“Sound of Silence “ Movie Review

 

“Sound of Silence"

Movie Review

Alessandro Antonaci wrote and helmed the film "Sound of Silence," which stars Lucia Caporaso, Chiara Casolari, Daniele De Martino, and Claudio Dughera. Emma travels from New York to her hometown in Italy, where she resides with her parents, after learning that her father has been admitted to the hospital. She is alone in the house, fighting an evil force tied to a cursed radio. Emma will have to expose the radio's deadly truth if she wants to survive the night and protect the people she loves.

Peter, an elderly man, is portrayed by Peter Stephen Wolmarans as rummaging through his attic when he comes across an old, possibly antique, radio. He becomes so focused on fixing it that he ignores his wife, Sandra Pizzullo, who tells him dinner is ready. He should have listened to her because when the radio is turned on, something attacks them both.

Emma, played by Penelope Sangiorgi, an aspiring singer in New York City, freezes during an audition. She returns home, where her boyfriend Seba attempts to console her. It appears to be working until she receives a call from her mother informing her that her father has been admitted to the hospital. They immediately pack for their return flight to Italy. They learn at the hospital that her father is in intensive care. He seems to have attacked her mother, who pushed him down the stairs in self-defense. She claims he wasn't himself when he attacked and tells them not to spend the night in the house. Of course, they don't pay attention.

Italian horror film Sound of Silence has produced a lot of unsatisfactory work. Hence, we shouldn't have high hopes for Sound of Silence. But this is truly a good movie—speaking of nice shocks. It calls forth specters that can roam the entire house via the cursed radio. Then it combines them with the Doesn't Breathe and A Quiet Place hunting by sound elements.

As Emma tries to escape the ghosts and figure out how to get rid of them, there is a decent mix of spooky moments and jump scares. The recording studio in the house initially seemed like a reach, but when I took into account Emma's NYC apartment's size and the fact that they could afford to take time off work and go to Italy at a moment's notice, I realized that they had the means to pamper her. Some of the more intriguing parts of the movie are made possible by its soundproof features and the ancient cassettes inside.

Despite usually being alone or having just a ghost to react to, Penelope Sangiorgi, who is on screen in practically every scene, offers a convincing portrayal. Considering that Sound of Silence, despite being an Italian production, was filmed in large part in English, providing an additional layer of difficulty for the actors, the entire cast is quite strong.

The ending is overly drawn out, which is a drawback. There's a fantastic scene that it might have ended on, but instead, it drags out the last fear by several minutes with filler. More situations that might have utilized a trim exist as well, albeit not to the same extent. That may be the outcome of striving to ensure that each of the team's three members contributed. Overall, Sound of Silence is an excellent ghost story with a few spooky scenes and plenty of jump scares.

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