The killer Ventriloquist - Dead Silence (2007) Explained

[@KayeHalliwell]

I actually like that she was guilty. It’s a subversion of the trope you mention exactly. They’re always innocent and come back for revenge. And a woman who killed a child she didnt know out of spite would absolutely come back as a serial killer ghost to avenge her death.

[@corentinrichard9864]

An innocent who seeks vengeance is understable, but an evil person who came back to do more evil file you up with despair.

[@stephonmanny7555]

Me too.

[@cringusmoss9937]

Yeah I was immediately struck by how much more effective it is. WAY scarier that a ghost is also a serial killer. If you're innocent and get lynched or whatever it makes more sense to come back for revenge against those specific people. But that's not scary as a viewer unless you empathize with the lynchers , which is a tall order. They usually get around this by making the reveal of the lynch type crime be a main characters parent but then you're looping right back around to the innocent victim killing children for their fathers crimes. Lame.

[@teeboz6237]

That’s why the 2010 a nightmare on elm street should have stuck with that premise. It’s such a good way to make the villain understandable.

[@jamestruss8817]

This is one of few movies that still instinctively gives me chills when watching it. I love horror movies, and this absolute gem is one of my favorites despite my hatred for dolls. I’m glad you covered it, keep up the great videos.

[@BraveImmortal101]

This movie 😂 made me sleep with my lamp on

[@BraveImmortal101]

For a week I was 20

[@annegrey6447]

This is one of the few horror films that can still give me the creeps. I love it.

[@stephanieperri5012]

For me it's Dolly Dearest. I watched it when I was way too young. It gave me a phobia of dolls. I saw it was on TV last Halloween. I got like 3 min in & couldn't do it.

[@gumpoppers]

Skeleton key scares me

[@sisterseeth]

"beware the STARE of Mary Shaw" - I watched this on repeat back in the day lol

[@susanstorm7910]

Facts. It bothered me too

[@mysteryman4013]

I’m a simple guy, I see Cogan post I watch

[@unknownodin]

Watch Cogan much happiness

[@dwaynesingleton5481]

Real.

[@utgfam876]

Dah idiot yah man🤣😅

[@diongreen3261]

absolutely

[@MannyOjeda-fd7tc]

Logan*

[@TheDreadiSBlack]

This & Stay Alive might’ve been 2 of my favorite horror movies when I was a kid. Scary but in a really fictional kinda way. I honestly think these are 2 of your best videos too.

[@tiffani-amberstuurman8025]

I absolutely adore this style of horror!! Its so nostalgic and makes you wanna have a horror marathon

[@Mcherri]

Haha stay alive gave me nightmares not as bad as bogeyman 3 but still I watch this when I was very young with my mum she got me into horror I could watch Freddy vs Jason and all those without nightmares. I watched dead silence with a friend and we couldn’t stop singing the song we did it to creep each other out.

[@orionb5217]

I absolutely loved Stay Alive I remember they were going to make a video game but I don’t think it ever happened 😂

[@travit666]

0:34 every single ventriloquist dummy that I ever see always looks like fucking slappy from Goosebumps it's so disturbing

[@OwenSnelson-i8t]

😂😂 fo real

[@elburropeligroso4689]

I think Slappy was a reimagining of creepy ass dummies from the 1950's. I can't remember the name, but there was an episode of the Twilight Zone where a ventriloquist whose dummy comes to life and starts hunting him down. Slappy looks just like the doll in that episode. At least Jeff Dunham made ventriloquism a lot more funnier and less creepy!😅

[@_Spy_]

I would love for a sequel or a prequel of this movie. The story was interesting and honestly I always wanted to see more of Mary Saw. I love the fact that she is just a bad guy, not someone misunderstood, a victim, a failed artist or something among those lines. She is just a bad guy that killed a child, you know what I mean? I would love to see a movie about her.

[@mellemadswoestenburg1296]

A sequel is probably not going to happen since there is nothing to expand upon. She accomplished her goal, all the families she was after are now wiped out. A prequel could technically happen but I'm not sure if it's necessary. We already know everything about Mary Shaw and how she ended up as the vengeful wraith she is in the movie. So as much as I would love some sort of expansion of this story I don't think it'll work.

