You can hear the basic elements of the Saw theme and sound interlaced throughout the score, creating a connection beyond just the ventriloquism. source: Universal Picturesīut all paths do not only lead home for Jamie but for Wan as well, reuniting not only with Whannell, but Saw‘s composer Charlie Clouser. Jamie, who returns home to Ravens Fair to bury his wife, is met with a deeper mystery surrounding Mary Shaw, her curse, and the “children” she crafted.
Wan and Whannell do not keep the audience hanging for long on the gruesome murder and the mystery surrounding the dummy. As he pursues Jamie’s culpability in his wife’s murder, he gives the film its needed “jerk” within the formula. With Wahlberg, his character gives the film not only an extra body for the film’s climactic finale but also an additional opposing force for Jamie. Enter Donny Wahlberg as smart-ass cop Detective Lipton. As heavy as the film is on its creep factor at this point, it is aware of the need to lighten up the moment and inject a little humor into the film.
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As Lisa is sliced by an unknown figure and thrown from the room, her untimely end becomes a truly terrifying discovery for Jamie.įollowing Lisa’s discovery, Wan crafts a series of iris lens-shaped shots framed literally by the iris of Jamie’s eye, transitioning from the discovery of her mutilated body to the coroner’s removal of her body and landing audiences into the hot seat of the local precinct.
The tinting of the film becomes bluer, almost death life, foreshadowing the horrific events that are to come. There is an unsettling feeling as the sound is slowly leached from the film, the silenced thunder, teakettle, and music creating an eerie vacuum of space that is almost suffocating. Unfortunately for Lisa, she is the real dummy. While she waits for Jamie, Lisa plans the perfect prank with the doll, hiding it under the covers of the bed to freak Jamie out when he returns.
They do not linger on the mystery of the delivery for long, as Jamie runs out to get them take out while Lisa stays behind. As they poke fun at the doll lightly, it draws memories of an old poem they once heard as a child – “Beware the stare of Mary Shaw”. Nothing good can come of it.Īs with most horror films, Jamie ( Ryan Kwanten, best known for True Blood) and Lisa ( Laura Regan) embrace the mystery package left outside their door, opening it revealing a case with a creepy ventriloquist doll inside. If an unmarked package arrives at your door, do not bring it in the house. “If anything happens, don’t scream.”Ī new rule for horror fans. Continuing their intrigue with ventriloquist dolls (Billy the Puppet from Saw, who makes an appearance here), Wan and Whannell lead viewers through a terrifying haunting of revenge and misdirection – where one scream of terror could cost you your life. For many, Dead Silence from director James Wan, has been a lasting terror when darkness falls and the room runs silent.ĭead Silence may not be the most known film from the brilliant horror duo of director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell, but it is definitely the creepiest. This is the power of horror, a power that is both feared and loved. It drives you to run through the darkroom, check around corners, hid all reflective surfaces, and leave the light on. There are horror movies that stick with you, that resonate in the recesses of your mind, constantly threatening to terrify and invade your dreams. Join us as we dive deep into the heart of horror, but warning, there will be spoilers. And occasionally looking at those that could have pushed the envelope further. Twice a month, I will be tackling all things horror, each month bringing two films back into the spotlight to terrify and frighten once more. Welcome back to the newest, and at times goriest, column here at Film Inquiry – Horrific Inquiry.
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