- Release Date: 2007
- Runtime: 91 min
- Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Starring: Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg, Michael Fairman ... see all
- Director: James Wan
- Plot: Every town has it's own ghost story, and a local folktale around Ravens Fair is about a ventriloquist named Mary Shaw. After she went mad in the 1940s, she was... Read more
User Reviews
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Jan 09, 2009
tamdas8 - yahoo.com
Jan 09, 2009tamdas8 - yahoo.com
I kinda liked this movie you have to see 3 different story lines and watch the movie about 3 times to understadnd the movie which fails to match the story and the direction and it is a bit Gross but the... Full review
Absolutely Great
Jan 07, 2009
bigshialabeouffan - yahoo.com
Jan 07, 2009bigshialabeouffan - yahoo.com
This movie is absolutely great and it's very intense. The story is interesting and very exciting. The acting is great and the cast is very interesting. The direction by James Wan is pretty great and experienced. The visuals are stunning and... Full review
Memorable with an enjoyable twist
Nov 14, 2008
kjayne28 - yahoo.com
Nov 14, 2008kjayne28 - yahoo.com
Dead Silence requires that you journey with the actor in finding the secrets of his old town and Mary Shaw. The whole plot is actually quite simple yet the movie is constantly got you guessing. Like I said it's memorable because... Full review
Tongue Ripping
Oct 20, 2008
elgorditocangry - yahoo.com
Oct 20, 2008elgorditocangry - yahoo.com
It was pretty cool, i liked it, i saw it at midnight and I was pretty like WHAT THE *****? But it actually got me entertained.... Full review
Pretty Scary
Oct 03, 2008
killbillfan2003 - yahoo.com
Oct 03, 2008killbillfan2003 - yahoo.com
Dead Silence. The story was pretty scary and it was dark. It started out great, the middle was a little slow and the ending was breathtaking. The idea is mainly a woman named Mary Shaw who wants revenge by ripping out... Full review
this was an ok moive BUT....
Sep 26, 2008
jenniferquintanilla - yahoo.com
Sep 26, 2008jenniferquintanilla - yahoo.com
what was with the ending left me confused as hell but over all the moive was ok nothing to say it was great or bad. i just wish there was more to it then just on what you got for it.... Full review
Pretty Darn Scary
Sep 24, 2008
tyler_gradysl_08 - yahoo.com
Sep 24, 2008tyler_gradysl_08 - yahoo.com
Scared the crap out of me during several or more scenes. A superb story, but could have been carried out differently. Acting was ok. Overall worth the watch! I dare you to watch this alone in the dark.... Full review
AMAZING!!!
Sep 20, 2008
dascooppoop - yahoo.com
Sep 20, 2008dascooppoop - yahoo.com
this movie has a hillarious and clever story and the best twist ending since the sixth sense. It had me rolling on the floor laughing and is one of my favorite movies of all time.........and i seriously have no idea why... Full review
Best ever!
Sep 20, 2008
mario.banjo64 - yahoo.com
Sep 20, 2008mario.banjo64 - yahoo.com
Best horror movie ever. Provides with everything that people are afraid of. From dolls, to scary images & music. This movie will not scare much, but will amaze you with how amazing it is. Silence is what many people fear as... Full review
Exciting but don't have any point
Jul 19, 2008
armar_2735_witchbahal - yahoo.com
Jul 19, 2008armar_2735_witchbahal - yahoo.com
The director was good and the scenes and fog.... he knows what make people frighten but beside this factors must fit with strong story to make a memorable movie but the story have nothing to tell if we want to go... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Jul 05, 2007The Times of London
Unfortunately the cast are so supernaturally dim....James Wan and Leigh Whannell use those potent props the ventriloquist's puppet and an old nursery rhyme to piece together a gruesome tale of supernatural revenge..... ... Full Review
| Jun 27, 2007Monsters and Critics
I don't think that Wan and company made a bad film particularly but I don't think that it even comes close to the films that they were trying to emulate.
It might make a fun rental.
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| May 07, 2007ViewLondon
There are some classic horror movies about ventriloquists' dummies but, sadly, Dead Silence isn't one of them.
None of the supposedly shocking moments work and Wan's idea of suspense is to have Kwanten wander around a series of empty houses for several tedious minutes occasionally throwing in a thunderstorm to liven things up a bit.
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| Mar 20, 2007Deseret News
Review continues below "Dead Silence" is rated R for brutal violence, bloody imagery and don't-open-that-door scares.
There's a curse on the town, all right; soon enough it's recounted by the hero's dad (Bob Gunton), a rich, tuxedo-clad paraplegic whose gorgeous third wife (Amber Valletta) has a Cheshire cat grin.
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| Mar 19, 2007eFilmCritic.com
We could've used another good evil-dummy film....though director James Wan ( Saw ) botches it consistently.....Kwanten can't convey the anguish of a young husband who's just discovered his wife horribly disfigured (her mouth sliced wide open, like a dummy's);....Dead Silence , of all films, sorely needed.....It's a convoluted ghost story in which the ghastly stillness of the dummies hardly plays a role at all..... ... Full Review
News
"Beware the stare of Mary Shaw. She had no children only dolls. And if you see her in your dreams, do not ever, ever scream." ... Full Article
Dead Silence the Movie
associatedcontent.com –
2008-12-23
You scream. You die. But you guessed it - the creepy looking doll is apparently killing people in the most gruesome ways. It all leads to the small town of Ravens Fair and its legend about Mary Shaw - a... ... Full Article
E-Notes: CHARLIE CLOUSER CELEBRATES THE FIRST-PERSON SCORER IN 'RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION'
ifmagazine.com –
2007-10-05
E ach month, iF Magazine brings you Internet conversations with Hollywood 's top composers. This is E-Notes. Whether or not you're killing zombies in a video game or a Hollywood version of such, there's no better way to blast the... ... Full Article
Dead Silence
guardian.co.uk –
2007-07-08
Dead Silence has no pretence about its creaky horror intentions. While everyone else is still flogging the dead horse of 'torture porn', the writer-and-director team behind Saw (which accidentally kicked off that moribund cycle) have gone back to their roots... ... Full Article
Dead Silence
mirror.co.uk –
2007-07-06
DVD New Release: Dead Silence
associatedcontent.com –
2007-07-06
Beware the stare of Mary Shaw; she has wisely hired the director who made "Saw". It has been three years since first time director James Wan had his chance to break into the film industry with his monstrously successful horror... ... Full Article

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