The Silence
2019 · Movie · PG-13 · 91 min · ★ 6.0 · 28% critics
Deadly creatures that hunt by sound drive a family to flee the city and live as quietly as possible. As they search for safety, they face constant pressure to stay silent and must also navigate a dangerous group of survivors with their own unsettling rules.
Based on The Silence
Also known as Un silence de mort
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Details
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-05-16
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 28/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (1,695 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like fast, creature-driven survival thrillers with a “stay quiet” hook and occasional human threats, similar to White Noise or Chernobyl Diaries; Not for you if you need tight logic and strong tension.
Pros: strong survival-horror premise; some intense creature moments; decent production value | Cons: familiar to similar films; shaky logic and plot holes; cult subplot feels abrupt
Themes
- based on novel or book
- deaf
- post-apocalyptic future
- survival
- creature
- religious cult
- sign languages
- deadly creature
- creature attack
- trying to avoid making noise
Cast & crew
Stanley Tucci
as Hugh Andrews
Kiernan Shipka
as Ally Andrews
Miranda Otto
as Kelly Andrews
Kate Trotter
as Lynn
John Corbett
as Glenn
Kyle Breitkopf
as Jude Andrews
Dempsey Bryk
as Rob
Billy MacLellan
as The Reverend
- CW
Chris Whitby
as Man with Shotgun
Barbara Gordon
as Woman with Shotgun
Directed by John R. Leonetti