The Silent House2010
“Real Fear In Real Time”
Directed by Gustavo Hernández
🏆 2 nominations total
The premise
Laura and her father Wilson arrive at a cottage off the beaten path in order to repair it since its owner will soon put the house on sale. They will spend the night there in order to start the repairs the following morning. Everything seems to go on smoothly until Laura hears a sound that comes from outside and gets louder and louder in the upper floor of the house. Wilson goes up to see what is going on while she remains downstairs on her own waiting for her father to come down. The plot is based on a true story that occurred in the 1940s in a small village in Uruguay. La casa muda focuses on the last seventy eight minutes, second by second, as Laura tries to leave the house unharmed and discovers the dark secret it hides.
Horror Vault's take
When Laura and her father arrive at a remote Uruguayan cottage to prepare it for sale, a simple overnight stay turns into a waking nightmare after unexplained noises begin emanating from the upper floor. Shot to appear as a single unbroken take, this Uruguayan horror plunges viewers into real-time terror alongside its trapped heroine. Based on an alleged true event from the 1940s, the film uses intimate, handheld dread rather than spectacle to get under your skin. What begins as a straightforward haunted-house premise steadily peels back layers to reveal something far more disturbing lurking within the walls.
Content: Violence, Disturbing Imagery, Intense Scenes Of Threat And Peril
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