A "suspenseful horror movie" that is neither suspenseful nor scary!

Dereck 2022-03-25 09:01:09

This film can be divided into two parts. The first part is a suspense-solving style from the beginning of the male protagonist and his wife receiving a puppet package to the murder of the male protagonist's wife until the police intervene. At the same time, the Lord also molested the audience until the end of the film, which is a ghost movie style. If it weren't for the suspenseful case-solving style in the first paragraph, I might not have been able to watch the entire film. The plot is very simple: the revenge and murder journey of the ghost of Mary Shaw, a middle-aged woman who performs ventriloquism. In the first half of the film, the existence of the female ghost was revealed early, and there was no suspense. In the second half, because the director and screenwriter did not give the male protagonist any ability to fight against ghosts, the male protagonist was like a headless fly scurrying around and being molested. Until the end of being turned into a puppet by a female ghost, the horror scene of the whole process is that the puppet turns his eyes or suddenly appears next to the male protagonist, so it is not terrifying. In the end, the so-called reversal scene is even more superfluous, not only has no effect on the whole film plot, but is more like a deliberate attempt to please the audience: "I reversed here, it's not easy!".

View more about Dead Silence reviews

Extended Reading

Dead Silence quotes

  • Jamie Ashen: What do you want me to tell you!

    Det. Jim Lipton: Something less perplexing than a ghost story.

  • Det. Jim Lipton: [walks up to Jamie] Can you help me with a missing persons case? I'm looking for a male.

    [points to Jamies Head]

    Det. Jim Lipton: Bout this tall. Sometimes seen with a hand up his ass.