Teaser Poster

Thanks to producer Gustavo Rojo for the heads up on this one.

Producers all over have been trying to one-up each other with first-person horror ever since the monumental success of The Blair Witch Project in 1999.  From the microbudgeted Paranormal Activity to the big-budget Cloverfield with George Romero’s Diary of the Dead somewhere in the middle, there’s certainly been no lack of them over the past decade.

The Silent House (La Casa Muda) sees Uruguay getting into the mix, and though the film is still in post production an English trailer has already arrived.  While I think it overplays the lack of budget and low-tech approach a bit (Pedro Luque, Ataque de Panico, filmed the project with a Canon digital SLR camera), this trailer is still a well cut, sharp piece of work.  Filmed as a single long take, The Silent House promises real-time thrills and, provided it doesn’t stumble over the drama as so many of its predecessors have, looks like it could be a gruesomely fun ride indeed.

See the trailer, here or below, or visit the official film site.