Dead Silence is a horror film that was directed by James Wan in 2007. It follows the story of a young man returning to his hometown after the murder of his wife. He believes that a ventriloquist doll that arrived at their house the night of her murder is the reason, and hopes to find answers there. However, what he doesn't realise is that the ventriloquist's ghost is hungry for revenge.
I felt that Dead Silence is very similar to what our film is about, both using the idea of a myth/fairy tale to bring fear. Slender man, of course, is an urban myth created for a competition, and the rhyme in Dead Silence was made for the film to imitate the concept of the Bloody Mary rhyme. I thought the build up of tension was executed well, and the way the audience were thrown into the action almost immediately is similar to our ideas.
I felt that Dead Silence is very similar to what our film is about, both using the idea of a myth/fairy tale to bring fear. Slender man, of course, is an urban myth created for a competition, and the rhyme in Dead Silence was made for the film to imitate the concept of the Bloody Mary rhyme. I thought the build up of tension was executed well, and the way the audience were thrown into the action almost immediately is similar to our ideas.
