Dead Silence

2007 film directed by James Wan
Movie film Q543403
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Summary

Dead Silence is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,537 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: James Wan[3]
  • Screenwriter: Leigh Whannell[4]
  • Composer: Charlie Clouser[5]
  • Genre: horror film[6], mystery film[7]
  • Cast member: Ryan Kwanten[8], Amber Valletta[9], Donnie Wahlberg[10], Bob Gunton[11], Michael Fairman[12], Dmitry Chepovetsky[13], Keir Gilchrist[14], Laura Regan[15], Shelley Peterson[16], Steven Taylor[17], Judith Roberts[18]
  • Producer: Mark Burg[19], Oren Koules[20], Gregg Hoffman[21]
  • Production company: Twisted Pictures[22]
  • Director of photography: John R. Leonetti[23]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[24]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[25]
  • Review score: 4/10[26], 21%[27], 34/100[28]
  • Color: color[29]
  • Country of origin: United States[30]
  • Publication date: March 16, 2007[31]
  • Distributed by: Universal Pictures[32], Netflix[33]
  • Official website: http://deadsilencemovie.net/[34]
  • Main subject: supernatural[35]
  • Title: Dead Silence[36]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 16[37]
  • Duration: 90 minutes[38]
  • Capital cost: 20,000,000 US dollars[39]
  • Box office: 22,400,000 US dollars[40]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: 16[41]
  • Filmiroda rating: Category IV[42]
  • CNC film rating (France): no minors under twelve[43]

Why It Matters

Dead Silence has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . movieweb.com. Retrieved . movieweb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . movieweb.com. Retrieved . movieweb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . movieweb.com. Retrieved . movieweb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . movieweb.com. Retrieved . movieweb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . movieweb.com. Retrieved . movieweb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved . kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . terjesztesre_kerulo_filmalkotasok_nyilvantartasa.xlsx. wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . cnc.fr. cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Kwayst · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cy', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi',
    P14724 → 11019012
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14724: 11019012, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/302086061|Dead Silence (#302086061)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8232|Garance item (fil"
  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 455760
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 455760, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269764|batch #269764]]"
  3. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 46067
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 46067, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269265|batch #269265]]"
  4. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2007-03-16T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Leigh Whannell
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+90'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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