The Man (Hush)

""Seriously Maddie, maybe you can come back and live with me. You know, i worry about you. It's not good for anyone to be so alone, Squish". I can come in any time i want. I can get you anytime i want. But i'm not going to, not until it is time, when you wish you were dead, that's when i'm coming inside. Do you understand me? Nod your head if you understand me... Good. Then we can have some fun. Enjoy it."

- The Man The Man is the nameless antagonist of the 2016 thriller film, Hush. He is a sadistic killer who enjoys playing "cat and mouse" with his victims.

Story
The Man first appears when Maddie is cooking in the kitchen, he brutally stabs her friend, Sarah, to death outside and is amazed to discover that Maddie is a deaf woman, seeing her as "easy prey". After murdering Sarah, he torments Maddie by sending her pictures of herself walking through the house. Maddie finally sees the man outside and quickly closes the door, but is again tormented by him. Maddie then writes on the door, saying that won't tell anyone because she hadn't seen his face. The Man sees this message and removes his mask as response. Afterwards, Maddie attempts to hide in her room, but is taunted by the man, who uses Sarah's lifeless body to tap on the window. The Man finally attempts to invade the house by opening the bedroom window, but is stopped by Maddie, who plunges a hammer into his arm. Eventually, Maddie tries to escape and is shot in the leg by the man with a crossbow, but also manages to steal his weapon. Sarah's boyfriend, John, arrives at the house looking for Sarah and is confronted by the man, who pretends to be a police officer, but John doesn't buy it and attempts to hit him with a rock, only to be stabbed in the neck by the man after Maddie unitentionally distracts him. While outside, the man talks with John's body and sees Maddie's cat, intending to use the pet to torture Maddie even more, but is non-fatally shot by Maddie with the crossbow. Enraged, the man breaks Maddie's hand and threatens to enter the house, but is taunted by her, who writes on the door once again, but this time saying "Do it, coward". Maddie hides in the bathroom and waits for the man to open the door, but he enters the bathroom through the ceiling and attempts to stab Maddie in the back, but she feels his breath and stabs him in the arm. Maddie takes advantage of her own deafness to use it against him, by spraying insecticide in his eyes and using a smoke alarm to deafen him. Unfortunately, the man gains the upper hand and strangles Maddie almost to death, but is stabbed in the neck with a corkscrew and dies.

Trivia

 * The Man has twelve notches carved into the side of his crossbow, suggesting that he had killed at least twelve people prior to the events of the film.
 * After stabbing John in the neck, The Man mocks him by saying that "it's done", ironically, this would be the same way he would die later in the film.
 * The Man's dialogue to Maddie's inefficiency with a crossbow suggests that he hunts not only humans, but also animals with it.