Hush

If Hush had been released and popular during the Scary Movie franchise era, there would have definitely been a scene parodying when the killer was making noises to try to get her attention before he realized she's deaf.

There's only so much you can do with a home invasion movie (I like them, but it's true), and centering on a deaf mute protagonist is an interesting and fresh perspective, even if it did take Maddie way too long to start to look for a weapon. I think it would have been scarier if the killer had kept his mask on though, because it was an effectively creepy mask, or at least waited longer to take it off.

31 Days of Halloween (2025)