Do not read the below parts if you havent seen silent house. Its an upsetting film, and goes somewhere rather different to. Mar 09, 2012 a gimmicky horror film from chris kentis and laura lau open water, silent house keeps you engaged until that timeless genre staple, the moronic plot twist, takes the movie to a weird, sinister. The silent house 1929 film, a british silent film directed by walter forde. The eerie and confusing ending of the little stranger speaks to what director lenny abrahamson means by haunted house. For those more susceptible, however, the unblinking lack of distance and olsen. Also, this article is filled with spoilers for the original film, which i watched as the result of a scheduling issue that caused me to miss a screening. The 2006 silent hill movie deviates considerably from this timeline and is considered an alternate universe in the. Watch elizabeth olsen look behind an ominous door in a dark ominous house in this clip from the singleshot horrorthriller film, silent house. The explanation of every out of the ordinary sound and vision is a girl dealing with sexual. In all, a gripping but altogether unmemorable hauntedhouse movie. The novel tells the story of a week in which three siblings go to visit their grandmother in cennethisar, a small town near istanbul. Silent house is a uniquely unsettling horror thriller starring elizabeth olsen as sarah, a young woman who finds herself sealed inside her familys secluded lake. Like every other creepy house movie, silent house has a trick up its sleeve, but the explanation feels arbitrarily chosen from any number of other plausible and ultrafamiliar horror finales.
To keep the fun intact, ive written the below parts in white font. A gimmicky horror film from chris kentis and laura lau open water, silent house keeps you engaged until that timeless genre staple, the moronic plot twist, takes the movie to a weird, sinister. Is it possible for a good movie to have style but little substance. The little stranger movie ending, explained by director. Either that explanation is wrong, or else a very serious oversight by the makers of the movie. The movie wasnt my idea of a good time, but it certainly delivered the creeps. Movie plot holes explained acclaimed to be one of the best horrorthriller films of this time, a quiet place is a story about earth that has had an attack leading to killer creatures crawling in search of blood to terrorize yalls neighborhood. Elizabeth olson is quickly becoming one of my favorite new actresses to look out for. Jan 29, 2018 i think playing the game could help with understanding this film. Silent house is a 2012 american independent psychological horror film directed by chris.
The movie didnt require the viewer to really know or understand any specific backstory the characters in the movie are all new but it does help to have a sense for how these stories work and how silent hill the town operates. Founded in 2010, silent house is a full service production company providing production and design for television and live entertainment including creative direction, choreography and. I didnt know what to think when i heard the directors of open water, chris kentis and laura lau, were remaking the uruguayan realtime thriller the silent house. The novel tells the story of a week in which three siblings go to visit their grandmother in. The silent house is a different independent film in its genre, filmed with a digital camera in one single shot, without any cuts and in real time. Jun 30, 2018 welcome back to the scariest town in west virginia in silent hill. The sad, real horror of silent house director laura lau. The ending scene of silent house is a topic of this video. The silent house 2011 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Finally, a little beyond the halfway mark, she does escape, running out the front door and flees, weeping and. Two films starring elizabeth olsen, the younger sister of mary kate and ashley, premiered on 21 january, 2011, at the sundance film festival.
The film follows rose, who takes her adopted daughter, sharon, to the. From the directors of the hit film open water, silent house is a uniquely. In this case, a nubile young woman is trapped inside an apparently haunted house for most of the time, and what you want to shout is, get out of the damn house. At the end of the movie, they try to return to their home but cant exactly go home, i.
Mar 09, 2012 someone please explain silent house to me. Sep 01, 2018 the eerie and confusing ending of the little stranger speaks to what director lenny abrahamson means by haunted house. This movie was very scary and nail biting in spots. The plot focuses on a young woman who is terrorized in her family vacation home while cleaning the property with her father and uncle. The final shot of the movie offers as explicit an explanation as its. Are you saying that there can be no explanation, because the team behind it wanted it that way.
It was released on october 26, 2012 by open road films. Does silent house s unique style make up for any problems with story or character. The bluray version was released in bluray 3d, a usable feature with 3dcompatible. I originally thought that silent house was a purely gimmickdriven horror movie that uses its singletake status as a crutch. The silent house ending explained by the directors. 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. Based on multiple playthroughs and research, weve compiled the following silent hill story explanation for you. To keep the fun intact, ive written the below parts in white. This timeline of events covers silent hill, silent hill 3 and silent hill. Forget that silent house is shot in a single, continuous long take. Much like the foundfootage genre, the realtime conceit at the heart of silent house may fall flat for some viewers.
Its odd that the cinemascore rating for silent house, a more than decent. Mar 06, 2012 like every other creepy house movie, silent house has a trick up its sleeve, but the explanation feels arbitrarily chosen from any number of other plausible and ultrafamiliar horror finales. The main character wears clothing that displays plenty of cleavage. Silent house is a 2012 american independent psychological horror film directed by chris kentis and laura lau, and starring elizabeth olsen.
