Exclusive: Dead Silence trailer premiere
Your first look at Saw director James Wan's next horror flick... only on IGN Movies!
From the creative duo behind the fan favorite Saw franchise — writer/actor Leigh Whannell and writer/director James Wan — comes their next venture in horror filmmaking, the supernatural thriller Dead Silence.
Newlyweds Jamie (Ryan Kwanten) and Lisa Ashen have established a new life for themselves far from their hometown of Ravens Fair — a sleepy, near-forgotten blip on the map haunted by late-night whispers and ghost stories from generations past. But when Lisa is gruesomely murdered, Jamie reluctantly returns to Ravens Fair for the funeral, intent on unraveling the mystery surrounding her death.
Once back under his family's roof, reunited with his ill father (Bob Gunton) and his father's new young bride (Amber Valletta), Jamie begins to explore the creepy town and encounters the legend of Mary Shaw — a famous murdered ventriloquist whose presence still casts a pall over Ravens Fair. As the lead suspect in his wife's murder, Jamie is forced to dig deep into the town's bloody past for answers, where he soon uncovers the truth behind the curse that ended Lisa's life and threatens to take his as well.
"It's a ghost story at the end of the day," notes Wan, the film's director. "It's about the ghost of a ventriloquist who died many years ago. And now she's back and this doll has something to do with it. … There's nothing creepier than a creepy doll that just sits there and doesn't do anything. It just sits there staring at you — that's what is so scary. It's not like Chucky. It doesn't need to run around with a knife or anything like that. It just needs to sit there and look at you."
A departure from the grindhouse-style of film Wan is typically known for, Dead Silence borrows more from its early horror ancestors when setting up its scares.
"Unlike the Saw films, this film is not about shocking you with the blood and guts," explains Wan. "It's more about trying to build a creepy atmosphere or a mood like in one of those old fashioned ghost story movies. That's what it's really about. It's definitely a loving tribute to those older, scary movies that I grew up with. I feel like the only people missing from my cast are Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee!"
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This doesn't look too bad.
Your first look at Saw director James Wan's next horror flick... only on IGN Movies!
From the creative duo behind the fan favorite Saw franchise — writer/actor Leigh Whannell and writer/director James Wan — comes their next venture in horror filmmaking, the supernatural thriller Dead Silence.
Newlyweds Jamie (Ryan Kwanten) and Lisa Ashen have established a new life for themselves far from their hometown of Ravens Fair — a sleepy, near-forgotten blip on the map haunted by late-night whispers and ghost stories from generations past. But when Lisa is gruesomely murdered, Jamie reluctantly returns to Ravens Fair for the funeral, intent on unraveling the mystery surrounding her death.
Once back under his family's roof, reunited with his ill father (Bob Gunton) and his father's new young bride (Amber Valletta), Jamie begins to explore the creepy town and encounters the legend of Mary Shaw — a famous murdered ventriloquist whose presence still casts a pall over Ravens Fair. As the lead suspect in his wife's murder, Jamie is forced to dig deep into the town's bloody past for answers, where he soon uncovers the truth behind the curse that ended Lisa's life and threatens to take his as well.
"It's a ghost story at the end of the day," notes Wan, the film's director. "It's about the ghost of a ventriloquist who died many years ago. And now she's back and this doll has something to do with it. … There's nothing creepier than a creepy doll that just sits there and doesn't do anything. It just sits there staring at you — that's what is so scary. It's not like Chucky. It doesn't need to run around with a knife or anything like that. It just needs to sit there and look at you."
A departure from the grindhouse-style of film Wan is typically known for, Dead Silence borrows more from its early horror ancestors when setting up its scares.
"Unlike the Saw films, this film is not about shocking you with the blood and guts," explains Wan. "It's more about trying to build a creepy atmosphere or a mood like in one of those old fashioned ghost story movies. That's what it's really about. It's definitely a loving tribute to those older, scary movies that I grew up with. I feel like the only people missing from my cast are Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee!"
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This doesn't look too bad.
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