Dead Silence (DVD, 2007, Unrated, Anamorphic Widescreen)

"Dead Silence" (UNRATED) is the latest frightfest from the creators of the "SAW Trilogy"; and it most assuredly does not let down; or let you as the viewer escape it's nightmare.
An old curse catches up with a new generation when Newlyweds Jamie Ashen, (Ryan Kwanten), and beautiful wife Lisa, (Laura Regan), receive a ventriloquists dummy as an Anonymous gift.
Both grew up in a small town called Raven's Fair; hearing ominous tales of ventriloquist Mary Shaw., who lived with her intimate companions of over 100 dolls; and kidnapped and slaughtered a young child who challenged her dolls as not real.
"I can see you lips moving", the child reels from the audience; 65-years prior.,(as we are shown in cinematic black & white as a hindsight revelation; so well filmed.) The last words ever spoken by the child who turns up dead. Townsfolk, petrified of Mary Shaw's connection, track her down and murder her; burying her with her dolls., (expecting to rid Raven's Fair of Mary Shaw's EVILS forever; but never mention her name!! Townsfolk still whisper.)
When newlyweds Jamie and Lisa receive their anonymous doll "Billy"., they recall the curse legend as if a childhood joke remembered. Yet, when it quickly is gruesomely presented to us that "it's far from a joke"; Jamie must leave everything behind; and race back home to Raven's Fair. -
Dogged and tracked by Cynically Hard-Nosed Realist "Seen-To-Much-For-A-Lifetime" NYPD Homicide Detective Jim Lipton, (Donnie Wahlberg), Jamie returns to uncover the town still whispering of Mary Shaw' curse; and his father (paralyzed and remarried to a beautiful young woman named Ella (Amber Valletta); speaks openly of his involvement in Mary Shaw's revenge-driven execution 65-years prior.
The horrorfest is unleashed !!
Exceptionally well-choreographed and enraptured in throbbing, well-done sound-effects and intensely drone-settings of scene-prescence and presentation that is frankly "PERFECT"., this frightfest from "Saw" creators Leigh Whannell and James Wan draws upon immaculate pacing. Their formula for great success in chemistry leads to tension-packed cinematography and gifted storytelling; in tandum to their classics "SAW".
"You Scream., You Die," is the movie's tag line., as each victim's tongue is torn-out "IF" they scream (the scream is the mechanism that sets off the killer).
The black-and-white prologue that opens the film is so stylish and exceptionally well done, what follows is the gruesome inflictions only "SAW" creators minds could derive. Wan's visual instincts are the partners' greatest strength at this point in their career. Their storytelling ability is., once again., in full overdrive.
(For movie-enthusiasts: Catch the clip where; in tracking Mary Shaw to her lair in the haunting attics of a theatrical hall in Raven's Fair., Detective Lipton and Jamie uncover a room where all dolls have been unearthed from their burials and encased in a wall-to-ceiling case. The dolls revealing they are alive - in a brief shot catch the "SAW" - JigSaw Puppet propped against a wall!! - A visual tribute/homage to the first success' of "SAW". You can easily miss it., so look good !!)
Don't be fooled., "How scary can a puppet-movie be"?
I challenge you to try and sleep well !! - "Dead Silence" (UNRATED) has all the thrills, tension, horror and gore we would expect from it's "SAW" forefathers.
SEE THIS !!!! -- Guaranteed Success & Entertaining Nightmare !