Well, that is not what I expected Silent House to be about.
I love Elizabeth Olsen, and she is great in this. It's really interesting that it's in real time, and I like how it was edited to look like one continuous shot. However, I did not like the foundation of the twist. I didn't want or need that to be the underlying plot. On top of that, the rest of the cast had very straight-to-video delivery of their dialogue, which made it an even tougher sell.
I see that a lot of people don't like the ending. I think if that twist is locked in, then the ending is basically what I want it to be. If the twist is included in "the ending*, then yeah, me neither.
Silent House
Experience 88 minutes of real fear, captured In real time
Rating
2.5 (1)
Release Date
1/21/2011Runtime
86 minsOverview
Sarah returns with her father and uncle to fix up the family's longtime summerhouse after it was violated by squatters in the off-season. As they work in the dark, Sarah begins to hear sounds from within the walls of the boarded-up building. Although she barely remembers the place, Sarah senses the past may still haunt the home.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$2,000,000Revenue
$13,101,672Homepage
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An 88-minute descent into psychological terror shot in real time as a woman trapped in a decaying house confronts escalating supernatural menace and fractured memories. The film's single-take aesthetic collapses the boundary between viewer and victim, making every shadow and sound unbearably intimate.
Mood
UnsettlingDread-soakedClaustrophobicParanoid
Themes
MemoryIsolationFamily
Tone
Bleak
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
HandheldHigh-contrastNaturalistic
Structure
Single location
Heads up
Graphic violenceChild endangerment
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