Dead Silence

    • Director: James Wan
    • Producers: Mark Burg, Gregg Hoffman and Oren Koules
    • Released: March 16, 2007
    • DVD, HD DVD released on June 26, 2007
    • Genre: Horror, Mystery and Thriller
    • Rated: R
    • Run time: 91 mins
    • Budget: $20 million
  • Dead Silence is a 2007 horror film directed by James Wan and written by Leigh Whannell, creators of the film Saw.
  • Plot

    Mary Shaw was a ventriloquist during the 1940s. After being accused of kidnapping and killing a young boy who had called her a fraud during one of her performances, Shaw loses her mind and goes mad. Shaw, in an act of madness and revenge, hunts down the townspeople that falsely accused her and cuts out her tongue before killing herself. Mary Shaw was buried along with her collection on vaudeville dolls.

    After Shaw's death the town of Ravens Fair began to be plagued by strange deaths. Jamie and Lisa Ashen, newly married set down roots far from their cursed town, until Lisa was found slaughtered. Her funeral brings Jamie back to Raven Fair where he digs into the mysterious and bloody past of the legend of Mary Shaw.

  • Cast

  • Mary Shaw Rhyme

    If you see Mary Shaw and scream, she'll take your tongue. And the last thing you will hear before you die...is your own voice speaking back to you.

  • Movie Title

    Dead Silence was originally titled "Shhhh and Silence", with alternate suggestions such as "The Doll and Mary Shaw".
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