Sometimes I wonder what it is like for a Penguin. Technically the Penguin is part of the bird family and shares a kinship with such other majestic birds as Eagles, Hawks and Falcons. However, one of the major differences between them all is that the Penguin is not capable of flight. It is one of the best examples of a subgroup that is inferior to the majority of its group because of its inability to complete the most basic task that the group is most widely known/appreciated for. It’s pretty sad. If movies were birds, Silent House would be the Penguin. It is inferior to almost every other horror movie that I have ever watched and fails on the most basic levels that other films in its genre would consider the building blocks of a horror/suspense film. At least, when it comes to my analogy, Penguins are cute.
Storyline: Brothers John (Trese) and Peter (Stevens) are trying to get the old family lake house renovated and ready to put on the market. Sarah (Olsen), daughter to John, is helping with the project. When Sarah, while working alone in a room, hears a strange noise in the house she goes to find her dad to see what is going on. She is unable to find her Uncle or Dad and, because there is no electricity in the house, is unable to call the police. Sarah must find a way to make it to safety and locate her family, but when old memories begin to surface Sarah begins to learn what is “real” and why the events are happening.
Worth the admission? Never! Not even if it was “buy one, get one free” night. This is one of the only movies that I have ever considered walking out of. It is just a colossal failure on all fronts and really should not have been released to theaters. The dialog and performances from Trese and Stevens are so wooden and stale you would have thought that you were watching the next movie in the Twilight Saga. The only thing about the movie that was watchable was the performance from Olsen. I think that she will do well in Hollywood and, given a good story, could make a real contribution.
I would also like to beg Hollywood to PLEASE stop making every movie with that “shaky cam” feel. It works really well for some movies but for this movie it just made everything hard to see and almost made me nauseated with all of the rapid movements and constant refocusing.
If you saw this “film” and found it to be anything less than horrible, please let me know .
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