Silent House

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Gave Me A Headache

by Installredge

This movie gave me a headache. There was so much blurred vision shaky camera filming it was actually annoying. Movie got so slow people started talking loudly in the theatre. Don't waste your money....

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1970s horror revised

by Hoffmaier

Silent House reminded me of a 1970s horror movie, which is the highest praise that I can give to a horror movie. Although the ending was pure DePalma, the first two thirds was early Wes Craven....

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Not every story needs a twist

by plain_jane_rotten

The concept of a single take, without the camera breaking away even once is a great idea. For the first half of the movie I was /really/ into it. It was intense, it was terrifying, it was...

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Critic Reviews

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NPR
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Silent House is smart about its scares as well as its delivery method. Read full review

83
Entertainment Weekly
| Lisa Schwarzbaum

A denouement more textbook than thrilling stalls some of the movie's power. But the early chills are potent, intense. Read full review

75
San Francisco Chronicle
| Mick LaSalle

Silent House feels relentless, suffocatingly tense and almost unbearable. And that's a very good thing. Read full review

63
Washington Post
| Michael O'Sullivan

It will make you jump, to be sure, and your heart to beat a little bit faster. But what's truly scariest about it takes place not in the body, but in the mind. Read full review

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Elizabeth Olsen as Sarah in "Silent House.''