Dead Silence

A grieving widower begins to uncover the truth behind his wife’s death and the clues point to a ventriloquist and her dummy., A widower returns to his hometown to search for answers to his wife’s murder, which may be linked to the ghost of a murdered ventriloquist., When a man (Ryan Kwanten) suspected of his wife’s brutal murder tells a detective (Donnie Wahlberg) he believes she was killed by a late ventriloquist’s doll, all he gets is lip service—until more bodies start turning up. This crafty chiller’s screenwriter (Leigh Whannell) and director (James Wan) are the team behind the “Saw” series. The film is in the scary tradition of such demon-dummy villains as “Dead of Night,” “Magic” and “Devil Doll.” Amber Valletta, Bob Gunton., Saw duo James Wan and Leigh Whannell re-team for this chilling tale of a widower (Ryan Kwanten) who returns to his hometown to unearth clues about his recently departed wife’s untimely death. In the quiet town of Ravens Fair, children taunt one another with spooky stories about a ventriloquist whose mind was ravaged by insanity. Mary Shaw was a popular entertainer until she was accused of murdering a young boy. Subsequently hunted and captured by the vengeful townspeople, Mary’s tongue was cut out before she was mercilessly killed and committed to the earth in the company of her handmade collection of vaudeville dolls. In the years that followed, the town seemed to be haunted by those ghastly puppets. After mysteriously disappearing from Mary’s grave, the menacing figurines would sometimes be glimpsed by the damned in the dead of night — their appearance consistently foreshadowing the death of whoever laid eyes upon them. Entire families were found slaughtered, their tongues brutally torn from their mouths in a sickening scene that eerily recalled the execution of the elderly ventriloquist. Newlyweds Jamie (Ryan Kwanten) and Lisa Ashen (Laura Regan) both grew up in Ravens Fair. Now, following Lisa’s inexplicable death, Paul has returned to the pair’s hometown in order to say his final goodbyes and find out the truth about his wife’s enigmatic demise. After being reunited with his ailing father (Bob Gunton) and the aging man’s pretty young bride (Amber Valletta), the grieving widower will finally uncover the shocking truth behind the curse that has plagued Ravens Fair for as far back as he can remember., A young man suspected of his wife’s murder races to prove that a possessed puppet was the real killer. Frightening horror., A widower sets out to uncover the reason for the murder of his wife. He returns to his home town, where many years earlier a mentally ill ventriloquist was cruelly killed by the local residents. Now the dead entertainer’s vengeful dummy is rumoured to haunt the area, and the bereaved husband suspects the menacing doll holds the key to his spouse’s untimely demise., A young man suspected of his wife’s murder races to prove that a possessed puppet was the real killer.