SummaryAn unorthodox professor (Jared Harris) uses controversial methods and leads his best students off the grid to take part in a dangerous experiment: to create a poltergeist. [Hammer Films]
Directed By:John Pogue
Written By:Craig Rosenberg, Oren Moverman, John Pogue, Tom de Ville
The Quiet Ones
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
21% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
42% Mixed
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38% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
Apr 28, 2014
67
While the movie is not without its charms, there's nothing indicating that it's actually a Hammer movie.
Apr 24, 2014
63
If the stock concessions made to genre cliché by The Woman in Black can be charitably viewed as deliberate tips of the hat to the heyday of Hammer Films, then John Pogue's period-set exorcism yarn The Quiet Ones more interestingly upends those tropes.
User score
Mixed or Average
18% Positive
10 Ratings
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59% Mixed
33 Ratings
33 Ratings
23% Negative
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
Apr 26, 2014
10
This is a thinking man's horror film, not a shock or gore fest. In that light this was masterfully done, you're uneasy from start to finish. Loved it.
Jun 22, 2017
6
Found Footage, Exorzismus, Haunted House, Retrolook: Der Horrorfilm The Quiet Ones kommt mit beunruhigend vielen Genretrends um die Ecke. Schön, dass sich John Pogues Beitrag schnell als so gar nicht überbordend herausstellt. Der Plot um ein verstörtes Mädchen, das von einer Gruppe Uni-Studenten um Professor Jared Harris (Fringe) unter die Paranormal-Lupe genommen wird, entwickelt sich betörend langsam und setzt meist auf subtile Ti-West-Spannung, statt auf billig Schocks. Nur gegen Ende brennt, kracht und schreit es etwas zuviel, während die Geschichte mehr erklärt, als der Film überhaupt nötig hätte.
Apr 25, 2014
58
all the retro production design in the world can’t disguise the sheer familiarity of the film’s paranormal parlor tricks.
Apr 4, 2014
50
The film relies on high production values and sense-battering shock tactics to make up for wooden performances and an illogical, silly script. As an exercise in retro pastiche, it impresses. But as a postmodern genre reinvention, it fails to deliver.
Apr 24, 2014
30
It's a junky, unscary genre piece with a misleading title, because director and co-writer John Pogue jacks up the decibels so often to manufacture frights that you fear a punctured eardrum more than anything else.
Apr 24, 2014
20
Ah, wait — it’s an ancient Sumerian curse. That seems like poppycock to everyone but this film’s four screenwriters, who also unfortunately go for crashes and yelling instead of a frightening story.
Jan 16, 2015
5
This movie does have a few effective scares and it's well acted, but the screenplay lacks any sense of narrative and the direction is haphazard at best. I'm still trying to figure it all out.
May 22, 2014
5
The Quiet Ones isn't a terrible film and will admit it had moments that were frightening but I began to realize after awhile the director relying on deafening sounds rather than story to scare the audience.
Apr 26, 2014
2
What the hell is this? The Quiet ones is a badly acted, directed and it's a migraine of a movie. Sure, the some scares and the story is interesting but after that it goes downhill. Ignore this quiet one. Notes to the director: Shaky cam does not make a movie better, it makes it even worse.
Jul 18, 2020
1
Peacock? I rate it postmodern **** throughout. Don't bother with this one.
Nov 24, 2015
1
This movie is just a 90 minutes long 10 000 decibels forced jumpscare. But you have to like Jard Harris' performance, the man always manage to deliver.
Production Company:
- Exclusive Media Group
- Hammer Films
- Midfield Films
Release Date:Apr 25, 2014
Duration:1 h 38 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:Something unspeakable is happening to Jane Harper.
Awards
Golden Trailer Awards
• 3 Nominations
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 3 Nominations
Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards
• 1 Nomination
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