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Dead Silence (2007)

March. 16,2007
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Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dummy named Billy, which may be linked to the legend of ventriloquist Mary Shaw. Destined to find out the truth, Jamie goes to the town of Raven's Fair, where Shaw used to perform and is buried. But Jamie is in for more than he expected.

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Listonixio
2007/03/16

Fresh and Exciting

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Baseshment
2007/03/17

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

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FirstWitch
2007/03/18

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

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Roxie
2007/03/19

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

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paulclaassen
2007/03/20

Not only did James Wan take the haunted doll genre to a new level, he created an utterly suspenseful, interesting murder mystery. Exceptionally well done.

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gengar843
2007/03/21

DEAD SILENCE is a film about a cursed town plagued by the ghost of an evil woman out for revenge. First of all, the ghost was NOT an innocent in life, she deserved what she got, being a child murderer and using their body parts, so the premise is morally wrong on every level. Second, the town seems to have suffered murders and economic depression which should've brought publicity from every news outlet, because it's not like the town was sealed off or is in another dimension, so the "unreal" meter is on 11 here.Third, Donnie Wahlberg as the wisecracking cop is wasted opportunity, since his demeanor is all wrong, serious one minute, humorous in the wrong places the next, like a piano that plays a familiar song but makes you cringe from being out-of-tune. In fact, all the acting is overdone, and as far as I can tell not deliberately for laughs. Fourth, the tense scenes are way too long and the jump-scares not worth all the waiting. If you've never seen horror movies before, I suppose this will be OK with you, but not for anyone who's been to the movies. Even so, it doesn't excuse the long walks through halls which are completely unnecessary except to show there are no more ideas.Fifth, there WAS a good idea, which was a human puppeteer (Ella) manipulating human bodies (Mr. Ashen), and this would've been brilliant if it weren't submerged in all the overacting and bad writing.As for bad logic, here's one. Both boats are at the dock of Lost Lake, but Jamie doesn't think "how did Henry get across?" I hate gaping holes like that, especially when the characters can't see them. OK, so Jamie is dense - that doesn't really make me root for him, not like Hud from CLOVERFIELD.So overall, not really much to recommend here.

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hongkong666
2007/03/22

Director James Wan is known for his passion for Horror movies. So it is not a surprise at all, that Dead Silence turns out to be a very enjoyable Movie about puppets coming to life. Instead of going the direction towards Child's Play this movie sides more with Puppet Horror such as Annabelle, but before you already turn it down just by hearing the title reference, you can relax. Dead Silence succeeds where Annabelle has failed in my opinion, simply because James Wan is getting his effects done right. I am not really sure if I like Ryan Kwanten in the leading role, but this may only be me. The acting was good and I was really happy to see Bob Gunton in the role of Jamies' father. It's been a long time since I have seen the villain of the glorious The Shawshank Redemption and even though he of course has aged I noticed him right from the spot. If dolls are creeping you out, this movie will do just fine to add some chills to your spine. Enjoy!

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snperera
2007/03/23

Creepy, creepy, creepy. This movie is what nightmares are made of! I will always love this movie because it is not only scary but I believe it's original in a way. I know scary movies with ventriloquist dolls have probably been around before...but this movie I believe added something new to it. The acting is great and you really feel like you are on this journey with the main character to find out what's going on. The enemy in this movie is very good as well. Her face is terrifying and the song that goes along with it is equally as terrifying. I would say the only thing that I don't like about the movie is the ending and at times the movie has it slow and boring parts but overall it is a great horror movie.

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