James Wan, who gave us SAW, writes and directs this creepy ghost story. Jamie Ashen(Ryan Kwanten)receives a ventriloquist dummy in the mail. Sender unknown. Moments later, as he is out of the apartment, his young wife Lisa(Laura Regan)is murdered and her tongue is ripped out. Jamie returns to his hometown of Ravens Fair to unravel a children's nursery rhyme that may give him clues to his wife's death. The rhyme is about a woman named Mary Shaw, who was a ventriloquists that was murdered and buried with 101 or her "children", a collection of hand made dummies for her act in vaudeville. The small town at one time lived in fear because of mysterious and haunting deaths possibly related to Mary Shaw. Tension is thick as bricks. The atmosphere is creepy. Perfect for a good scare. Also in the cast: Donnie Wahlberg, Michael Fairman, Amber Valletta and Judith Roberts.
Review of Dead Silence
