What Happened To James Wan's Dead Silence?

[@mikeharlow]

This movie is SO damn underrated!!!! One of the few movies I’ve seen as an adult to scare me. If you can look past the bad acting and the hideous 2000’s era cinematography, it’s a hidden gem

[@jaykrishnan1398]

How is cinematography hideous? Can you explain?

[@thomasmcintosh2977]

That's james wan cinematography you're talking about. Watch it bud!!

[@Jane-oz7pp]

Really? I've never found it anything but bland and honestly quite boring.

[@Net.NobodyStu]

Would you recommend this?

[@wstine79]

The ending of Dead Silence was Spine Tingling.

[@maxhill9254]

Puts On Sunglasses....... YEEEEAAAAHHHH!!!!!

[@Drummerboy_marc]

*Badum tss*

[@The_Infamous_Boogyman]

Literally! Haha, the old man being a puppet was fkn amazing

[@youngconfidence8666]

I see what you did there

[@jenniferhalf1650]

Nice lol!!

[@kikynessanez5060]

I loved this movie. Still love it I've had a friend, Victor, who died in 2017. We use to reunite once a year to marathon horror movies, and we watched this one on our top 10. We called it "Mary Shaw", we didn't even care about the real name, we just loved Mary's presence. As a kind of Freddy Krueger in a more threatening female form. Judith made us loved her on it. This just made me kind of sad and nostalgic. Gonna watch this one tonight. Love you, Victor, wherever you are.

[@purepessimist]

Same here

[@1994Res]

Sorry for your loss man..

[@marianadamelio]

He sounds like a cool guy. Sorry for your loss 😢

[@skellybean8659]

He had good taste

[@purepessimist]

My condolences man

[@nicholasbennett7367]

Greatest horror movie I've seen in a long time. The villain winning is always a great twist and how she delivered the line "now who's the dummy?" Perfect

[@NoahMcCarthy18]

It’s so silly and could have been done a little better. Wouldn’t mind a sequel thought but that won’t happen

[@Apo0]

I love this movie and can't understand why it didn't get more love?

[@DocZFlux]

People sadly just wanted more SAW and Universal did a bad job marketing it. Strangely enough, they did a very popular haunted house attraction based on it later that year at their Halloween event in Orlando.

[@neonicon8500]

Great movie This and Darkness Falls were around the same time, but completely different but similar tones and look. Both awesome flicks though

[@crunchyfresco]

Not my favorite. I was surprised at the ending. Nice twist and unpredictable. I wanted the good guy to win but they went the other way. I think people expect the happy ending and didn't get it from this film. Did not find it scary or entertaining. Maybe give it another try

[@neonicon8500]

@@crunchyfresco it's made for certain people. I mean, it's a dumb movie. But it's not a bad movie. I like it, but I see how ridiculous it is.

[@crunchyfresco]

@@neonicon8500 that is true. And I like movies like this. It just didn't do it for me.

[@CRITTERBUSTERS]

Dead Silence is a very underrated entry in James Wan’s filmography. It’s Atmospheric and creepy, it freaked me out a few times when watching it. Death Sentence is a great film that deserved way more respect than it got.

[@gabetufano7055]

Never understood why this movie got so much hate. This is a very solid horror film. It's not perfect but it's really good with a solid twist. It's one of my favorites...They probably could've gotten away from the "$20 million budget" and did it for a lot less. This was early in Wan's and Whannell's career. I know Whannell has always been critical of this film and I am sure he has his reasons but it's a fairly well written script.

[@DevilFan669]

yeah ikr bro lol

[@DocZFlux]

One of my favorite horror movies! There just aren’t enough supernatural horror films involving just evil ghosts (no demons, no “portals to hell). While I’m sad that this is forgotten, at the same time it at least didn’t get cursed with bad sequels. Also, I don’t mind that it’s a film where the audience is way ahead of the protagonist because it does inform the perpetual feeling of dread throughout it.

[@Neat0_o]

An underrated horror classic. Even though it’s not what the creators wanted it’s still an amazing movie. I could only imagine what it would have been like if they could have done what they wanted.

[@EricaAsjaee]

I remember when this came out , we were always saying that damn chant 😂 I still remember it 16 years later. It had my brother and me in my dad’s house spooked.

[@HessKarma]

This movie made me happy for the lack of crawl space under our house back in the day. I was getting jaded with horror movies, and yet somehow this one struck a cord and i'll still have a random night terror with Mary in it.

