March 9th sees the release of Silent House, a new thriller starring Elizabeth Olsen that she shot shortly after wrapping principal photography on Martha Marcy May Marlene. Shock Till You Drop has an exclusive clip to share inside which finds Olsen's character, Sarah, getting spooked with a classic scare effect.
Directed by Chris Kentis and Laura Lau - the team behind Open Water - the film is a remake of La Casa Muda and concerns a young woman who joins her father and uncle at a summer home to clean the place up. This endeavor descends into a night of terror for Sarah as strange noises and a mysterious figure begin to haunt her.
The film is inspired by a true story - an unsolved murder case that happened in a village in Uruguay in which three bodies were discovered mutilated.
An American remake of the Spanish thriller of the same name, Silent House is a brilliant film set in one continuous shot for 80+ minutes, which follows a young girl alone in a lake house as she experiences a certain type of terror nobody can truly escape.
Jeremy of We Got This Covered wrote, "Directors Chris Kentis and Laura Lau (Open Water) return to the horror genre for another unique spin on a rather basic story. Silent House is a one take horror film, which uses lengthy shots and low lighting to capture the fear and suspense of a creepy house. Elizabeth Olsen takes the solo lead role and attempts to grab your attention for a little under an hour and a half, but eventually her screams and panting wears off and Silent House‘s true colors are revealed. It’s just another disappointing horror film with an interesting premise, great actress, but no story and a twist ending that ruins everything before it."
Nicholas of Movies Hate You Too writes:
This week’s Blu-ray release schedule is a little lighter than the past few but it does hold the special distinction of seeing the release of one of the greatest TV shows of all time. Also being released is a new series starring TV nice guy Kelsey Grammer as a nasty politician, another crappy ‘style over substance’ horror mess, a silly George W. Bush related HBO re-issue, a music video pioneer’s live concert, and some other assorted catalog titles.
I'm curious to see this for a number of reasons. It sounds interesting. It will give us another look at Elizabeth Olsen, see how she does. And I'll be curious to see how the directors of Open Water have evolved. Plus, just the fact that this whole movie is shot in one long continuous take intrigues me. I also want to see the original for that reason.