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Synopsis: Every town has its own ghost story, and a local folktale around Ravens Fair is about a ventriloquist named Mary Shaw. After she went mad in the 1940s, she was accused of kidnapping a young boy who yelled out in one of her performances that she was a fraud. Because of this she was hunted down by townspeople who in the ultimate act of revenge, cut out her tongue and then killed her. They buried her along with her "children," a handmade collection of vaudeville dolls, and assumed they had silenced her forever. However, Ravens Fair has been plagued by mysterious deaths around them after Mary Shaws collection has returned from their graves and have come to seek revenge on people that killed her and their families. Far from the pall of their cursed hometown, newlyweds Jamie and Lisa Ashen thought they had established a fresh start, until Jamie's wife is grotesquely killed in their apartment. Jamie returns to Ravens Fair for the funeral, intent on unraveling the mystery of Lisa's death. Once
Director(s): James Wan
Production: Universal Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
34
Rotten Tomatoes:
21%
R
Year:
2007
89 min
$16,500,000
Website
1,665 Views


to play games.

She won't find me down here.

Marion, I'm not

going to ask you again.

Let's go. Come on, come on.

You just shush now.

The silent time is here.

Go on.

Go on up. I'll be up later.

Did you see her? Did you?

When she killed your wife?

Did you see her do it?

Killed my wife?

What are you talking about?

"Beware the stare

of Mary Shaw

"She had no children,

only dolls

"And if you see her

in your dreams..."

Marion!

She's here. No one's safe.

- No one's safe.

- Come, Marion.

- Marion, you leave him alone.

- No one's safe.

- This is not the time.

- What's she talking about?

I'm sorry, Jamie. She doesn't

know what she's saying.

She's here!

Come. I'm going to take you home

now. Let's go, let's go. Come on.

MARION:
You must bury

the doll! Bury the doll!

Leave him alone.

Leave him alone. Come on.

Marion, we'll go home now.

(READING)

(MARY SHAW HUMMING)

(GRUNTING)

Who dug you up?

(AMBIENT NOISE DISAPPEARING)

(MARY SHAW LAUGHING)

(MARY SHAW LAUGHING)

(MARY SHAW LAUGHING)

Thought I asked you

not to leave the city.

(SIGHING)

I came to bury my wife.

You got a problem with that?

Nope.

Problem is, she's not the

only one that you came to bury.

So, you've been

following me now?

You know, Jamie,

you really are forcing me

to use the word "perplexed"

an awful lot lately.

You mind telling me

what the hell that is?

Okay. Since you don't want

to answer my questions,

maybe you'd like

to answer his.

(CLEARING THROAT)

"Why did you bury me, Jamie?

"Is it because I'm evidence

in a capital crime,

"a crime that you are

the number one suspect in?"

You understand

what I'm saying here?

It's like I told you before.

The night Lisa was murdered,

somebody sent it to me.

It just arrived

on our doorstep.

So, why'd you bury it?

It came from that cemetery.

I was just putting it back.

In the cemetery?

There's an old ghost story around

here about a woman named Mary Shaw.

She was buried

with her doll collection.

Now, the story goes, "If you ever

see her, make sure you never scream."

Or what?

Oh.

Or you end up

without a tongue.

I guess your wife

didn't listen, then, huh?

You son of a...

Hey! Hey!

Settle down, Jamie.

Let's not add assaulting an officer

to your list of offenses here.

So you're trying to tell me

that a ghost killed your wife?

I don't know,

I don't know.

What do you know?

I do know

whoever sent this to me

either knows who killed my

wife or did it themselves.

Hmm.

That's a theory.

I'm going to go.

And I hope you don't mind me taking

our little friend here with me,

seeing as he's evidence

and all.

Great.

Good night, neighbor.

Neighbor?

Sleep tight.

You know, I noticed

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Leigh Whannell

Leigh Whannell (born 17 January 1977) is an Australian screenwriter, producer, director, and actor. He is best known for writing films directed by his friend James Wan, including Saw (2004), Dead Silence (2007), Insidious (2011), and Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013). Whannell has directed two films, Insidious: Chapter 3, released in 2015, and Upgrade, released in 2018. Whannell and Wan are the creators of the Saw franchise. Whannell wrote the first installment, co-wrote the second and third installments, was producer or executive producer for all the films, and appeared as the "Adam Stanheight" character in four of the installments. He was also the writer of the Saw video game (2009), and co-writer of the 2014 film Cooties. more…

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