighbourh ON HER DOORSTEP! We don\u2019t even know what his name is, whereas in Khamoshi<\/em>, we know our antagonist as Dev, we see exactly what he looks like from the outset as the mask is added much later but he barely wears it and are even introduced to his father moments into the film. The other benefit to this means we are straight into the action, no messing about getting to know who anyone is, let alone the bad guy. In Khamoshi <\/em>however, it is alluded to a few times by his father that Dev has a dark past and has a connection to the house Surabhi lives in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isolation<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              I\u2019ve said it before I\u2019m sure, but a cabin in the woods is not a safe place! It\u2019s been used a number of times in horror films to the point that it is almost the pinnacle of isolated settings. Living where she lives automatically isolates Maddie as she lives alone and her neighbour isn\u2019t directly next door. The latter can also be said for Serabhi as she lives on a large estate, however becomes isolated with the deaths of the estate manager and Kurana. What the mansion also provides Serabhi which the cabin does not, is more places to hide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hidden Motive<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              I mentioned this earlier on about the fact that nothing in Hush <\/em>alludes to the motive of The Man (that\u2019s how he\u2019s credited on IMDb) which leads the viewer to believe this is just a sick man who enjoys hunting women and you know what that could very easily be the case. We have no idea why he kills Sarah in the first place but he seems to enjoy doing it and it is clear that he isn\u2019t going after Maddie because she witnessed Sarah\u2019s death because he knows she never looks in his direction! He\u2019s just a psychopath! With Dev on the other hand, we assume he has one motive from the beginning, that maybe he has been hired by the Desais to kill Surabhi so they can get the house but in fact it\u2019s all purely for revenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Conclusion<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              For a film released in 2016 and myself being an avid horror fan, I can\u2019t believe it has taken for me to be writing this article to see Hush <\/em>for the first time. With the smaller cast and air of mystery around our antagonist, Hush <\/em>is definitely the better film of the two which really makes me wonder what was wrong with the first remake that the director felt he needed to make Khamoshi.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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