Dead Silence

[Brian in Mesa]

Dead Silence

Release Date: March 16, 2007
Studio: Universal Pictures
Director: James Wan
Screenwriter: Leigh Whannell, James Wan
Genre: Supernatural, Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for horror violence and images)
Website: Dead Silence | MySpace.com/DeadSilencemovie

Starring: Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg, Bob Gunton

Plot Summary: From the team responsible for the international sleeper hit "Saw"--writer/actor Leigh Whannell, writer/director James Wan and producers Gregg Hoffman, Mark Burg and Oren Koules--comes the supernatural thriller "Dead Silence."

Newlyweds Jamie (Kwanten) and Lisa Ashen have established a new life for themselves far from their hometown of Ravens Fair--a sleepy, near-forgotten blip on the map haunted by late-night whispers and ghost stories from generations past. But when his wife is gruesomely murdered, Jamie reluctantly returns to Ravens Fair for the funeral, intent on unraveling the mystery surrounding her death.

Once back under his family's roof, reunited with his ill father (Gunton) and his father's new young bride (Valletta), Jamie begins to explore the creepy town and encounters the legend of Mary Shaw, a famous murdered ventriloquist whose presence still casts a pall over Ravens Fair. Himself the lead suspect in his wife's murder, Jamie is forced to dig deep into the town's bloody past for answers, where he soon uncovers the truth behind the curse that ended Lisa's life...and threatens to take his as well

"Dead Silence" is written by Leigh Whannell & James Wan and directed by James Wan. It stars Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg and Bob Gunton and is produced by Gregg Hoffman, Mark Burg and Oren Koules.

 

[Heucrazy]

Ok so I went to see this movie last night with my wife and her brother. They are both afraid of clowns and think dolls are creepy, so this should be the perfect horror flick for them right?

Wrong!!!!

What a piece of crap movie. My wife and brother-in-law both said the dolls were creepy especially the clown one but neither one of them were even scared. As for me I was ready to walk out and go watch 300 again about 20 minutes into the movie.

Don't waste your money on this cheesy movie.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

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[phillycard]

Looks like a cheap ripoff of Magic. The trailer looks pretty damn stupid to me.

 

[SuperSpck]

Scary dolls aren't scary.

Regular dolls are scary when they're just trying to be cute.

 

[phillycard]

Just as I thought. A cheap ripoff of Magic. Damn I'm good!

 

[phillycard]

Ok so I went to see this movie last night with my wife and her brother. They are both afraid of clowns and think dolls are creepy, so this should be the perfect horror flick for them right?

Wrong!!!!

What a piece of crap movie. My wife and brother-in-law both said the dolls were creepy especially the clown one but neither one of them were even scared. As for me I was ready to walk out and go watch 300 again about 20 minutes into the movie.

Don't waste your money on this cheesy movie.

Heu, good assesment. I won't say it's that bad, but it was definitely a one shot deal.

 

[Shane]

It had some good "creep" to it at times. It wasnt great but it wasnt that bad either.

 

[Russ Smith]

Maybe it's just that I don't get to watch a lot of "scary" movies these days since my girlfriend doesn't like to watch them? I actually liked this, not great but ok. My girlfriend was out of town for the weekend so I loaded up I saw this, and SAW and had another movie but I watched football instead.

I have to admit the ending surprised me I didn't make the connection until they showed it.

It was sort of a ripoff of Magic as others said, also a lot like Darkness Falls instead of killer that comes out in the dark it's the Mary Shaw thing with the scream.

Lot better than I expected.