Director James Wan is on top of the world right now with his #1 box office smash The Conjuring giving major smack-down to a number of high-profile summer tent-poles from Hollywood.I've been a fan of his films since he took everyone by surprise with the modest hit Saw, only to distance himself from creating a franchise out of it. Not surprisingly, his next film after the low budgeted Saw was an over-budgeted horror tale backed by the genre's studio grand-daddy, Universal Pictures.
The film was a massive flop with audiences and especially trashed by critics.
Even if it suffers from being overblown in the budget department, and was probably hindered by pressure from the studio, Dead Silence is still an effective, creepy horror movie worth regarding.
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