Dead Silence is one of the better horror movies I’ve seen. I got the inspiration to watch this movie after hearing Headbanger – Never Ever Scream. That track cites the poem that goes throughout the movie;

“Beware the stare of Mary Shaw. She had no children only dolls. And if you see her in your dreams, do not ever, ever scream.”

That pretty much summarizes the movie too. A dude gets his wife murdered after someone (unknown person) has sent him a doll to his apartment. Of course he’s immediately suspected of the murder, but the police decides to let him free for now. With his newly gained freedom he decides to head back to his father and old home town, where there supposedly was a legend about a woman named Mary Shaw – and her dolls. You get to know the story about this Mary Shaw and the dude suspects that it is someone using her to get to him.

The thing is, if Mary Shaw sets after you, you will die if you scream. Everytime someone screams the rips his/her tongue out and kill the person in question. Not a nice lady, and scary as hell is she too. Look at the picture below.

Mary Shaw’s body- Dead on the floor, scary as a motherfucker!

Dead Silence is directed by James Wan – the same dude that directed the Saw movies. Only that fact would hold as an argument why this movie is great. The Saw movies are great, so why wouldn’t this also be fabulous? And indeed it is. Even some of the cast is re-used. Donnie Wahlberg acts as a cop here too.

The fact that it is dolls that are a major part of the movie makes is even more scary. Dolls are always scary. You know it. Dolls and clowns are among the most scary stuff ever invented. This movie even has a clown-doll. That is double scary. See below.

Clown-doll – that motherfucker is scary as hell. I hate him. He even has an evil look in his face!

The gore-scenes are not that spectacular, but that doesn’t really bother me. Everything else in the movie is simply wonderful and amazing. The scenery, the music, the actors, that old-fashioned style of buildings and everything made me go crazy – of horror, as it should be in a horror movie. You’re not even guaranteed a happy ending with this film.

You have to see this one if you haven’t already. It’s a golden piece you can’t afford to miss.