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Dead Silence
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R,1hr 30min
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March 16, 2007
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Universal Pictures
Synopsis: "Saw" duo James Wan and Leigh Whannell reteam for this chilling tale of a widower (Ryan Kwanten) who returns to his hometown to unearth clues about his recently departed wife's untimely death. In the quiet town of Ravens Fair, children taunt one another with spooky stories about a ventriloquist whose mind was ravaged by insanity. Mary Shaw was a popular entertainer until she was accused of murdering a young boy. Subsequently hunted and captured by the vengeful townspeople, Mary's tongue ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
This new movie is a more credible, less grisly act of filmmaking , but it's a less compelling exercise. It doesn't have the ruthless moral reasoning of the first two "Saw" pictures, however grotesque and specious that reasoning was. But it does have a plot that revolves around a ventriloquist and her demon doll. Full Review
Metascore
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34
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Featured Cast
Jamie Ashen
Ella Ashen
Detective Lipton
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Ella (Amber Valletta) unearths ventriloquist dummy Billy from the grave in "Dead Silence" (Universal...
Jamie Ashen (Ryan Kwanten) and the ventriloquist dummy Billy in "Dead Silence" (Universal Pictures)
Ghost Mary Shaw (Judith Roberts) seeks her vengeance in "Dead Silence" (Universal Pictures)
Ella (Amber Valletta) receives visitors in her Ravens Fair home in "Dead Silence" (Universal...
Ventriloquist Mary Shaw (Judith Roberts) with her favorite son, dummy Billy, in "Dead Silence"...
The corpse of Mary Shaw (Judith Roberts) is made into a disgusting doll in "Dead Silence" (Universal...
Ventriloquist dummy Billy stands in front of his hundreds of brothers and sisters in "Dead Silence"...
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