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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
1,692 Views


She's living in the dolls!

What?

She's living in the dolls!

Destroy the dolls!

I am!

All of the dolls!

Jamie! Run!

Come on!

(SCREAMING)

One left.

Henry!

Henry!

(MARION SOBBING)

MARION:

Please. Please.

Please.

Please.

Please say

something.

Sh*t.

Marion. Marion, listen to me.

Where is the dummy?

- He took it.

- Who took it?

Who took it?

Mr. Ashen.

Mr...

Marion, my father

is in a wheelchair.

He never leaves the house.

He left this house.

He had the doll.

It was him.

(AMBIENT NOISE DISAPPEARING)

LIPTON:
Why did you

bury me, Jamie?

HENRY:
I'm in here!

Dad?

I take it I wasn't the easiest

person to get along with in the past,

but I've changed.

Jamie!

ELLA:
Soup! Delicious, too.

EDWARD:
I'll vouch for that.

HENRY:
Jamie, I can prove

you didn't kill her.

ELLA:
Jamie!

So glad to have you home.

Now who's the dummy?

(LAUGHING)

No!

(MARY SHAW SHUSHING)

JAMIE:
"Beware the stare

of Mary Shaw

"She had no children,

only dolls

"And if you see her

in your dreams

"Be sure you never,

ever, scream"

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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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