[@_woe3561]

"Gained a cult following" truer words have never been said... My brother Colt loves this movie

[@DBY28]

I love this movie. It's not an all time great for me, but it had some very fun elements and all that James Wan creepy scares and style

[@GirtheAlienGoldfish]

I remember watching this movie as a kid. It wasn't a bad movie, it was just kinda cheesy and it felt like it was leaning too hard into its' own tropes at times.

[@reacts6230]

One of my favorite ghost movies. I always felt Det. Lipton's death was a cheap way to speed up the third act and get Jamie back for the finale since the in movie rules state if you ever saw Mary Shaw to not scream yet he screamed falling off the railing with Shaw nowhere around initially.

[@neonicon8500]

I think it was supposed to be "don't scream in her presence." I don't think you had to be actually LOOKING at her. Because something knocked him off the catwalk right? Or did he just fall? I forget. But it probably wasn't safe screaming anywhere inside her "lair"

[@UJEvans]

When I was a kid, my cousin tried to pass off the story from this movie as something he saw on a ghost hunting show. "It was a true story. It happened one town in over from here." He wanted me to be afraid that the ghost would appear in my dreams for real

[@MrMetallidude]

From a former filmstudent's perspective, I am very fond of this gem. My teachers were adament in teaching that we should prioritize quality over quantity. Always. Less is more. Atmosphere and mood is a must. Sure, this film is not perfect, no film is, however it delivers on all fronts in my view (aside from certain minuscule aspects, which pales in overall view). One of the creepiest films of the modern era and according to my taste. I'm a scaredy cat, so I always need to watch something uplifting afterwards. Long comment, sorry. Great movie.

[@wasnice98]

Dolls being alive have never been done as well as this one. Yeah she possesses some of them but the flashback to one of Shaw’s shows always made me think the dolls actually had a mind of their own to an extent. It wasn’t over the top but also not subtle. Twas a good balance

[@gregholmes6083]

I saw it in theaters and all I remembered about this movie is Mary Shaw. She was indeed frightening. Hell, I even forgot Donnie Wahlberg and Ryan Kwanten was in it.

[@deadpool2349]

No cap, the advertising scared the shit out of me as a kid. Those memories are what stop me from watching it til this day, despite seeing the movie several times already.

[@chipchops420]

This movie is incredible. Saw it in a deserted weekday showing and had an absolute blast. Revisit it mort every October. Everybody should know it’s charms.

[@AnnieBoBannie421]

This movie was beautiful… I hate when the filmmaker hates their own work-that you love… makes you lose respect for them… quickly

[@fritzadonisperez4550]

I love this movie. The twist in the end is one of a kind during its time.

[@e1m137]

I remember seeing this movie on the shelf at a Hollywood video, never got to rent it since I was just a boy at the time but that doll cover with the witch finger stayed with me.

[@thedruidzmademe666]

One of my favorites, great story, great characters, and a hell of a good time! A true underrated gem

[@gabrielgomez731]

Dead silence is one movie from James that's my absolute favorite I always wanted a part 2 or a remake with a some what bigger budget

[@ermacjones4821]

I love the way the silence is portrayed in this movie, it's deafening. I think that concept has some crazy potential.

[@xxxtentacawon]

This is a classic to me. I grew up watching this movie and when I found out there were different cuts, a whole new world opened for me lmao

[@TheSlong123]

I don't think Valetta was possessed. It showed drawings of the "perfect doll" that looked like Amber Valetta, so I think she was just a doll inhabited by Shaw.

[@neonicon8500]

The Dad was the perfect doll I thought (even if it's a woman's figure on the blueprints) And the woman was possessed

[@iamgogolly]

Amber was real ok? The whole miscarriage scene after the stairs fall doesn’t made scene if she’s a doll.

[@julesrules7297]

I love this movie, it was nice to see James Wan do something over the freaking top like Dead Silence again when I saw Malignant last year. (Amazing theater experience!) The detective who's always shaving, I saw a snippet of a Jamie Lee Curtis thriller where she and a truck driver are following an RV that they suspect is involved in murder, and the truck driver she was with was shaving while driving in the snippet. It made me wonder if James Wan put that into the Dead Silence detective character's quirks because he'd seen that one back in the day, as a nod to the movie.

[@tjtharp603]

I think that this is an underrated classic movie. I really dig it. 👍

[@baydeq2205]

Dont care about the ratings, this movie absolutely slaps, wan's peak at direction, great atmosphere, peak music, amazing twist, entertaining story What do you need more?

[@The_Infamous_Boogyman]

Highly underrated film. This was fkn great.

[@neonicon8500]

I actually really enjoyed this movie Dead Silence and Darkness Falls Could y'all cover Darkness Falls please?

