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Silent House2011

Name: Silent House
Genre: Psychological, Ghosts & Haunting, Supernatural
Released: 2011-01-21
Rating: 5.1

“Experience 88 minutes of real fear, captured In real time”

Directed by Chris Kentis, Laura Lau

5.1

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 5.2Rotten Tomatoes 42%Metacritic 49TMDB 5.4

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Year

2011

Runtime

86 min

Box Office

Budget

$2,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$13,101,672

Domestic

$12,754,783

🏆 1 win & 3 nominations total

The premise

Sarah returns with her father and uncle to fix up the family's longtime summerhouse after it was violated by squatters in the off-season. As they work in the dark, Sarah begins to hear sounds from within the walls of the boarded-up building. Although she barely remembers the place, Sarah senses the past may still haunt the home.

Horror Vault's take

When Sarah accompanies her father and uncle to renovate the family's long-neglected summerhouse, what starts as routine work quickly turns into something far more sinister. Strange sounds emanate from behind boarded-up walls, and the suffocating darkness of the sealed-off building seems to press in on her from every angle. Shot to appear as a single unbroken take, the film traps viewers inside Sarah's mounting terror in real time. Elizabeth Olsen delivers a raw, physically committed performance that anchors every nerve-shredding moment.

Content: Jump Scares, Disturbing Imagery, Violence, Themes Of Trauma