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Dead Silence
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Dead Silence is a 2007 American horror mystery film directed by James Wan, with a screenplay by Leigh Whannell. Its cast includes Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg and Bob Gunton, and it addresses supernatural themes.
Produced by Mark Burg, Oren Koules and Gregg Hoffman through Twisted Pictures, with cinematography by John R. Leonetti and music by Charlie Clouser, the film had a budget of $20,000,000 and a box office of $22,400,000. It ran 89 minutes and was distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix.
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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
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- supernatural
- Director
- James Wan
- Screenwriter
- Leigh Whannell
- Cast member
- Steven Taylor
- Composer
- Charlie Clouser
- Producer
- Gregg Hoffman
- Production company
- Twisted Pictures
- Cinematographer
- John R. Leonetti
- Duration
- 90
- FilmAffinity ID
- 911309
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- deadsilencemovie.net
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- publication date
- 2007-03-16
- title
- Dead Silence
- distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 34/100
- capital cost
- 20000000
- box office
- 22400000
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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