Monday 9 July 2007

Dead Silence (2007) 7/10

Starring : Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg, Michael Fairman, Joan Heney, Judith Roberts
Director : James Wan
Running Time : 92 mins

Following the receipt of a ventriloquist’s dummy in the post, the wife of Jamie Ashen (Kwanten) is brutally murdered, her face carved up to look like a dummy! Jamie suspects that the doll and it’s owner, Mary Shaw (Roberts) are behind the murder, so he travels back to his home town to try and find answers to why his wife was killed. But what he finds leaves him with more questions than answers…

This movie pretty much takes elements from a number of horror classics, ranging from Child’s Play to Candyman, whilst still remaining quite original in its theme. It takes the idea of an urban myth come to life and throws this in with a modern murder investigation. Although not as good as Saw, you can really tell that this was made by the same people, and I’m expecting Dead Silence 2 to be released some time next summer.

You’ll like this if you liked : Candyman

1 comment:

JaSoN said...

When you have the director of Saw making another horror movie, then you know it's gonna be gory with many twists along the way! If are you big time Donnie Wahlberg fans, then you guys should chcek out his new show on Spike TV called the Kill Point. DW plays a hostage negotiator in the middle of a bank robbery gone wrong. John Leguizamo plays the leader of the bank robbers. There are many twists and turns along the way, and this show is packed with star power! Check out the site www.killpoint.spiketv.com to see some clips, behind the scene footage, and bios of the characters. And don't forget to tune in on July 22nd to the Spike TV network to see the premiere episode of the Kill Point at 10 PM.