Review of Dead Silence (2007) by Ryan B — 20 Feb 2017

The writing is very poor, but Wan has some truly chilling moments in this one.

This review of Dead Silence (2007) was written by Ryan B on 20 Feb 2017.

Dead Silence has generally received mixed reviews.

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