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Dead Silence
Directed by
James Wan
R
2007
89m
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6.1
21%
51%
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After his wife meets a grisly end, Jamie Ashen returns to his haunted hometown of Ravens Fair to find answers. His investigation leads him to the ghost of a ventriloquist named Mary Shaw who seems to have ties to his entire family tree
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Cast of Dead Silence
Ryan Kwanten
Jamie Ashen
Amber Valletta
Ella Ashen
Donnie Wahlberg
Det. Lipton
Bob Gunton
Edward Ashen
Laura Regan
Lisa Ashen
Michael Fairman
Henry Walker
Joan Heney
Marion Walker
Dmitry Chepovetsky
Richard Walker
Judith Roberts
Mary Shaw
Steve Adams
Police officer
Keir Gilchrist
Young Henry
Shelley Peterson
Lisa's Mom
Steven Taylor
Michael Ashen
David Talbot
Priest
Enn Reitel
Billy (voice)
Julian Richings
Bos
Fred Tatasciore
Clown (voice)
Austin Majors
Michael Ashen (voice, uncredited)
Dead Silence Ratings & Reviews
jackmeat
January 3, 2025
My quick rating - 6.4/10. This is a creepy and atmospheric horror flick that thrives in the darkness. It presents a chilling tale of a man haunted by a ventriloquist dummy that arrives unexpectedly in the mail, unleashing a curse from his past. My review will give you a taste of what to expect without giving away too much, as it's best experienced firsthand. You know me and spoilers. One of its strengths lies in its ability to deliver good scares and tension. The film creates an eerie atmosphere that keeps viewers on the edge of their seats. The use of lighting and sound design is particularly effective, enhancing the overall creepy vibe and making it a perfect choice for a late-night movie session with the lights off. The plot revolves around the protagonist's struggle to unravel the mystery behind the curse and solve his wives murder. It's a classic horror setup with a supernatural twist, and the film maintains a sense of intrigue throughout. The story doesn't delve too much into explanation, which works in its favor, allowing the audience to piece things together and engage with the unfolding events. One aspect that adds a touch of humor to the film is the character of the cop assigned to the case, Donnie Wahlberg. His deadpan dialogue and amusing demeanor provide a welcome contrast to the darker elements of the story. This adds some levity to the narrative without detracting from the overall atmosphere. While this may not be a groundbreaking horror flick, it still offers an entertaining experience for fans of the genre. The scares are effective, the tension is palpable, and the mystery keeps you engaged. It's the kind of movie that should be on the list of horror enthusiasts who enjoy a good old-fashioned supernatural thriller.
Detroit Free Press
John Monaghan
Armed with a decent budget, director James Wan and co-screenwriter Leigh Wannell fashion at least a dozen sequences that are spooky even while they defy logic.
AV Club
Scott Tobias
Even without the mechanized death that made the Saw movies such a sensation, it doesn't take long to realize that director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell are merely trying to replace one twisty, gimmicky franchise with another.
Entertainment Weekly
Scott Brown
Terrified of puppets? Enjoy being scared? Then you'll be half-satisfied with Dead Silence, a rote horror pantomime.
Los Angeles Times
Ed Gonzalez
The movies have always asked us to suspend our disbelief, but Dead Silence demands our ignorance of its own derivations. A conflation of the horror genre's laziest tropes, plot angles and shorthands.
Lessons of Darkness
Nick Schager
Somehow operates under the assumption that a dumb nursery rhyme, a colorless visual palette punctuated by deep reds, and some creaky dolls will frighten anyone over the age of five.
Premiere Magazine
Glenn Kenny
While one might wish to commend Wan and company for making a horror pic that's less reliant on gore and gross sadism than the ones that they're normally associated are, what they're serving up as an alternative really lacks.
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
A kicky exercise in spook-show atmospherics that manages to hit all the right notes while never quite coalescing into the Dario Argento-esque aria of creepiness it so clearly aspires to.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
Wan and Whannell have a carnivalesque sense of fun and a sure instinct for recycling classic horror tropes, but their characters are so flat and their plotting so listless that this low-budget feature fails to generate much suspense.
Village Voice
Jim Ridley
Dolls are innately unnerving, but the movie's semi-menacing Charlie McCarthys never live up to their potential.
Variety
John Anderson
Formulaic and rather lazy exercise in booga-booga scare tactics.
Slant Magazine
Rob Humanick
Wan lays it on thick, for sure, but without feeling and (even worse) without reason.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
There is little wit and even less ingenuity here, the film lacking suspense, shocks and scares almost the entire way through.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
Director Wan demonstrates that he's equally effective working in a more classical vein, especially with his skillful use of chilling low-key sound effects and silence in several scary sequences.
UGO
Brian Tallerico
Fans coming from the Saw franchise are going to be bored to death by Dead Silence.
New York Times
Matt Zoller Seitz
The film's playfully self-aware touches (like a grand old theater named the Guignol) distract from its leaden pacing, three too many final twists and various behavioral idiocies.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
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 tropes.)
Rob's Movie Vault
Rob Gonsalves
All Wan and Whannell know is shock-and-awe tactics. They may shock, but there's no awe.
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub
There's no attempt at humor in Dead Silence, but the biggest sin in the film is the lack of scares.
Antagony & Ecstasy
Tim Brayton
It's awful. It eats your soul, it's so awful.
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Dead Silence Scene: Mary Shaw Is Heckled
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Dead Silence Scene: Lisa Gets Attacked By Billy
Dead Silence Scene: Lisa Gets Attacked By Billy
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Dead Silence Scene: Jaimie Talks To Detective Lipton
Dead Silence Scene: Jaimie Talks To Detective Lipton
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Dead Silence Scene: Jaimie And Lisa Talk About The Doll
Dead Silence Scene: Jaimie And Lisa Talk About The Doll
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Dead Silence Scene: Billy Scares Jaimie In His Hotel Room
Dead Silence Scene: Billy Scares Jaimie In His Hotel Room
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Dead Silence Scene: Jaimie Asks His Father About An Old Poem
Dead Silence Scene: Jaimie Asks His Father About An Old Poem
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