Dead Silence 2007

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Dead Silence ★½ 2007 (R)

Did you know that automatonophobia is the fear of ventriloquist dummies? Well, they're usually pretty creepy even though this retro-looking flick isn't. Jamie (Kwanten) receives a vintage wooden dummy in the mail and then his wife gets murdered. He actually realizes that there's a connection between the two events and travels to his hometown of Ravens Fair, where ventriloquist Mary Shaw (Roberts) was murdered and her dummies buried with her. Except they're not staying in the ground and Mary's using them to get her revenge. 90m/C DVD, HD DVD . US Ryan Kwanten, Donnie Wahlberg, Amber Valletta, Michael Fairman, Bob Gunton, Judith Roberts, Laura Regan, Joan Heney; D: James Wan; W: Leigh Whannell; C: John R. Leonetti; M: Charlie Clouser.