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Dead Silence

2007

James Wan

Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg, Michael Fairman ...

5.2

8,392

Horror A young widower (Kwanten) returns home in order to investigate his wife's murder, where he encounters the legend that has turned Raven's Fair into a ghost town.

	Author	Review
United States	Matt Zoller Seitz The New York Times	"The team behind the controversially brutal 'Saw' series, deliver the mandatory shocks and gross-outs, backed by dissonant bursts of music and made almost elegant by the cinematographer John R. Leonetti"	NEU
United States	Peter Hartlaub SFGATE	"There's no attempt at humor in 'Dead Silence,' but the biggest sin in the film is the lack of scares	NEG
United Kingdom	Anna Smith Empire	"For the love of Chucky, avoid this insipid attempt at reviving the killer doll horror (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Nigel Floyd Time Out	"Sadly, the overall effect is more creaky than creepy (...) It’s affectionately done, but rather pointless (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Scott Tobias AV Club	"James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell are merely trying to replace one twisty, gimmicky franchise with another (...) [Wan coaxes] the worst imaginable performances out of his actors"	NEG
United States	Scott Collura IGN	"Wan and Whannell have made a horror film for true fans of the genre (...) A simple yet pleasing story"	POS

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