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David Arnold Laura and her father, Wilson, have been called upon by a family friend, Néstor, to do some yard work and clean out his old house as he is putting it up for sale. Not long after arriving at the house, Laura starts to hear some strange noises from upstairs so she asks her dad to investigate. Unfortunately, this results in Wilson being attacked by someone, or something, so Laura, who is now in fear for her and her father's lives, starts to look for a way to escape the house before they fall victim to what or whoever is in the house with them.The Silent House is most definitely what I call a thinker of a movie and if you don't pay attention to it right from the start then you will struggle to understand what goes on. I paid close attention to it and I STILL had to think about it all to tie it all together. It's not a movie that tells you what's going on step by step and gets laid out in front of you. You actually do have to think about it and put it together yourself, and for the most part I do enjoy movies like that and the more I thought about the film, and the more I figured it out, the more I actually liked it.This isn't a Paranormal Activity kind of movie either, so don't go into it expecting something like a "lost footage found" movie. If you're expecting a supernatural type of movie like that then you will be sorely disappointed, but in saying that, it's still a pretty creepy & very atmospheric movie.It's also very, very cleverly edited to seem like it was filmed in one continuous shot and the illusion works superbly. For me, that added to the suspense of the film because there were no obvious cut-away scenes, or anything to interrupt the flow of the movie, and for a movie that only cost about $6000 to make, that makes it even more impressive.The Silent House will not be to everyone's taste, but if you enjoy a good creepy thriller, and one where you have to use your brain to put things together, then you might enjoy this.

nickcooper567 The others must be made of stone! (or just braver than this guy!)Genuinely one of the most nail biting horror/thrillers i've seen! I never bother writing reviews but I had to, just to stand up for this film. To be quite honest, I don't know if it was, but who gives a s**t if it's not been shot in one continuous shot like they said (lied to by the film industry! who'd have thought it!?) I thought it was very well directed, incredibly tense and great lighting, sound design and the Polaroid camera is one of my favourite horror techniques now! I'd not seen that used before watching this and i'm sure there's other that use it! I think the story stands up pretty well, (but maybe i'm a moron! who knows?!) especially compared to the Hollywood re makes we all see aaaaaaall the time, have a bit of horror culture haha. I don't wanna over sell it, and I think the other reviewers might've helped me not too :p. But turn the lights off and sit on your own without jumping or putting a pillow infront of your face at any point and i commend you! Give it a watch, I think you'll like it. It'll open up a new love, for what i guess is Venezuelan horror, if you're not already in love with it!

craterofstink Uruguayan horror film. YES. Uruguayan. You may have read about this. Maybe not. Claims to have been filmed in one continuous 79 minute shot(except for brief post-credit sequence).A girl and her father take on a job at a remote uninhabited house in the country/woods. An acquaintance who owns the house needs it prepped to be sold. Should be a 3 day job. The house does not currently have electricity. Candles and lamps for light. Girl and Dad decide to bunker down the first day and get started early the next morning. Loud thump upstairs and Dad is gone to investigate.So we basically follow the girl around a dark house. It's not the camera's view that we see though. The camera is not a "character" a la REC or Paranormal Activity. I found it very suspenseful and the one shot aspect is pretty cool. HOWEVER, once the movie plays out and the story unfolds, the continuous take feels a bit cheapened. It's all I'll say.

Michael_Elliott The Silent House (2010) * 1/2 (out of 4) Laura (Florencia Colucci) goes with her father (Gustavo Alonso) to an old house where the two are going to work on fixing it up. That night Laura hears a noise upstairs and has her father goes investigate and when he returns bloodied the daughter must then try to escape with her life. This low-budget movie works on the gimmick that it was all shot on one continuous take. I actually watched the remake before I could track down a copy of the original so needless to say there really weren't any twists or turns in the story that caught me off guard, although there are a few changes and differences in both versions. I left the theater of the remake extremely disappointed so I was looking forward to watching this version but sadly I was left even more disappointed in this one so I really do think the remake takes this and does a better job with the story. With that said, both are severely flawed movies and this one here suffers an even worse fate because not only does the gimmick never work but the entire thing just comes across without any energy and it lacks any real drama or suspense. I thought the main thing that killed this movie was the lack of suspense as there never even appears to be an attempt to build any up. There are a couple fake jump moments but other than this we basically have the daughter walking around the house and why she just doesn't leave is never made clear (in the remake it's cleared up). I'd also say that there are several issues with the story itself that doesn't make much sense but I'm not going to go into spoilers. Another problem is that Colucci doesn't carry the film and just isn't strong enough to make us care about the character. THE SILENT HOUSE runs less than 90-minutes but I had a very hard time sitting through it as the thing just kept wondering around and it seemed without any real purpose. Add in the lack of scares and you're left with a gimmick that simply doesn't work. The one continuous shot is why editors are so important because they can take material and build it up to something. With this one shot there's simply nothing to build upon.