The Quiet Ones
(2014)An unorthodox professor (Jared Harris, Mad Men) takes his best student (Sam Claflin, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) off the grid, to take part in a dangerous experiment - testing a troubled young woman with powerful telekinetic abilities - in this British horror. Inspired by true events.... More
Their subject is a dangerous and disturbed woman (Olivia Cooke, Bates Motel), whose dark energy they hope to manifest. As the experiment unravels, along with their sanity, the rogue PhD students trigger a terrifying and other-worldly force. Produced by legendary British film studio Hammer Films.Hide
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Directed by John Pogue ('Quarantine 2: Terminal')
Starring Jared Harris, Sam Claflin, Olivia Cooke, Erin Richards, Rory Fleck-Byrne, Laurie Calvert
Written by Craig Rosenberg, Oren Moverman, John Pogue
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Flicks Review
BY Steve Newall Flicks Writer
Joining Let Me In and The Woman in Black as period-set horror from the resuscitated Hammer Films, The Quiet Ones exploits its 1970s setting in an attempt to conjure nostalgia for the Hammer name. While the results may not be as distinctive or entertaining as the legendary studio’s classics, this even-handed supernatural tale still provides entertainingly spooky thrills.... More
Ever-watchable as a supporting actor, Jared Harris (Pompeii) gets a rare lead turn here as a college professor researching paranormal phenomena. In a role sitting somewhere between Harris’ uptight Brit in Mad Men and the villainous creep he played on Fringe, Professor Coupland’s studies into his telekinetic research subject Jane (Olivia Cooke) stray closer to advanced interrogation techniques than the scientific method.
Seen through the eyes of young cameraman Brian (Sam Clafin), drafted in to document the experiments, Coupland’s behaviour frequently crosses the line – after all, there’s a limit to how many times you can hear Cum on Feel the Noize on repeat. Stuck with the rest of the research team in a dilapidated country manor, Brian forms a closer relationship with Jane, which at least lends something to an otherwise shallow character – not dissimilar to his student cohorts, who are just there to make up the numbers or show off some ‘70s hem lines.
As a fairly straightforward horror tale, The Quiet Ones won’t succeed or fail on the strength of its characters. We’re here for the scares and chills, and on this front the film does enough in building atmosphere and providing the requisite frights to prove watchable.Hide
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There are a couple of decent jumps and a few giggles, but nothing armrest-clenchingly scary... Full Review
There’s little here that’s exactly new or fresh. Full Review
Effectively chilling when it’s not making us feel the noize. Full Review
Jump-heavy scares numb the nerves long before the finale. Full Review
The arrestingly [Olivia] Cooke is surely a star in the making. Full Review
Relies on high production values and sense-battering shock tactics to make up for wooden performances and an illogical, silly script. Full Review
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