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The Best Movie Ever Made About An Evil Ventriloquist And Her Puppet Kids

posted 8 years ago by DarlesChickens
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Frightmaster James Wan has another scream machine hitting the silver screen this weekend — The Conjuring 2. And whenever Wan delivers another horror offering up unto the masses, I like to remind people that his underrated 2007 film Dead Silence is damn amazing. Dead Silence is still a total blast — a film about an evil ventriloquist named Mary Shaw (Judith Roberts) who had a hell of a lot of puppets. Mary’s evil ghost wants revenge, as all evil ghosts do, and she draws poor hapless sap Jamie (Ryan Kwanten) into her puppet nightmare — first by killing his wife, and then by calling him back to his Norman Rockwell-meets-Tim Burton hometown. Much puppet mayhem happens. You may be thinking, “Hey — this doesn’t sound that great.” Well allow me to illustrate why Dead Silence is the ultimate masterpiece of killer puppet movies: http://www.cutprintfilm.com/features/dead-silence-is-the-best/

[–] bcjester 8 years ago

Whoa whoa whoa whoa. Hold on. Isn't this the only movie ever made about an Evil Ventriloquist and her Puppet kids? Even Puppet Master isn't like that. Unless I'm wrong.

Didn't like this particular one by James Wan but EVERYTHING else he has done has been absolutely amazing. Favorite horror director at the moment.

I've baited my hook with my own underwear. Is it wrong that I hope to catch a fish I can relate to?-Ragdoll.

[–] activista 8 years ago

Check out the film MAGIC from 1978,, which is about a ventriloquist who may be becoming possessed by his own puppet or something. I still haven't seen the film to this day, but it stars a young Anthony Hopkins as the ventriloqist.