2019 · horror · drama · thriller
The Silence
Directed by John R. Leonetti1h 31m2019
With the world under attack by deadly creatures who hunt by sound, a teen and her family seek refuge outside the city and encounter a mysterious cult.
Our read: The Silence (2019) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror · drama · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme horror / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- extreme
- inventive
- twisty
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