[@travisc7722]

This one's so underrated. I still really enjoyed it even if the creators themselves aren't fans. Glad to hear more about it. I do remember liking the trailer rhyme better

[@saiberunato]

I loved this sick movie. I recommended it to a friend who's a horror fan too. He loved it.

[@Sketch105]

I remember this film because the year it came out, it was also a haunted maze at Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights in Orlando. The Mary Shaws were actors on heelies which gave them that “floating” feeling, and they recreated a lot of the sets to the detail with real puppet antiques.

[@Babsdoproductions]

Honestly, I don’t think I’ve ever seen the unrated cut with the tongue thing! I’ve only ever had the HD-DVD up until now so I‘ll be ordering the 4K now, such a fun movie and definitely deserves a sequel!

[@patricklukcy13]

One of my favorite horror movies ever.

[@fey__3919]

This and Darkness (2002), are the only movies that still freak me out as an adult. I literally shit myself watching this movie as a preteen haha. Also as a True Blood fan, gotta love how both Sookie and Jason Stackhouse are the main characters in these movies 😊

[@bocajz5713]

Interesting I will check out darkness (2002) now as I love dead silence and am always looking for good horror movies and I am really picky thank u for the reference

[@DrakeDrt]

One of the greatest horror movie,superb atmosphere, dark eerie, n superb cinematography

[@Yeaster]

My first impression of this movie was that it was slightly generic, but I always thought Mary Shaw was a great villain I love it when movies from my teen/college years get rediscovered by a new, younger audience

[@GageTheMatewielGurl]

This scared the shit out of me as a little kid and I had nightmares for months. No other horror movies scared me like this one did.

[@veryrancid3128]

I loved this! Found it by accident and streamed it in the middle of the night.. it just grabbed me and it was creepy too!

[@spiderpig9777]

such an underrated creepy movie.... and that ending was perfect !

[@cadillacdeville5828]

My son and I saw this in the theater. I liked it.

[@geeshep4836]

IT'S ON MY PLAYLIST ON TUBI RIGHT NOW AND IT'S SO FRIGHTENING.

[@eduardomerino8098]

I vividly remember watching the trailer of Dead Silence in the movie theaters to watch The Mist back when I was five and being so scared of it. Now I look back with nostalgia since I first saw the trailer of the movie when I was only a boy.

[@ipodclassic91]

Yessssss thank you! This is my all time favorite horror movie!!

[@eVanDiesel]

We went to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Florida that year, and the attraction for this was really cool+

[@Jeremyj99]

I only saw this movie once because my sister liked it. We watched it together, and I remember saying to her that I never thought I could be bored and creeped out at the same time 😅

[@robblaster9556]

It's a very solid horror movie that I think deserves more credit.

[@MeloMVP100]

Bro I was like 7 or 8 and I was obsessed with wwe. For some reason whenever Monday night raw was on months before this movie came out it would show the trailer for dead silence and it terrified me. Beware the stare of Mary shaw 😮

[@GloJut64]

Bro this is a Hidden super Gem 🤦🏾‍♂️ 🐐

[@TheVintageApplianceEmporium]

Such a great film, one of my favourites. Might watch it tonight!

[@ed00r]

Not gonna lie this film is the most scariest and creepiest I've ever seen.

[@Smittywood365]

Now I need a Death Sentence breakdown!! Please and thank you.

[@cocojames4486]

Yea Kevin Bacon did his thang in thAt underated film 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯❤️‍🔥💯

[@step9624]

She wasn’t possessed by her was she? I thought she was the human doll that she’d been making

[@jacklost1613]

I always thought this movie was a good time and I just picked up the 4K release. Going to introduce some friends to it.

[@deathpearl360]

Ooh, this was the most creepiest James wan film he ever made. This gave me nightmares.

[@tonybrittingham237]

I loved this movie! Still watch it from time to time

[@DrumWild]

Been a fan of Judith Roberts since Eraserhead.

[@sean5558]

Death Sentence had aDead Silence Easter egg having the actress who played Mary Shaw play a judge named Judge Shaw

[@cocojames4486]

🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@cocojames4486]

Seeing that as a kid i was like MOM THATS THE LADY FROM DEAD SILENCE MOOOM ITS THE PUPPET LADYYY!!! 🤣🤣

[@DevilFan669]

at 6:49 yeah i noticed that when i saw this movie Billy was in a small cameo role in this movie and good to see him in this movie though

[@mastahshonuff2059]

It scared the shit outta me that's what the f happened. This is the only movie I seen in daylight and was scared to walk to my own room. I'm 38 yrs old and I'm still terrified of Mary shaw.

