A ventriloquist's doll snatches tongues in a horror movie for dummies

Read the Empire Movie review of Dead Silence. For the love of Chucky, avoid this insipid attempt at reviving the killer doll...

Clipping found in The Independent published in London, Greater London, England on 7/8/2007. Dead Silence*

Clipping found in Detroit Free Press published in Detroit, Michigan on 3/17/2007. Dead Silence (1/2)*

Clipping found in The Los Angeles Times published in Los Angeles, California on 3/19/2007. Dead Silence*

Dead Silence’s ghoul, Mary Shaw, is an undead ventriloquist who slays her victims by eating their tongues when they scream. In spite of all the yawning eli...

The playfully self-aware touches of “Dead Silence” distract from its leaden pacing, three too many final twists and various behavioral idiocies.

Director James Wan and screenwriter Leigh Whannell, who hit the jackpot with Saw, reunite for this lurid spook show involving sinister ventriloquism dolls, a...