{"id":1867,"date":"2011-08-01T14:21:41","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T13:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2011-08-01T14:22:11","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T13:22:11","slug":"the-silent-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2011\/08\/01\/the-silent-house\/","title":{"rendered":"The Silent House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Based on a true story, Uruguayan director Gustavo Hern&#225;ndez&#8217;s claustrophobic chiller <I>The Silent House<\/I> (<I>La Casa Muda<\/I>) follows a young woman trapped in a dark house that hides disturbing secrets. <I>The Silent House<\/I> is released on DVD on August 1 by Optimum Releasing.  <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1868\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1868\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/The-Silent-House-lrg.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1867]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/The-Silent-House-lrg.jpg?resize=474%2C682\" alt=\"\" title=\"Comic Strip Review by Andrew Cheverton\" width=\"474\" height=\"682\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/The-Silent-House-lrg.jpg?resize=594%2C855 594w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/The-Silent-House-lrg.jpg?resize=300%2C432 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/The-Silent-House-lrg.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/The-Silent-House-lrg.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comic Strip Review by Andrew Cheverton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"info\">For more information on Andrew Cheverton, go to <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.angrycandy.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">angrycandy<\/A>.<\/div>\n<div id=\"expander\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uruguayan director Gustavo Hern&#038;#225ndez&#8217;s claustrophobic chiller follows a young woman trapped in a dark house.<br \/>\n<I><B>Comic Strip Review by Andrew Cheverton<\/I><\/B><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,12,3],"tags":[111],"class_list":["post-1867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-check-it-out","category-comic-strip-reviews","category-dvds-and-blu-rays","tag-horror-film"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/purUP-u7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1373,"url":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/10\/11\/city-lights\/","url_meta":{"origin":1867,"position":0},"title":"City Lights","author":"VirginieSelavy","date":"October 11, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Charlie Chaplin's 1931 silent comedy drama sees The Tramp fall in love with a beautiful, poor, blind flower girl. 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