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Silent But Deadly

USA 2012
produced by
Michael Roth, Jacqui Holland, John Mancini (executive), Joey Stafura (executive) for MJR Films, Pom Pom Pictures, Angry Leo
directed by Jason Lockhart
starring Dawn Wells, John Tartaglia, Lee Meriwether, David Proval, Camille Saviola, Jacqui Holland, Kiersten Warren, Martin Kove, Jerry Douglas, Shawn Harrison, Takayo Fischer, Robert Towers, Muffy Bolding, Délé Ogundiran, Eloyd Ray, Avery Phillips, Rip Taylor, Jason Lockhart, Bruce Vilanch, Gloria McNerney, Nancy Solomons, Cathleen Mason, Judy Durning, John Mancini, Bj Korros, Catherine Annette, Adam Graham, Rudy Cardenas, Betty Pyle, Robert Mitchell, Frank Dean, Michael Aranovitz, Vickie Highfill, Tarquin Wilding, Gilbert Fahardo
written by Jacqui Holland, Jason Lockhart, music by Matthew Carrier

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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Against her will, Rose (Dawn Wells) is dropped off at a retirement home by her daughter (Kiersten Warren), who quite obviously wants her out of the way. Even though she feels chucked out, Rose tries to put up a happy face between all the weirdo inhabitants of the home (including Lee Meriwether as the over-sexed vamp, David Proval as the aged and toupéed Italian stallion, Jerry Douglas as a wannabe yacht captain, Martin Kove as a veteran suffering from PTSD, Eloyd Ray as Santa's double, and Robert Towers as total wacko) and the even weirder staff - the head of the place Dale (John Tartaglia), his assistants the wall-flowerish Desperella (Muffy Bolding) and the über-sexy airhead Kitty (Jacqui Holland).

When Rose learns that the previous occupant of her room (Rip Taylor) has been brutally murdered by a person or persons unknown, she gets a little bit on the uncomfortable side though, and the nasty rumours that surround this murder don't necessarily sound too comforting either. And when the wannabe yacht captain offers to take her with her on his "escape" (not that they're held prisonsers) and is found dead later on, panic starts to build, only heightened by the fact that the institution's nurse's (Délé Ogundiran) dead body eventually pops up as well - and she has not died from natural causes. But Rose won't go down without a fight ... but what chances do she, her fellow inmates Fanny (Camille Saviola) and feisty Wang (Takayo Fischer) and overly naive Kitty have against a cunning killer in a cute cat mask?

 

Above all else, Silent But Deadly is just great fun: Sure, in its essence it's just a variation on the slasher formula, but adding about 50 years to the age of the protagonists already makes a whole lot of a (fun) difference, especially since the film manages to keep cheap geriatric jokes and tearjerking moments at the lowest, instead banks on strong characters, young and old. And a strong ensemble cast manages to make the film's cast of characters highly amusing and likeable at the same time (expecially co-writer/producer Jacqui Holland's performance of the dumb blonde is a hoot to watch). Add to this a script that has all the shocks and all the jokes in the right places and that doesn't shy away from leaning towards the gruesome or the raunchy should the situation demand it, and you're in for a really fun piece of genre entertainment.

 

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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