[@_Spy_]

@@mellemadswoestenburg1296 Yeah unfortunately, unless the writer is really good in order to give us a good story. And nothing is good in terms of script and characters these days so it ain't happening.

[@ricardoaquino4285]

The only way I think a sequel could happen would be like a Blair Witch direction of people interested in ghost hunting/urbex exploring Raven’s Fair. By now the town would definitely be a ghost town.

[@XvFenixvX]

​@mellemadswoestenburg1296 there's all sorts of stuff to explore in the middle (after dying but before the current events). Things like the killings happening IN the town. Things revolving around those early years of haunting and how people discovered who it was doing them would be neat. It takes a lot to terrorize an entire town into being petrified of even saying your name

[@Aedra101]

Its been years since ive seen this movie mentioned anywhere! Thank you so much for covering it, dead silence is such a good movie! So many movies use sound to cue the jumpscares and stuff, but the moments when the sound completely cuts out in this movie are some of the best moments to me! Its one of the few movies ive ever seen that does that! Idk if there are others that can achieve the same sort of thing, but it works so well here!

[@katharis785]

Also, when Mary tells Jamie why she killed Lisa, she adds (in Lisa's voice) "Oh Jamie, you adopted us a baby." in I think the theatrical cut. Lisa said that when they opened the mysterious package.

[@turtlepieces]

This movie is one of the movies responsible for my love of horror movies. I probably shouldn't have been watching this at 7 years old but it's a core memory.

[@valeria_sue777]

The alternative ending wasn't just "better", it was *PERFECT* ! It unknotted almost everything and gave the stepmother a full arc

[@psyolytesaille]

I didn't know that was the alternate ending or that there was one. That was the ending.

[@vickylandry51]

This movie is actually terrifying haha really great story telling here. The alternate ending was actually what I believed to be the true ending, because that is the only one I've seen. Its so damn smart and disturbing haha amazing video

[@OwenSnelson-i8t]

What there's an alternative ending 😮😮

[@fnord4960]

Just to point out, Mary Shaw enacted this generational long revenge quest over a child heckling her. She’s as petty as she is evil.

[@pandamonium9255]

She got that activist rage. 😂

[@susanstorm7910]

@@pandamonium9255bruh 😂😂😂😅😅😅

[@andrewhoskins2082]

The level of petty i aspire to

[@VampireFolkloreVideos]

Bro, this breakdown was one of the best i've seen. Amazing!

[@jazcc]

This is one a the few movies that actually scared me.

[@teniquag1]

I’m 41 years old and this movie is still terrifying to me!😂

[@susanstorm7910]

Omg I’m 30 so same 😂😂

[@marcwolf60]

64 for me..

[@marybethbizzle]

this movie is sooo under appreciated!!!!!! LOVE this movie

[@Yurrr69]

bro henry’s dad did everything for that lady after her death rip henry

[@jazcc]

Wow it had an alternate ending. You made my day

[@nagphillips7886]

You did a great job. So happy I KZbin suggested it. I agree this movie is under apricated. Back in the day when women were found unable to have children their marriage would fall through. I think it's kinda just one of those things most older people understood back when the movie was released, is that she couldn't have children which would cause her to try and find love somewhere else. Some people use pets to fill the hole in their heart. I think everyone has or know of an aunt with a bunch a cats that never had kids. Marian may of warned Jamie but Henry spilled all the beans and told the whole story.

[@Anon-qp3kt]

You’re right. This movie is a classic B horror you show to your kids and traumatize them enough that they’ll never bring a creepy doll into the house

[@Rarazan]

another banger, another banger by Cogan from Cogan Lollins channel

[@damianstarks3338]

I forgot how terrifying this horror movie is can’t thank you enough for bringing this criminally underrated horror movie back to my attention. Perfect in depth analysis of this terrifying horror movie character

[@Alcadior]

I won't lie, i subscribed to you years ago, in the sole hope you would review this movie. This movie TERRIFIED me as a kid, 7 year old me stole this from my sisters room and watched it on her old portable DVD player and by god being the first horror movie i had ever watched i wasn't ready. I've watched it since and i don't find it all that scary anymore but at the time i couldn't look at dolls for months. My mother had a porcelain doll cabinet and i cried every time I saw it. I would have been in more trouble for taking my sisters DVD player but I guess the traumatization was punishment enough lol.

