The Silence
The Silence is a 2019 horror film directed by John R. Leonetti and starring Kiernan Shipka, Stanley Tucci, Miranda Otto, and John Corbett. The screenplay by Carey and Shane Van Dyke adapts the 2015 horror novel of the same name by Tim Lebbon. The film depicts a world under attack by creatures who hunt by sound. Shipka plays a deaf teenager who seeks shelter with her family, and a cult tries to take advantage of her fertility.
Plot
A cave research team unearths an unknown species of pterosaur-like creature, referred to as "vesps", from a mine. The vesps violently kill the researchers, fly out of the mine, and seek the noisiest areas.
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author | Carey Wayne Van Dyke Shane Van Dyke |
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contentLocation | New Jersey |
director | John R. Leonetti |
editor | Michele Conroy |
genre | horror |
keywords | best friend car accident cult emergency alert system emergency broadcast. federal government of the united states flee fly force hear infect little girl lock lung cancer morning pet dog plan pterosaur rattlesnake religious cult run scream state of emergency storm drain teenage girl traffic jam trap turn u.s. government unknown species woodchipper |
musicBy | tomandandy |
producer | Alexandra Milchan Robert Kulzee Scott Lambert |
publisher | Netflix |
theme | monster movie |