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Sarah (Elizabeth Olsen) is working with her father (Adam Trese) and uncle (Eric Sheffer Stevens) to renovate an old family home to prepare it for sale. Long vacant, the house has no utilities, forcing the trio to rely on battery-operated lanterns to light their way. Sarah becomes separated from her relatives and soon finds she is trapped inside the cabin, with no contact with the outside world. Panic turns to real terror as the young woman experiences events that become increasingly ominous.

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Silent House is more technically proficient and ambitious than most fright-fests, but it also suffers from a disappointing payoff.

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Silent House | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Tara Brady Irish Times Film-makers Lau and Kentis seem to lose their collective mojo 20 minutes in and we're left watching a mostly dark screen and listening to a great deal of random panting. Rated: 2/5 May 4, 2012 Full Review Silent House | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Peter Bradshaw Guardian It's still atmospheric enough, and like the original, has a quasi-theatrical event status. But it feels like a copy. Rated: 3/5 May 3, 2012 Full Review Silent House | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Tim Robey Daily Telegraph (UK) Olsen's brilliantly nervy and detailed performance deserved a flick that knew how to house it. Rated: 3/5 May 3, 2012 Full Review Silent House | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Really only works if you're willing to set aside any contradicting or convoluted narrative elements, at least offering up some effective atmosphere. Rated: 3/5 Sep 24, 2023 Full Review Silent House | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review For what feels like a very long 85-minute runtime, we’re right there with Olsen, tolerating genre clichés that can’t be made up for with flashy editing or a good performance. Rated: 1/4 Feb 22, 2023 Full Review Silent House | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com A flawed film with a near flawless performance by Olsen. Rated: 2.5/4.0 Sep 23, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member This is in my top 5 favourite movies of all time. I also think it's a masterpiece, not just a favourite of mine. I know it's a remake, and have not seen the original one, but they really nailed it with this movie. Elizabeth Olsens first or second movie that she shot simultaneously with Martha Marcy May Marlene, which is actually a good double feature since they do have connections you can make on your own. And Elizabeth is excellent in this movie. Really, really strong performance with a lot of nuance, and was a sign of things to come with the psychological characters she was to play in the future. Chris Kentis and Laura Lau did a fantastic job with the directing, and the editing crew they had with them, production in general was amazing. They really made the scenes seem seemless as it is all shot, and edited as if it is one take. The music and sound is brilliant, it brings an eerie vibe and gives you that sense of tension as if something is looming, and brewing. The story is so intriguing, and once you start to find out what's actually going on, well, then the movie stays strong and keeps you on the edge until the credits roll. Which is difficult to do once the mystery has unravelled. Thank you for this movie, everyone who got it made. Thank you! Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/10/24 Full Review Liam D On a technical level this movie is actually kinda impressive and the performance by Elizabeth Olsen but it’s an standard Ghost Story Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/13/24 Full Review Prabudhjeet A A good thriller movie. Trying to be one take. Actor Elizabeth Olsen's acting in this is highlight. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/22/24 Full Review Dana K The tension was good throughout the film, as was Olsen's acting, but you can pretty much see the ending coming from a mile away fairly early…. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/07/24 Full Review Audience Member it's a remake of an Argentinian horror picture of the same name but nothing especially groundbreaking in the genre of horror here but Elizabeth Olsen is shaping up to be a young, prestigous actress she carries the film on her own the 1st half is cleverly creepy being shot in the dark, the 2nd half really tests the viewer knowing what's actually haunting this house and of course the ending sadly disappoints the fact that Silent House is also a one-shot picture is astonishing too since there are no cuts or any other edits it may be disorienting for some but anyone who can handle it should be ok some parts made me jump a lot too if you think this is another found-footage flick you are certainly wrong this movie is a sure showcase for the 3rd Olsen sister Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/15/24 Full Review Wes H What a waste of time. Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/20/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Chris Kentis Director Laura Lau Director Elizabeth Olsen Sarah Adam Trese John Eric Sheffer Stevens Peter Julia Chan Sophia
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Synopsis Sarah (Elizabeth Olsen) is working with her father (Adam Trese) and uncle (Eric Sheffer Stevens) to renovate an old family home to prepare it for sale. Long vacant, the house has no utilities, forcing the trio to rely on battery-operated lanterns to light their way. Sarah becomes separated from her relatives and soon finds she is trapped inside the cabin, with no contact with the outside world. Panic turns to real terror as the young woman experiences events that become increasingly ominous.

Director
Chris Kentis, Laura Lau

Producer
Agnès Mentre, Laura Lau

Screenwriter
Laura Lau

Distributor
Open Road

Production Co
Elle Driver, Doco Digital, Eye for an Eye Filmworks

Rating
R (Terror|Disturbing Violent Content)

Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 9, 2012, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 1, 2013

Box Office (Gross USA)
$12.6M

Runtime
1h 28m

Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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