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James Wan’s ‘Dead Silence’ Finally Coming To Blu-Ray
Eight years after its release, Dead Silence is coming to blu-ray on August 11th! The film was directed by James Wan (The Conjuring, Saw) and written by Wan and Leigh Whannell. You can read our review right here.
The atmospheric ghost story starred Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg, Bob Gunton, Judith Roberts and Michael Fairman.
According to Blu-Ray.com, the following specs will be included:
The Blu-ray release of Dead Silence is presented in 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround. In addition to the film’s unrated cut, special features include:
Alternate Opening
Alternate Ending
Deleted Scenes
The Making of Dead Silence
Mary Shaw’s Secrets
Evolution of a Visual FX
Aiden’s “We Sleep Forever” Music Video
Personally, I’m really excited for this. I’ve always loved this movie and was genuinely creeped out by it upon release. I still pop it in occasionally and enjoy every second.
Head below for the trailer.
There is an old ghost story in the sleepy town of Ravens Fair about Mary Shaw, a ventriloquist who went mad. Accused of the murder of a young boy, she was hunted down by vengeful townspeople who cut out her tongue and killed her. They buried her along with her children, a hand-made collection of vaudeville dolls. Since that time, Ravens Fair has been plagued by death. The ghastly dolls from Mary Shaws collection have gone missing from the grave and reappeared over the decades. In the dead of night-wherever they are glimpsed-families are found gruesomely murdered with their tongues torn out.
Before updating the video nasty Faces of Death, director Daniel Goldhaber and writer Isa Mazzei explored the dangers of online life in tech-thriller Cam, their feature debut that was acquired by Netflix in 2018 after making waves on the festival circuit.
At the end of last year, the Netflix exclusive quietly departed from the streaming platform, left without another streaming home.
It’s not an isolated story; Mike Flanagan’s Hush also left streaming entirely for a period until it was finally picked up on both physical media and other streaming services.
While the tech-thriller currently isn’t available to watch on Netflix, Tubi, Hulu, or any other platforms, that’s not a problem for Cam thanks to a very cool move by Goldhaber: the director has made his breakout film accessible to watch online for free via his website.
As his site notes: “CAM is unfortunately not currently available to view on any platforms, so you can watch it here if you like :).“
No subscriptions or fees necessary, just hit play.
Cam follows Alice (Madeline Brewer), who works as an online cam girl obsessed with her ranking on the cam site. The higher her ranking goes, the more it draws unwanted attention, and Alice soon finds herself replaced on her own show with a doppelganger.
Written by Mazzei, a former camgirl, it uses the horror thriller premise to examine the life of a sex worker; Alice’s career ambition is directly at odds with the shame it brings to her family, and how she tries to spare them from it by keeping them in the dark. It only compounds her danger when the doppelganger enters the equation in Goldhaber’s engaging thriller.
For a deep dive into the treacherous world of Cam, listen to Horror Queers’ episode on it now.
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