[@WebofShadows19]

One of my favorites! Thank you for covering it.

[@ThorsGhostHunting]

My favorite movie of all time!! Thank you for this video🔥

[@futureDreamer4]

I rewatched this the other day. Still holds up till this day. Great movie!

[@Anonymous-sx1zc]

This is one of the only scary movies that I couldn't finish or watch alone because of how scary it was for me. I still remember asking my younger brother if he wanted to watch it with me. 😂

[@daianspahava8279]

Dead silence was my favorite as a kid and still is today, so creepy and original

[@RFCEB]

Love this channel so much! Happy new year cogan💙

[@prettyboi650]

I wish there was a part two to explore all those good points but I’m glad I found this video to answer the questions

[@npcfoam8611]

You should do a review on the supernatural in video games, like idk the quarry's werewolves they have a very unique creative aspect and story

[@CaptainTeach1]

Or supernatural comics

[@chasebell7100]

He did this pretty sure

[@kasongoldston2229]

This was extremely enjoyable, i hope and would like to see you go in depth on more horror movies in the future including one explaining the lore on that saw doll you mentioned

[@corentinrichard9864]

Thank you Cogan!!! I will watch this tomorrow morning on my way to work :) Salut from France ! ^^

[@rltw2753]

Full stop … nobody in their right mind is excepting that doll and setting it up on their bed ..

[@itsmainelyyou5541]

Just a slight correction, _somber_ is the word you're looking for. To saunter means to walk slowly and easily. Now, watching Billy saunter up to your bedside would be terrifying!

[@jayrossxo]

This movie terrified me and made me really dislike ventriloquist dolls, along with Goosebumps ventriloquist doll. l This is one of my favourite horror movies!

[@cringusmoss9937]

12:34 Assaulting an officer? Are you in his hotel room on duty, in an official capacity? Or are you just antogonizing your primary suspect off hours and handling evidence without proper chain of custody? Just because your day job is in the porcine sector doesn't mean you can walk around antagonizing people without consequence. Actually, i live in America and after a moments reflection this may be the most realistic part of the movie. If this case went to court any halfway decent defense attorney would have a field day with Officer "we have Donny Walburg at home". And you KNOW Joeys rich and guilty dad is hiring the dream team. That trial would lead to a dozen Kardashians down the line.

[@SHANE_M_TAPIA]

That IS Donnie Wahlberg

[@joshuakanapkey6570]

Definitely underappreciated! And right up my alley for supernatural horror. Three movies defined my childhood horror experience, two of which apply to Dead Silence: The first was Poltergeist; we saw it at a drive-in theater, and the scene with the clown absolutely messed me up! Because I HAD that clown, and I'm pretty sure I was around the same age as the boy. Within 5 minutes of being tucked into bed that night, I couldn't take it anymore and was screaming for my parents to "get it out". Never saw that toy again. And I generally hate clowns to this day. The second incident was a few years later. On Saturdays, after the cartoons ended, one of the local stations would do a double-feature of B-horror/cult movies followed by Hong Kong Action Theater (truly, my '80s childhood was blessed). One of the horror movies that was shown was Anthony Hopkins in MAGIC. And while I didn't fully realize everything that was actually going on in that movie, the ventriloquist dummy has stuck with me ever since. I recently rewatched it, and it is a very tense movie. Anyway, these 2 movies set me up nicely for Dead Silence, which doesn't get great ratings from most, but that doesn't matter to me. Just to finish the grounding of my childhood horror experience, the third movie was The Howling. I first saw parts of it when I returned home from staying the night at my friend's across the street - I just wasn't comfortable over there, so I left, and no one was in the living room at the time, so I crawled behind this cabinet-table in the corner between the couch and my dad's recliner. It had 2 shelves that allowed me a perfect view of the tv, which was on HBO showing The Howling. I managed to watch a decent amount of it before I freaked out from one of the werewolf attacks. Not sure which one, but I got loud and my folks came from their room pretty fast; especially since I wasn't supposed to be there. Oddly, within the month, I was able to watch the whole movie at a babysitter's. 😆 Good times.

