# Obsession (1998)

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**Original title**: *Hush*
**Runtime**: 95 min
**Genres**: Drama, Thriller
**Directed by**: Jonathan Darby
**Written by**: Jonathan Darby, Jane Rusconi
**Starring**: Jessica Lange, Gwyneth Paltrow, Johnathon Schaech, Nina Foch, Debi Mazar, Kaiulani Lee

> *Don't breathe a word.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Ceiling fan wobbling over Jackson’s rocking chair, summer sweat on lace curtains. Helen paints a nursery blue while Martha folds tea towels into rigid squares, counting every stitch. The forks at dinner clang together before they touch the plates.

Jordan Peele would recognize the inheritance of Southern gothic whispers.

**Mood tags**: dread, slow-burn, tender

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