Dead Silence 1997  R, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Daniel Petrie Jr.
Cast: James Garner, Kim Coates, Marlee Matlin, Lolita Davidovich, Charles Martin Smith, Kenneth Welsh, James Villemaire, Gary Basaraba, Barclay Hope, Blu Mankuma
FBI agent John Potter (James Garner) is assigned to deal with a hostage crisis in which three escaped convicts have captured a school bus transporting deaf students and their teacher Melanie Charrol (Marlee Matlin).
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Dead Silence 2007   R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Director: James Wan
Cast: Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg, Bob Gunton, Michael Fairman, Joan Heney, Laura Regan, Dmitry Chepovetsky, Judith Roberts, Keir Gilchrist, Steven Taylor, David Talbot, Steven Adams, Shelley Peterson
Jamie Ashen (Ryan Kwanten) returns to his hometown of Ravens Fair to bury his wife Lisa (Laura Regan) who was murdered and her tongue ripped out shortly after receiving a mysterious box containing a ventriloquist's dummy. As if that were not bad enough, police Detective Jim Lipton (Donnie Wahlberg) suspects that Jamie is the killer, but Jamie is looking for clues to solve the murder and clear his name. Ravens Fair has been plagued with murders in which the victims' tongues were torn out ever since ventriloquist Mary Shaw (Judith Roberts) was accused of murder and her tongue ripped out before she was executed. As Jamie proceeds in his investigation, he finds himself dealing not only with the ghost of Mary Shaw but with her dummy as well as he uncovers the truth behind the brutal murders in Ravens Fair. 1 User Review
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| | Hammer Horror at its best | Sadie 07/28/2007 | | Dead Silence Is a horror thrill ride unlike anyother...It proves once a gain that you can make a scary movie without unlimited gore, granted there is a little. It sets an atmosphere parelleled by none. Its a genuinly scary movie with a strong cast. Wan and Whenell out did themselves with this genre changeing follow up film worthy of being connected to the saw franchise..although it takes a totally diffrent atmosphere. Its about a young man named Jamie Ashen (Ryan Kwanten) on a search to find out the truth behind a childhood poem adout Mary Shaw (Judith Roberts) when he believes it is connected to the death of his wife Lisa Ashen (laura Regan) he returns to his childhood home Of Ravensfair...a town plauged with painful memories and and a dark secret. All the while being followed by sarcastic Detective Lipton (Donnie Wahlburg). Jamie may have stumbled into somthing bigger than he had ever expected.....you scream, you die. |
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Wilbur Falls 1998 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Dead Silence
Director: Juliane Glantz
Cast: Danny Aiello, Sally Kirkland, Shanee Edwards, Cherilyn Hayres, Charles Newmark, Maureen Stapleton, Suzanne Cryer, Fred Stoller, Peter Kovner, David Anthony Marshall
Renata (Shanee Edwards) is giving the valedictorian address at her high-school graduation when she drops her bomb: she killed a classmate. Flashbacks tell the tale of what happened, and before long the audience will probably not care as the film meanders into abortion, lesbian affairs, and other matters.
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| Oscar: Best Actress for Children of a Lesser God (1986) |
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| Oscar: Best Supporting Actress for Reds (1981) |
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