“Silent House” is a patently false name for a horror film with so many loud, wild, untamed narrative animals tromping around. It might as well be called “Jumanji.” There are leering, weaselly male characters whose gestures and utterances drip with shady secrecy. They lead us to the elephant in the room that something’s a little off about the hesitant, shifty-eyed way Sarah (Elizabeth Olsen) acts with people. And a bull-in-a-china-shop climax boasts enough wildly embarrassing moments to cancel out what few things “Silent House” does well.
Silent House
Silent House
Silent House
“Silent House” is a patently false name for a horror film with so many loud, wild, untamed narrative animals tromping around. It might as well be called “Jumanji.” There are leering, weaselly male characters whose gestures and utterances drip with shady secrecy. They lead us to the elephant in the room that something’s a little off about the hesitant, shifty-eyed way Sarah (Elizabeth Olsen) acts with people. And a bull-in-a-china-shop climax boasts enough wildly embarrassing moments to cancel out what few things “Silent House” does well.