THE SILENCE (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Kiernan Shipka (One & Two), Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones), Miranda Otto (War of the Worlds), John Corbett (My Big Fat Greek Wedding), Kyle Breitkopf (Parental Guidance), Dempsey Bryk (film debut), Billy MacLellan (Maudie)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

John R. Leonetti (Annabelle), director; Carey Van Dyke (Chernobyl Diaries) and Shane Van Dyke (The Sacred), writers; Hartley Gorenstein (Polar), Robert Kulzer (Wrong Turn), Scott Lambert (film debut) and Alexandra Milchan (Bullet to the Head), producers; Thomas Hajdu (The Strangers) and Andy Milburn (The Mothman Prophecies), composers; Michael Galbraith (Wish Upon), cinematographer; Michele Conroy (Splice), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

The world is being terrorised by a deadly species that hunts only with their acute hearing, prompting a family – including deaf teenager Aly (Shipka) – to seek refuge in a remote haven, only for them to stumble upon a sinister cult that hopes to exploit Ally’s heightened senses…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Though it’s clearly been set up as a direct result of the successes of both A Quiet Place and Bird Box, this new Netflix horror utilises the talents of its leads Kiernan Shipka and Stanley Tucci as much as it can.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

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