Amber Valletta, Bob Gunton, Cody Arens
There is an old ghost story in the sleepy town of Ravens Fair about Mary Shaw, a ventriloquist who went mad. Accused of the murder of a young boy, she was hunted down by vengeful townspeople who cut o...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 26, 2007
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Stats: 17,057 reviews
Flixster Reviews (17,057)
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November 8, 2009If you're scared of ventriloquist dummies, avoid this thing like the plague! This movie has a whole room full of them. The backstory to what is driving these spooky dummies was immensely thick and colorful. The gothic town of Ravens Fair where the dummies live has great set desig...( read more)
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March 19, 2009James Wan is a hell of a lot better than Eli Roth, but he relies too much on technical elements and unnecessary twists to create horror instead of building real suspense through the characters and the story, both of which are completely absent here.
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January 21, 2009I think James Wan and Laigh Whannell's hearts really lie in horror. They really seem to delight in putting onscreen haunted houses and creepy dolls and decrepit rooms, haunted cops and evil villains. I love the fairy tale quality to the story of Mary Shaw, and it plays very well ...( read more)
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September 3, 2008Atmospheric, passionate, and an enjoyable horror for the most part - Dead Silence is a film that finds its own quality increasing as its tempo rises and its running time extends. For what begins as a clunking film clutching to grab an audience soon turns into an homage that enjoy...( read more)
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November 20, 2009I love the twist at the end of this movie - never would have seen it coming
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November 16, 2009Watched this movie with my boyfriend... scared us both to the point where we turned it off! lol haven't watched the full movie yet, but def a great scarey movie!
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Critic Reviews
April 11, 2007
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
March 20, 2007
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Saw creators Leigh Whannell and James Wan know scary: all that stuff that heebie-jeebied you when you were a kid. (Or as Entertainment Weekly would say: Dead Silence is awash with atavistic horror tro... full review
March 16, 2007
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
A gothic chiller in which morbid atmospherics and simmering suspense build to an ingenious third-act climax. full review
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December 28, 2008gawddd...dat movie wz freakin' scary!! nd da dummy...it gave me da creeps!!
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January 10, 2008my god!! i can't believe that this movie averages a 3 1/2 star rating!! are you serious?!?!! This is just a horrible movie. Not scary at all.. you have to be in middle school and never have watched any of the great horror films to think this deserves anything more than a 2 star average!! un-fricken-believable!
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December 11, 2007i love this movie (don't scream) i mean i was scared at i watch at least 1 horror movie every week. ill remind you one thing don't scream near mary shaw!! worth while seeing.
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October 25, 2007i don't care what other reviews say. this movie scared the shit out of me. one of james and leigh best movies. hats off to you sweet Aussie guys.
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October 17, 2007omg dat clown doll is sooooo creepy!!!! haha..
come closer... closer.. let me whisper it to you
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September 27, 2007I know it looks scary but it really isn't, the special effects were fake, and they used all of the scariest parts in the commercials, but in the end it was actually pretty good.
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