It launches with little explanation about the characters and then hits its peak. This movie however is pretty horrible because the ending once again killed the great movie they had going. The explanation, if thats what it was, seemed devised and unconvincing. Silent house 2012 cast and crew 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. Whats scarier the stuff you see, or the stuff you dont. Its set in contemporary hollywood, where big pictures studio if its a big picture, weve made it teeters on the edge of bankruptcy and a takeover from the giant engulf and devour conglomerate.
I do not really think that the video game series is vital to the understanding of the movie silent hill. As its alternate subtitle implies, the film was produced in 3d. Silent house opens across the uk tomorrow, may 4th. Silent house is gripping and suspenseful, until the. In our continual search for new authors we came across the translations of works by nobel prize winning turkish writer orhan pamuk and we shared here our views on his 2017 novel the red haired woman. While i was correct about the film not reaching great heights, it was never because of the seemingly singletake. What is an explanation for the ending of the movie silent. The sad, real horror of silent house director laura lau on. From the directors of the hit film open water, silent house is a uniquely unsettling horror thriller starring elizabeth olsen as sarah, a young woman who finds herself sealed inside her familys.
The long take in silent house is effective, but to what end. The only scenes that were in focus were the neverending cleavage. The film is an adaptation of konamis 1999 video game silent hill. Its a remake of a 2010 uruguay film, which was based on a true story from the 1940s. The silent house, a 2010 uruguayan horror film silent house, the 2011 american remake of the uruguayan film silent house, a song cowritten by neil finn released on the crowded house album time on earth and the dixie chicks on the album taking the long way. Maybe if nobody voted like the silent guy they would have all survived. I think playing the game could help with understanding this film. Rose and sharon are trapped in the the city, and the explanation boils down to because reasons. Silent house 1983 is orhan pamuks second novel published after cevdet bey and his sons. The movie has an interesting concept but has too many handcrafted situations to generate the chills. Founded in 2010, silent house is a full service production company providing production and design for television and live entertainment including creative direction, choreography and logistical solutions for live events. The silent house, a british silent film directed by walter forde. I went to wikipedia to get a better sense of what id seen. The trio turn on their electric lanterns and follow peter to the dining room the source of the problem where john hits the wall with a sledgehammer to reveal that mold has grown within the walls, and maybe throughout the entire house.
The explanation, if thats what it was, seemed contrived and unconvincing. Watch silent house starring elizabeth olsen in this drama on directv. Can someone please explain the new movie silent house to. Welcome back to the scariest town in west virginia in silent hill. Silent house is a uniquely unsettling horror thriller starring elizabeth olsen as sarah, a young woman who finds herself sealed inside her familys secluded lake house. If this is true, then the silent house is half a horror movie. A plot summary and explanation of the film a quiet place.
Heres the film a quiet places plotholes explained, spoilers ahead. Watch silent house online stream full movie directv. Released march 9th, 2012, silent house stars elizabeth olsen, adam trese, eric sheffer stevens, julia chan the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 28 min, and received a score of 49 out of 100. The little stranger movie ending, explained by director lenny. Most people here seem to think that sophia was not real, but was instead somebody that saras mind imagined as a coping mechanism. Silent hill is a 2006 psychological horror film directed by christophe gans and written by roger avary, gans, and nicolas boukhrief. Mar 16, 20 id definitely recommend silent house to all movie lovers, specially the horror lovers. While sh is one of the better executed attempts at making a gamebased movie, the ending comes across as if the writers havent learn. Lots of scenes of the main character going around calling out someones name in silent hill. Sophia being only somebody that saras mind imagines as a coping mechanism makes a certain amount of sense from a plotline point of view, but it makes no sense from a. Silent house is another one of those scream at the screen movies, in which you want to shout out advice to a character. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Unfortunately, they cant do much to change the originals resolution, the logic of which crumbles approximately 2.
Called 95% of the ending within the first 5 minutes, and boy did i hate that camera work. Its clear at almost every moment that the filmmakers had a ball making it. Directed by filmmaking duo chris kentis and laura lau, silent house uses. Silent house 2012 stream and watch online moviefone. Revelation 3d, is a 2012 horror thriller film written and directed by m. As i said last summer, i found that movie to be a glorious technical achievement masking a threadbare idea for a thriller that was ultimately nothing more than a disappointing cheat, so. Parents need to know that the horror movie silent house from the directors of tense indie hit open water includes some not entirely explained backstory involving some kind of child pornography or worse. In this article we explain the complete plot details and explain the ending indepth, so you have been warned silent house spoilers ahead. I said that i wanted to make a real horror movie, a movie about real horror. To some degree, the ending of a film should seem vaguely necessary.
The silent house ending explained by the directors spoiler. Here is the explanation of the ending of the movie silent house from my view. Imdb, the worlds most popular and authoritative source for movie, tv and celebrity content. The acting and dark grittiness was good, but the fast shaking rotating camera got on my nerves a little. Directed by the husband and wife team of chris kentis and laura lau open water, the first 30 minutes of this movie captured my interest and had me on edge. This video is about the end of the movie silent house. They walk in, and though it is daylight outside, the house is almost pitch black as all the windows are boarded. It acts as a sequel to the first movie, while also dramatically changing many things about the story, and more. So does silent house, which is closely based on a 2010 argentinian thriller.
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