Dead Silence
Dead Silence is a 2007 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wan and written by Leigh Whannell. The film stars Ryan Kwanten, Judith Roberts, Donnie Wahlberg, and Amber Valletta. Upon release, it was a box office bomb, grossing only $22 million against a $20 million budget.
Plot
Jamie Ashen and his wife, Lisa, receive an anonymous gift of a ventriloquist doll called "Billy". As Lisa is playing with Billy while Jamie goes to pick their carry-out dinner order, a figure approaches her, causing her to scream. Later, Jamie returns home and finds Lisa dead with her tongue cut out. After Jamie is released from custody by Detective Jim Lipton due to lack of evidence, he spots inside Billy's box a mysterious message about "Mary Shaw", a deceased ventriloquist from his hometown, Raven's Fair.
More details
| author | Leigh Whannell |
|---|---|
| director | James Wan |
| editor | Michael Knue |
| events | supernatural |
| genre | horror |
| keywords | bury cut discover estrange force kill lynch motel room move murder nursery rhyme photo album possess rise up silence ventriloquist young boy |
| musicBy | Charlie Clouser |
| producer | Gregg Hoffman Mark Burg Oren Koules |
| productionCompany | Twisted Pictures Universal Studios |
| publisher | Lionsgate Universal Studios |