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Dead Silence
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6.5Jamie 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.
Cast
- Ryan Kwanten as Jamie Ashen
- Amber Valletta as Ella Ashen
- Donnie Wahlberg as Det. Lipton
- Bob Gunton as Edward Ashen
- Laura Regan as Lisa Ashen
- Michael Fairman as Henry Walker
Themes
- funeral
- legend
- tombstone
- detective
- supernatural
- clown
- flashback
- ventriloquist
- urban legend
- curse
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Ratings
IMDb
6.1/10
106,735 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
22%
Metacritic
34/100
- Year
- 2007
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- R
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Key facts
- Directed by
- James Wan
- Screenplay by
- Leigh Whannell
- Story by
- James Wan Leigh Whannell
- Produced by
- Gregg Hoffman Oren Koules Mark Burg
- Starring
- Ryan Kwanten Amber Valletta Donnie Wahlberg Bob Gunton
- Cinematography
- John R. Leonetti
- Edited by
- Michael N. Knue
- Music by
- Charlie Clouser
- Production companies
- Universal Pictures , Twisted Pictures , (uncredited)
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release date
- March 16, 2007 ( 2007-03-16 )
- Running time
- 89 minutes 92 minutes (unrated cut)
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $20 million
- Box office
- $22.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 90
- FilmAffinity ID
- 911309
- Official website
- deadsilencemovie.net
Show 5 more facts
- publication date
- 2007-03-16
- title
- Dead Silence
- review score
- 34/100
- capital cost
- 20000000
- box office
- 22400000
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Dead Silence is a 2007 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wan and written by Leigh Whannell. The film stars Ryan Kwanten as Jamie Ashen, a young widower returning to his hometown to search for answers to his wife's death. It also stars Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg, and Bob Gunton.
Dead Silence was theatrically released in the United States on March 16, 2007, by Universal Pictures. The film was dedicated to Gregg Hoffman, who died in 2005. Upon release, it was considered a critical and commercial flop, earning $22.4 million on a $20 million production budget, and received negative reviews from critics, who criticized the script, characters and twist ending. However, it has since developed a cult following.