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I am one of the few who enjoyed the movie

posted 13 years ago by alpha1603
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OK, just saw this on Blu-ray. I'm been watching horrors and thillers for a long time. The way I review movies are: (1) watched it at the theater but that's it, (2) rent it, (3) download/rip it and keep it on your hard drive for a while, or (4) buy it on DVD/Blu-ray. I would put it in my (3) "rip it" category. Here are the rest of my thoughts:

American thrillers/horror movies (and movies that don't necessarily fit into one of these genre) typically are about 1) sick people/schizophrenia, 2) serial killers, or 3) paranormal stuff. I saw the schizophrenia/sick stuff near the beginning of the movie. Unfortunately, the writers typically weren't creative enough to hide this as they simply used the same type of movie making technique as similar character-is-sick type of movies.

Now, if you get the sick person part, then the plot is now established. This becomes a movie where she see things, imaginary person who doesn't exist, and people she thought were intruders who are actually just a rehash of her memories. And she's pretty much terrified, not knowing what to do, seeing a bleeding wall/bed, etc.

[SPOILER ALERT]

In the end, she leaves the house. Doesn't matter what happens to her or the house. You can use your imagination as she kills her father and leaves her actually-a-person-who-should-have-helped-but-really-didn't type of uncle alive.

From a performance review, Ms. Olsen is very good at looking terrified. From a movie technique, I liked the fact it was made to look as if it was done in one cut. Overall, I enjoyed the move--but from a "I rather just download it from the warez sites" perspective and maybe delete it from my hard drive after a few more viewings.

Last thought. For some really good schizophrenic terror, I'd recommend the following movies:
1. High Tension (2003)
2. The Uninvited (2009)

[–] ave2em 12 years ago

I enjoyed the movie as well. I got it in the mail from my blockbusters account and to be honest I had no idea what this movie was about....Sometimes I put movies on my list when blockbuster recommends them and forget what they are about when receiving them. I didn't even read the description. I just put it in my DVD and just started watching it. I love how the ending wasn't supernatural or someone just killing for no reason. Sarah was suffering from dissociative identity disorder which is a real mental disorder.

BTW: I did laugh at the pad locks "in" the house....I mean really who puts pad lock on the inside of the house; shouldn't the locks go on the outside of the house?

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Insanity = doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

[–] PrincessMoFo 12 years ago

The dad most likely put locks inside the house so his daughter couldn't escape as he was molesting her

[–] Xcalat3 12 years ago

I also liked it

When there's no more room in hell, The dead will walk the earth...

[–] Mr_Ectoplasma 12 years ago

I haven't seen a horror film since that I like better than it. I saw it in the theater on a Tuesday afternoon with a friend, and I was so transfixed by it that I talked my brother into going with me later that night to see it again. I ended up catching it two more times at the discount theater (three dollar tickets). It's a great film. The acting from the dad and uncle is a bit hammy, but that's the only mild flaw. Overall it's a ridiculously tense and nightmarish movie that turns out to be surprisingly more disturbing than it initially seems to be on the surface. It's a great watch for autumn, I plan on popping it in the DVD player come September.

[–] iMaximus_KB 9 years ago

I think Silent House is one of the more underrated (and overlooked) horror films in recent memory. Elizabeth Olsen has to carry this film from beginning to end, and she is absolutely spectacular. Sure, the dialogue and the supporting performances are subpar, but it's a visually splendid descent into terror. I love how the film gets progressively more chaotic as she becomes psychologically unhinged.

Discerning horror fans should give this film a shot.