The Quiet Ones

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25%

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10,000+ Ratings

An unorthodox college professor leads his best students off the grid to perform a dangerous experiment to create a poltergeist. Operating under the theory that paranormal activity is triggered by negative human energy, the group uses a series of tests to push a young woman to the edge of sanity. Frightening occurrences with unspeakable consequences subsequently unfold, leading the researchers to the realization that they have unleashed a force more terrifying than they could have imagined.

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While it definitely sports a few palpable scares, The Quiet Ones finds Hammer Films trading too heavily on past glories.

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Peter Keough

Boston Globe

"The Quiet Ones" simply has nothing to say.

Rated: 1/4

May 1, 2014

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Steve Davis

Austin Chronicle

This lack of plausible narrative is either the result of lazy filmmaking or shortcut editing. Either way, you lose.

Rated: 1/5

May 1, 2014

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Scott Tobias

The Dissolve

The film seems to mimic [Professor] Coupland's scientific method: Throw everything into the beaker, crank up the Bunsen burner, and hope the experiment works. In both cases, it doesn't.

Rated: 2.5/5

May 1, 2014

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Damond Fudge

KCCI (Des Moines, IA)

While the movie has all the feel of a classic Hammer production (old buildings, dark shadows, moody set pieces), the story never really has enough oomph.

Jul 17, 2020

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Although there are some script holes and unanswered questions, and yes, some of the unavoidable horror tropes, at the end of the day, there's nothing quiet about The Quiet Ones. It screams frightening terror.

Dec 14, 2019

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Chris Davies

One Room With A View

A solid, entertaining effort that suggests the freshly-risen corpse of Hammer Studios won't be returning to the crypt any time soon.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 11, 2019

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Wayne D Decent slow burner. The audio took a lot away from the film. The talking is so quiet while the background noises and screams are extremely loud. Definitely recommend watching with subtitles Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/29/24 Full Review Audience Member I absolutely loved this film. Slow burns with a stellar cast. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/26/24 Full Review Elvis D La productora Hammer Productions decide regresar de nuevo a sus raíces combinándolo con el terror moderno en esta película que es una mezcla entre el terror sobrenatural con el clásico estilo de Hammer más el subgénero de metraje encontrado. Tras su regreso con Let Me In y The Woman In Black, pareciera que Hammer estaba listo para adaptarse al nuevo cine de terror sin peder su estilo. La película tiene ese toque gótico y clásico que siempre caracterizó las películas de la Hammer y aunque ofrece una interesante premisa, la película es otro producto más del montón. Tiene una tensa ambientación, buenos efectos y unos efectos de sonido bastante inquietantes. Lo que fascina de esta película es el conflicto de la ciencia tratando de explicar lo sobrenatural como algo creado por la mente humana más halla de los límites. Es un tema que fue bastante discutido en aquella época y la película lo maneja bien. The Quiet Ones no es exactamente la mejor actualización de Hammer Productions, pero es una película interesante de ver por su premisa. Mi calificación final para esta película es un 7/10. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Really quite disappointing, just didn't seem to have a purpose Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review kerry w Rating: 7|10. 70|100 Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member What's so disappointing is the amount of potential this story contained. I was more interested in all of the different romantic tensions and love triangles, and I was hoping the payoff was going to hinge on all of those intertwined emotions. So, in that regard, I was let down. The ending made it seem like, no, it's just some mentally ill guy weaving a delusional story around his homicidal tendencies. Okay, I'll take it... but the other angle would have been so much more enrapturing. Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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John Pogue Director Jared Harris Professor Joseph Coupland Sam Claflin Brian McNeil Olivia Cooke Jane Harper Erin Richards Krissi Dalton Rory Fleck Byrne Harry Abrams

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