El silencio del terror

For a start I'm not interested in adding nothing new in this review."Fear Runs Silent" has a good premise,but this premise is completely wasted.Director Serge Rodnunsky doesn't create almost any atmosphere(apart from the beginning,which is pretty creepy),instead he fills this trash with so many annoying flashbacks.The ending is totally awful:after all these grisly events it all turns into dream!!!Yeah right,what a load of s***!!Three stars:one for a funny performance by Stacy Keach as a biologist,one for beautiful photography,and finally one for the beginning.Avoid this mess like the plague.

Avoid at all cost!

After seeing this movie I understand why there is not a single positive comment listed here: it's because this movie does not deserve any!

The director is either completely unskilled, or he tried to go beyond what did lay within his capacities. This movie is a confusing mixture of a dime-a-dozen teenage horror flick and a story told through flashbacks/flash forwards which end up confusing everyone as to what is going on. Every time the 'regular' action gets remotely interesting, there is a cut to another scene in which the main character has some stupid therapy session. How boring!

Seriously, I cannot believe this drivel was released. What amazes me even more is that the director has since directed many more movies - you'd expect the studios to never want him on a set again.

The only thing remotely redeeming about this movie is the short scene in which the main character strips her pants off. And that's pretty sad.

The effects are horrible (men in suits, fake fangs and with yellow contacts... ooh scary...), there is no plot to speak of (if you find it, let met know) and there is nothing exciting or fun about it.

I am almost embarrassed to admit it, but I have to say that for the most part I really liked "Fear Runs Silent". While I agree that the storyline was confusing and incoherent, this did not make me enjoy it any less. The writer/director has an undeniable talent for this sort of thing, and I was suprised by how frightening this strange film really was. It goes without saying that this sort of thing is not for everyone, and anyone who goes looking for explicit violence or a typical horror-movie ending will be disappointed. Nevertheless, "Fear Runs Silent" manages to deliver much more in terms of atmosphere, suspense, and sheer creepiness than many better funded films, such as the recent "Thirteen Ghosts".

"Fear Runs Silent" could have been a really awesome 1970's throwback if they kept it as simple "teenagers go to the woods and find danger" movie, but instead the producers and screenwritter decided to go for a "what's real and what's not?" approach and it really hurt the movie.

What keeps it from being a total waste is the very efficient cast and scenes where the woods danger attacks. They're really well done and are worth seeing.

If you realy like late 1990's horror or horror movies set in the woods or just wanna see a young Cerina Vincent, check it out. If not, watch "the final terror" (1983) instead!

The short story told by the Native American, as a prologue to this movie's plot, is the best part of the film. It is hard to believe that the same creative minds responsible for the opening short story could screw the rest of the movie up so badly.