Review of The Silent House (2010) by John T — 08 Dec 2011

The Spanish speaking world have been leading the way in horror movies in recent years. Rec and the Orphanage are two examples of great horror's which makes it all the more disappointing that The Silent House ( a Uruguayan film) is such a poor film.

This the story of Laura and her dad , Wilson who are asked to do up an old house but it soon becomes clear that this is no ordinary house and that things are not what they seem.

The best thing about this film is that it's only 80 minutes long. I don't know if I would have got to the end if it was a normal length film.

This starts really well . It is suspensfull and has the feel of a Blare Witch type movie. There are very long scenes without breaking away , following the girl around this spooky house but then the film changes.

It starts to become confused ( as I was) and far too clever for it's own good and instead of becoming a good old fashioned haunted house move it changes direction - for the worse.

I was annoyed by this film because quite clearly it never had an ending to start with.

The director snatched defeat out of the jaws of victory.