Few directors working today, particularly in the genre space, command the same level of respect that Mike Flanagan does. As the filmmaker behind shows like Midnight Mass and movies like Gerald’s Game, the horror community has come to trust him almost implicitly. Now, arguably his first masterwork has finally been given the red carpet treatment it deserves.
Flanagan, before he became the modern horror master we know him as today, directed a micro-budget thriller named Hush. It went directly to Netflix in 2016 and, though it found an audience, sort of just disappeared into the amorphous mass that is the endless sea of streaming content. The rights lapsed a couple of years ago and, up until very recently, it was unavailable anywhere. Mercifully, Flanagan got the rights back and cut a deal with the fine folks at Shout! Factory, who have given the film a well-deserved 4K upgrade.