[@sparenone]

One of the best Horror movies of the 2000s no doubt I was scared as a kid

[@lancemaness5519]

This is a hidden gem in my opinion. Nah. It’s a fact.

[@NunaLunaLuv]

One of the only scary movies that had me scared to gts at night as a kid. As a adult I love this movie. I wish it would have got more recognition.

[@spencerhjalseth7288]

Slappy from goosebumps is just a reference to Fatts from Magic (the Anthony Hopkins ventriloquist film)

[@ShebaTheMelaninatedQueen2663]

To be honest, this is my favorite Muppet killer dolls film

[@BIOHAZARDRUSGaming]

Sometimes with Unrated releases they don’t even add anything to the runtime, instead the scenes they “add” have a bit more blood/gore to them. Looking at you Mirrors (which deserves its own WTF Happened)

[@jadedselfconclusion3241]

This is one of my favorite movies

[@TheBackOfTheClassroom]

I was a full blown adult when this movie was released and it creeped me out. I watched it recently and I was embarrassed that it did. Still a solid little movie though.

[@saljpal3]

I wish they would make a reboot of this and Stay Alive.

[@wispy3171]

I used to scare other kids at school with the "beware the stare of Mary Shaw, she had no children, only dolls, and if you see her in your dreams, make sure you never, ever scream.. or she'll rip your tongue out at the seam." People used to ask me to tell it to them lmao. God I love Dead Silence.

[@TCakes]

They need to bring us more horror movies like this and house of wax. All modern horrror is just generic exorcist possession quick cash grabs

[@JoeGrizz1y]

I only remember dead silence because my little brother was terrified of the the type of dolls in the film. I would scare him with the images after we saw the film. 😂 today that fear is pretty much gone, but it was a fun experience as an older brother. Now, I might rewatch the film as it has been a long time. So a watch with adult eyes may help. But I never feel like going out of my way to watch it as the reviews and talks only remember the film as the disappointment it was and how bad it is. Even with the good premise it had related horror to the dolls and making them a more center focus. It’s not a chucky but an inanimate object with one grin and plastic eyes that look like they follow you wherever you move.

[@MelaninMuva]

I remember going to see this during my first college spring break with my family and I was creeped tf out 😂 even now, I love all it’s flaws and it’s for sure one of my favorite horror movies ever. I also have the dvd with all the extras!

[@monsterman7721]

Crazy ending

[@jeremiahallyn4603]

I've always enjoyed this movie, regardless of critics and all that.

[@NathanRBradfordMusic]

This movie was so good that I can’t believe Mary Shaw isn’t well-known in Halloween stores like Michael Meyers or Chucky.

[@josephgarcia4475]

Great music and and an awesome ending watch this movie every Halloween

[@z0ee996]

Loved this film!! Wish it got a sequel

[@captainmexico4585]

This movie deserves a sequel/prequel/requel, something!!!!! They can definitely fix this with a good writer/director who would want to take this on

[@paranoyd70]

I personally really enjoyed this movie.

[@Neaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

I honestly love this movie.

[@ryanahr2267]

I'm sorry to hear that one of the primary minds behind this movie wasn't happy with the finished product. I love this movie even if it is a bit silly. I love ventriloquist dummies in horror and I love the ambiance of the film. Great assessment in this vid.

[@shayjay1968]

I will always love this 🎥 and I’ll be a classic to me. Also this movie will likely have a remake but I hopefully with the same dark gothic look

[@P3ruvianCookie]

I was terrified of this movie as a kid, but loved scary movies haha. Would love to see a prequel or a sequel

[@henrik971]

I've seen this movie a few times, but... I never seem to remember anything about it, other than the score. I think the soundtrack was way more memorable than the movie itself

[@itscarlyj]

So like I watched this movie back when the app was called "HBO GO!" There's a scene at the end where hair on my body I didn't know I had stood up. This was a very creepy movie.

[@karlsaizew]

This movie is awesome!

[@expatveteran7815]

Loved this movie. Period.

[@dannystix1993]

Doll looks more like Willy from the twilight zone in my opinion, but as always great video!

[@fudgepatty5595]

hahaha what a coincidence that I was trying to remember this movie based only on the ending lastnight...

[@dominican5683]

This one always stays with you, like it was perfect but it was scary AH!

[@Ghosthead83]

I liked it. I don't understand why it got rated so bad.

[@michaeldiamond2755]

This movie scared me when it came out

[@zakarywilliams1254]

Not the mustache 😂😂

[@jenniferhalf1650]

Billy definitely gave me Goosebumps vibes so it's not just you lol!!