[@theshadowstrike6]

One of my favorite movies from that era, criminally underrated!

[@rodneywilson9192]

I just had the strangest and most ironic glitch for this video The audio stopped as soon as I clicked this video and I watched several minutes in complete silence thinking it was a gag before restarting and then realizing it has audio 😂

[@greenekryptonite]

You should do a classic movie next, like Silver Bullet. That terrified me as a kid

[@Havok91]

The idea of a ghost coming back because she was killed for her actual crimes is a decent path to take. It shows that she's deluded enough to think she shouldn't have been killed, and that her evil goes beyond the grave. She's meant to be a monster, not someone you feel sympathy for, and your supposed to be wary of her returning in a sequel.

[@susanstorm7910]

Cogan is the best

[@ninismith2370]

YES THIS IS LITERALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITES. YEEEEESSSSS. I APPRECIATE THIS SO MUCH. OMGGGGG😁😁🥳

[@leileyaravencroft]

Just saw this video on my feed. I haven’t watched yet but I have to say, I don’t care what anyone says, Dead Silence was one of my favorite horror movies along with Stay Alive. Were they good? No. Were they exceptionally acted? Not really. I don’t know what it is about them specifically, but they just hit me a different kind of way than other horror movies. I found Dead Silence’s rhyme about Mary Shaw actually very haunting and the twist did cause me to gasp out loud when I first saw it. Many people will say that they saw it coming and quite frankly, outside of one angle, I did too, but still… when it hit… I still gasped.

[@thomas-stilinski8149]

Love whenever a new video drops

[@youtubewatcher6124]

I still remember a memory when I was a kid, I was sleeping and my fan suddenly stop, I thought I was a goner hid under the blanket until I wake up in the morning they told me the electricity got cutoff

[@LuisGonzalez-gl4wc]

Yes, this movie scared me also. Anything supernatural scares me more than horror movies of the mortal realm.

[@susanstorm7910]

I always wanted more of this movie

[@rodan9773]

I love this movie it is scary and fascinating and to me this and Darkness Falls are UNDERRATED AS F. You should check out Darkness Falls it's epic respect and keep up the epic work.

[@jazcc]

Yes totally agree. Both movies are excellent

[@ashleyr9446]

Very underrated film

[@snubcaboose132]

Gotta be honest, movie was good up until the ending. It didn’t make anything scary, just made it feel pointless

[@vereornox701]

I don’t agree about it being good, but I definitely agree about the ending. Felt like a waste of time

[@dariusdafigga]

How is it pointless? The whole movie is about Mary Shaw getting her revenge and she does just that at the end

[@ViaWins]

I remember seeing this movie once as a kid It scared me shitless, so much so that i always remembered it but could never think of the name. Crazy how I stumbled upon this movie, 23 now.

[@justintitus17]

I remember watching the part where she argued with Billy and freaking out by how their voices overlapped each other. If I was one of the people in the audience I would have left out of there in a hurry. Unless you are EXTREMELY humanly talented that is simply impossible to do.

[@BreezeVisionTV]

This movie always been fire 🔥. It’s under appreciated for sure. The alternative ending would have been the perfect fit.

[@OwenSnelson-i8t]

This film in UK has an age 15 certificate but to me, it is the only horror film ive ever been psychologically freaked out by. Love the film! Still watch it but man this is what i call a horror film!

[@RealMNeutral31]

That piano theme is like one of the Resident Evil movie themes.

