Silence

Completely boring seemingly made-for-TV movie showcasing the untalented Kristy Swanson. I only watched this because my father, who states there're no good movies out there left to see, picked this up at a video store, and said it was really great. I should have known better: he also states that his favorite movie is "Best Seller" with Brian Dennehy, another borefest! Swanson and Vincent Spano did fine enough acting jobs, but there is just not a great story here. This movie can be shown on the Lifetime channel, and people WILL watch it. You, however, my dear viewer, actively visit IMDb.com, perhaps the greatest collection of movie information available. Stay away from this one, because you have only so much time in your life. Walt D in LV. 8/21/2005

I coulda sworn this was a cheapo filmed in Canada, but maybe not - another reviewer laid it in KCMO. Boxleitner was the only talented actor. Second takes were not allowed, no matter how bad the acting. The lame plot was trivial and predicable. They did not even bother to tell us what was on the disc that everyone died for.

There are some films where you know they are rubbish within 10 minutes. There are some where you know they are awful within 3 minutes. This one was absolutely astounding : you knew it was going to be awful during the opening sequence !! Put simply, this was a stunningly bad film. I tried to watch it till the end to see if it would make it THE worst film I've ever watched. I couldn't even watch it till the end.

I am even struggling writing the mandatory 10 lines to describe this film. I repeat - stunningly awful. Bad script, appalling acting, no suspense, obvious plots, non-existent direction, this is truly a made-for-trash movie. Stunning stuff.

Dead Silence is a good film with good actors and acting! The two good performances to talk about are by Vladimir Kulich and Bruce Boxleitner! Vladimir was really the ultimate villain in this film. I think he could be awesome as other types of bad guys in movies if he is given the chance. Boxleitner also put on a good performance. Kristy Swanson and Vincent Spano were good and one of the kings of horror Tony Todd also was good and actually the acting by the girl was pretty good. The film is handled in a different way. I thought It was unusual and different that this film was filmed in Kansas City, Missouri. Overall I think Dead Silent is fair film and if you are a fan that likes the actors that I mentioned above and want to see them is different film then I recommend that you watch this movie!

I have read several of the other comments, as I try to be fair. For the most part, if a Lifetime Movie has talented actors, but a boring plot, it may still be viewable; and vice versa; This movie has neither. You will become instantly bored as you watch Kristy Swanson pretending to be a psychiatrist (that's right, folks) and you can visually see HOW HARD it is for her to try and re-enact Jodi Foster's superb performance in "Silence of the Lambs".

I for one am tired of these imitations.....it is over 12 years, and we still see lame copies; give the audience a break; this is Ämerican cable; we are not COMPLETE IMBECILES. Some of us don't ëven watch "CSI".....Also, I am not an incidental music expert, but I was hysterically laughing when Kristy Swanson faces the killer through the jail cell, and the ominous classical music starts playing; Writers of this show should be paying royalties to Jonathan Demme; his camera/directorial and sound techniques are used once again......but they are not utilizing a viable story plot or decent actors, to portray the message....I am sure many film enthusiasts will agree.