| Silent House | |
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| Directed by | Chris Kentis Laura Lau |
| Screenplay by | Laura Lau |
| Based on | The Silent House by Oscar Estevez |
| Produced by | Agnes Mentre Laura Lau |
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| Cinematography | Igor Martinovic |
| Music by | Nathan Larson |
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| Distributed by | Open Road Films |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million[1] |
| Box office | $13.1 million[2] |
Silent House is a 2011 American independent psychological horror film directed by Chris Kentis and Laura Lau, and starring Elizabeth Olsen. The plot focuses on a young woman who is terrorized in her family vacation home while cleaning the property with her father and uncle. The film is a remake of the 2010 Uruguayan film, La Casa Muda (lit. English:The Silent House),[3] which was allegedly based on an actual incident that occurred in a village in Uruguay in the 1940s. It is notable for its use of "real time" footage and the manufactured appearance of a single continuous shot, similar to Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (1948).
The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2011 and was subsequently purchased by Open Road Films and Universal Pictures for distribution. Silent House premiered in United States theaters on March 9, 2012. It opened at number 5 at the U.S. box office, earning $6.6 million during its opening weekend; it would go on to gross a total of $12.8 million domestically. The film received mixed reviews from critics.
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