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Amber Valletta, Bob Gunton, Cody Arens, Donnie Wahlberg, Jason Deline, Joan Heney, Michael Fairman, Ryan Kwanten, Steve Adams
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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If 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)
James 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.
I 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)
Atmospheric, 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)
It's cool. What a really great story ! But... Ryan Kwanten's character seemed to don't give a s*** when his wife got BRUTALLY MURDERED, he just stares in emptiness.... The special effects were great too, and I loved the dummies, they were awsomely well made !
While I am never really scared by any part of this movie, I think it's one of the most visually stylish and neat horror films in recent histroy. As with Stay, although that one is a stronger overall film, the reason for my love is the visual. The scene where he starts in his apar...( read more)
I love the twist at the end of this movie - never would have seen it coming
Watched 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!
