Questo film è brutto. Metà del film è lei che urla per trovare il padre, atmosfere create male, l'unico elemento di "paura" sono i jump-scare, che sinceramente mi fanno anche cagare perché è il modo di far "paura" più basso e becero. Finale di merda e trattato molto male. Un film adatto se ti vuoi addormentare.

Questo film è brutto. Metà del film è lei che urla per trovare il padre, atmosfere create male, l'unico elemento di "paura" sono i jump-scare, che sinceramente mi fanno anche cagare perché è il modo di far "paura" più basso e becero. Finale di merda e trattato molto male. Un film adatto se ti vuoi addormentare.

Supposedly shot in a single long take, The Silent House is an engrossing and densely atmospheric horror that just, and only just, stumbles at the final hurdle.

Coming from Uruguay, the plot is purportedly based on real events from the 1940s; though what that really is I cannot say. Loosely: a father and daughter choose to spend the night in a dilapidated cottage while the owner (I think), a friend of the father, goes into town. This then takes place in real time over the final 80-ish minutes of the trio. It begins with Laura hearing a noise upstairs, the father goes to check it out, screaming and panting and bleeding ensues, then the twist, cue credits.

Much like Berberian Sound Studio, this is a film that relies heavily upon the atmosphere it can create. Specifically this is a visual and aural treat. The house is dark and moody, with most of the light coming from the few small lanterns Laura and her father have around the house, thus The Silent House feels incredibly claustrophobic. Credit goes to the camera work with the supposed single take enforcing constant movement and, therefore, there is a tense and voyeuristic pace. Along with that, The Silent House is, for the most part, actually silent. The dialogue is minimal and most of the noise throughout the film comes from Laura herself. This only adds to the claustrophobic atmosphere of the film. Obviously this means major credit to Florencia Colucci for carrying and selling the film.

I want to also point out that Laura is smart. She tries to escape (in what is almost a comedic moment) right from the start and is reluctant to return once she does. She also carries with her a weapon at almost all times. Gee, it's like she might have seen one of these haunted cabin films before.

All that said, and yes I know it was made on a shoestring budget in a country with no major film industry, The Silent House is so lean that, outside the atmosphere, almost nothing happens, period. Then there is a bloody twist, which again like Berberian Sound Studio, comes from so far out of left field it's jarring. Seriously, it kills the film's final minutes and hurts your head trying to understand it.

Nevertheless, The Silent House is worth a watch. Just embrace it and soak in its atmosphere.

Supposedly shot in a single long take, The Silent House is an engrossing and densely atmospheric horror that just, and only just, stumbles at the final hurdle.

Coming from Uruguay, the plot is purportedly based on real events from the 1940s; though what that really is I cannot say. Loosely: a father and daughter choose to spend the night in a dilapidated cottage while the owner (I think), a friend of the father, goes into town. This then takes place in real time over the final 80-ish minutes of the trio. It begins with Laura hearing a noise upstairs, the father goes to check it out, screaming and panting and bleeding ensues, then the twist, cue credits.

Much like Berberian Sound Studio, this is a film that relies heavily upon the atmosphere it can create. Specifically this is a visual and aural treat. The house is dark and moody, with most of the light coming from the few small lanterns Laura and her father have around the house, thus The Silent House feels incredibly claustrophobic. Credit goes to the camera work with the supposed single take enforcing constant movement and, therefore, there is a tense and voyeuristic pace. Along with that, The Silent House is, for the most part, actually silent. The dialogue is minimal and most of the noise throughout the film comes from Laura herself. This only adds to the claustrophobic atmosphere of the film. Obviously this means major credit to Florencia Colucci for carrying and selling the film.

I want to also point out that Laura is smart. She tries to escape (in what is almost a comedic moment) right from the start and is reluctant to return once she does. She also carries with her a weapon at almost all times. Gee, it's like she might have seen one of these haunted cabin films before.

All that said, and yes I know it was made on a shoestring budget in a country with no major film industry, The Silent House is so lean that, outside the atmosphere, almost nothing happens, period. Then there is a bloody twist, which again like Berberian Sound Studio, comes from so far out of left field it's jarring. Seriously, it kills the film's final minutes and hurts your head trying to understand it.

Nevertheless, The Silent House is worth a watch. Just embrace it and soak in its atmosphere.