Psychological horror “La Casa Muda” aka “The Silent House” from Uraguay
The film is directed by Gustavo Hernandez, photographed by Pedro Luque (renown for his worldwide success in Ataque de Pánico) and produced by Gustavo Rojo, at an amazingly low budget of $6000. The Silent House digs deeply into the subject of psychological terror, and is told in a single continuous shot. This makes the film unique in the audio-visual market since it was filmed with a SLR digital, to be more precise, a Canon EOS 5D Mark. The film is the first one in Latin America and the second one in the world to have been filmed by a photographic camera. This makes it the first horror film in the world to have been filmed with this particular narrative language. To be filmed in one single shot means that the sequence is filmed in one go, without cuts, and the camera movements need prior careful and meticulous planning which leads the viewer to share each one of the experiences of the character.
Synopsis:
Laura (Florencia Colucci) and her father Wilson (Gustavo Alonso) settle down in a remote cottage in order to renovate it since its owner (Abel Tripaldi) will soon put the house up for sale. They will spend the night there in order to start the repairs the following morning. Everything seems to be going smoothly until Laura hears a sound that comes from outside and gets louder and louder in the upper floor of the house. Wilson goes up to see what is going on while she remains downstairs alone waiting for her father to come down. The plot is based on a true story that happened some time ago in a small village in Uruguay. La Casa Muda focuses on the last seventy eight minutes, second by second, when Laura intends to leave the house which hides a terrible secret and she hopes to leave unharmed.
The Silent House is still at audio post-production, and is expected to be finished in March.
