8/10
La Casa Muda (The Silent House) is a horror movie purportedly shot in a single, unbroken take (although the numerous plunges into darkness lead to skepticism), and it's also a simple story - a man and his teenage daughter head to an abandoned house that the owner hired them to clean up for him to sell. Almost immediately, strange things ensue. There is an impressive amount of suspense and tension, even if the scares don't always deliver there's still a lot to enjoy. Unfortunately, like Haute Tension, the movie feels the need to justify its own existence with a ludicrous plot twist, but there are so few good horror movies these days I find myself rather flexible when it comes to the story. Others might not be so forgiving though.
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