[@213chewy]

This movie is such an underrated gem and to think that James wan and Leigh whannel aren’t actually fans of it and they made this movie

[@thedarkplague1475]

Don’t know what happened in Mary Shawn’s life during her childhood, teen, and or young adult years but something in her life happened to her for her to go down a dark path. She definitely met up with a witch or some type of supernatural being that taught her certain spells and rituals which not only allowed her to control dolls but also allowed her to come back as a supernatural evil entity and be able to control human corpses as dolls as well.

[@ultramag0343]

This movie is great, and so was your review 👍🏾

[@splasherrrr]

that scene in the rooam and window always sits in my head when i remember this movie

[@cocojames4486]

I will NEVER forget the popularity of this movie. As a kid my moms and i went to the movies to see this movie. And i KID YOU NOT the nxt year it came BACK to theaters My mom asked if i wanted to see it again at the movies and i happily declined 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 But it came to theaters a whole 2nd time i will NEVER forget that about this movie

[@ElbertTreble]

One of my favorite horror movies to watch during Halloween. I’m scared of dolls. But it’s good it’s creepy.

[@keithbryantjr.3020]

Can you do a deep dive on The mummy 1999

[@srstriker6420]

Along with Tim Burton’s sleepy Hollow,Dark Shadow and Big Fish, Lisa Frankenstein and Wolfen

[@r.i.p.plegaming2327]

Another scary thumbnail that’ll probably get replaced, never change cogan 😊

[@Big_Chico]

The cover art of this movie always freaked me out as a kid

[@dwaynesingleton5481]

Glad to know i wasn’t the only person given nightmares by this movie as a kid😂👌🏿.

[@samaeldrigel5811]

This is one of the deadliest movies in the history of horror films 😮 I saw it in HBO and it is something you can never forget 😢

[@YoungSwaggness]

When asked “what’s your favorite scary movie” I always say Dead Silence it’s a true cult classic plus I was still in HS so it brings me back to a much simpler time love this movie 🍿

[@rebeckylee157]

Love your channel, Cogan! I’m glad it was in my recommended. Anyhoo, I have to disagree with the alternate ending being better for “Dead Silence.” The stepmother reminded me of a very young Mary Shaw from the start. Like Mary had been reborn. In fact, I thought that’s which way the film arc was going to go - well…I guess it kind of moved in that direction with the stepmother revealed to be the perfect doll in the end. For me, a possessed woman would have been generic and digging up a doll for revenge doubly generic. Some things are better left in mystery and TMI in horror can destroy the atmosphere. We knew Jaime’s father was a jackass when he had his former wives painted over. He didn’t need to be an abusive husband in a flashback in order to be labeled a ‘dick’ who had it coming. I’ll have to add this movie to a watch list. It looked really awesome!

[@Auchaser643]

This movie needs another entry

[@TheKodiakBrand]

Too late

[@Clonetrooper1139]

This was a scary film.

[@mightyquasar4870]

Two of my favorite movies mentioned in the same video, 1408 and Dead Silence

[@leehaugen1968]

You should do a review on darkness falls

[@jazcc]

That’s another good one

[@srstriker6420]

@@jazccyeah along with Lisa Frankenstein and Tim Burton’s movies

[@aureliohernandez4948]

Dude this movie had me scared of the dark for so long 😭😭😭

[@jamaltaylor5]

I still can't get anybody to watch this movie with me. It's so underrated

[@wardstyle9184]

Such a great movie.

[@Tishbiscuit]

Dead silence unlocked some childhood memory for me lol. Good times

[@michealwillingham9014]

Lipton pissed me off throughout the whole movie because if Jamie did kill his wife why didn’t they find her missing tongue I know they looked through the whole apartment and they had no history of domestic abuse

[@NotSoSerious69420]

This isn’t really a good argument tbh. They probably know he left the house and only god knows where it could’ve been.

[@Zenbon111]

Bro said "no tongue no case" 😂😂 pls never be a detective bruh.

[@michealwillingham9014]

@@Zenbon111 true but did you see how her tongue was ripped out so what human being would do that to another human being without tearing the jawbone completely off and the apartment would’ve been a bigger mess

[@stephonmanny7555]

To be fair it is realistic that even without the tongue or proper evidence, he would be the primary suspect. Also unfortunately some cops are more focused on putting people behind bars than actually getting justice for the victims and their families. In a recent case, a man’s dad went missing and the police tried to gaslight him into believing he killed him. They even threatened to kill his dog if didn't confess. Turn out his dad was alive but he was just out of town. Also, let's not forget about the poor lady whose baby was eaten by dingos and they blamed her for the baby's death. Or how they blamed Richard Jewell for the bombing he stopped.

[@fd502]

Oh yeah this move. Underrated.

[@tomxaider2058]

Throughout the movie it is clear that she can only be powerful as long you fear her. So if a person muster enough courage to face her without screaming, she is powerless

[@briandaleske5139]

I can imagine a number of ways, to how it could be possible for JAMIE ASHEN, to still be alive, and have him appear in a sequel. I remember JAMIE was freaking out, of what he had discovered, close to the end of the movie, but I don’t remember him ever screaming. So I imagine that as soon as Jamie’s possessed stepmother, came flying towards him, waiting for him to scream. Jamie then picked up scissors, that was on a table near by, and used them to cut his tongue so that he would be unable to scream properly. And then he ran as fast as he could out of the house, doing all he could do to avoid his possessed stepmother, who’s possessed by the ghost of (Mary Shaw). I imagine by luck he found a car, that was in great working order, that’s one of his father’s, took one of them, and drove very fast away. I imagine eventually he came upon a church, stayed there for a few hours, told what had happened to him, to a nun, and then she called for a psychiatric ambulance. Later (Jamie Ashen) was taken to a Psychiatric Hospital, I imagine he was in there for five years, and then he left town. In order for (Jamie Ashen) to hatch a plan, to properly deal with his stepmother ELLA, who’s possessed by Mary Shaw’s ghost. I just really would like it, if either a sequel gets made of (DEAD SILENCE) movie, or a show series could get made of it.

[@steelheretic8265]

Must consume Cogan post immediately

[@Victoriaistalented]

So she murders the child and they find and murder her, but she chooses to hunt and kill the whole town as a demonic ghost? Makes sense

[@ssaiyyrissssuzzuyyaa]

One of the only horror movies that every struck fear in my heart!I love this movie so much!!!❤

[@RealSteeleBTW]

It’s also free on KZbin rn for anyone that hasn’t seen it btw, super good watch

[@QueenofXandria]

This movie scared the shite out of me when it came out - I'm also oddly fond of it, since it's the first horror movie I watched with my (now) husband nearly 17 years ago. Memories.

[@Baltimoredummy]

One best horror movies till this day

[@ghengisbobber]

I just watched The Outsider on MAX and i really enjoyed it.

[@WolfofBende]

"I don't think they're actually sleeping, I think it's more like a daydream scenario" Cogan bro, it's a Domain Expansion 😂😂😂

[@WE5T51DE]

yes thank you ….plz keep this up more horror ghost demon devil spirit hunting movies

[@dante666jt]

Thanks for sharing this movie in your channel! I loved it when i was a teen and it is good to see thus flick getting the much deserved love! Can you please do one on Dybbuk? Thanks again!

[@moe_chi]

One of my fave of horror movies

[@Seraphis1911]

the doll thing that got me as a kid were the goosebumps episode with slappy. thing still gives me the creeps

[@Gettbacc]

I wonder where this doll model actually came from because if not mistaken ain’t that the same doll from goosebumps?

[@a-1134]

This is a classic

[@jsua7551]

I remember watching this movie as a kid and I was fucking terrified. Like bro sleeping under the blanket keeping da light on, I swear any doll I saw I immediately dipped. Oh man those were the days

[@doomguydemonkiller]

I’m surprised you haven’t covered Dracula from Batman vs Dracula animated film

[@srstriker6420]

And also Tim Burton movies and Lisa Frankenstein

[@erichilsia4690]

Somehow I feel nostalgic watching this.

[@ChevonJBenzo]

I absolutely don’t care for the Saw series so I applaud James Wan for stepping outside his element in creating this underrated ventriloquist masterpiece material. 🎉