What does the ending of Dead Silence mean?

In Dead Silence, Wan gives us not one, but two twists Via a “Saw”-esque clown doll, Jamie and Lipton hear the voice of Mary Shaw, who explains why she chose to kill Jamie’s innocent wife. As it turns out, the young heckler Mary killed and turned into a doll prior to being executed was Jamie (Ashen’s) Great Uncle.

Is Ella Ashen related to Mary Shaw?

However, the child in the screenplay has no relation to the Ashen family and Mary was simply trying to make her perfect child out of the boy. Ella’s story was originally written to heavily parallel Mary Shaw’s in the screenplay.

Is Ravens Fair a real place?

Ravens Fair is a non-fictional suburban town and the primary setting of the 2007 James Wan film, Dead Silence. The town is home to the Ashen family and is known for generating the legend of an angry spirit known as Mary Shaw.

What happens to Jamie in Dead Silence?

Is Jamie dead in Dead Silence? Yes, at the end of the movie Jamie screams. That time Shaw takes her revenge which is confirmed in the last scene of the movie inside the photo album. There Jamie is seen as a human puppet with his other family members.

Is Saw and Dead Silence connected?

References. Both films feature a police officer investigating a mysterious death that takes them to a cursed town where the residents live in fear of a mysterious woman’s curse. The use of a dead human being as a ventriloquism puppet. One of Mary Shaw’s puppets is the Jigsaw puppet from the Saw films.

Is Ella a doll in Dead Silence?

Ella while being possessed by Mary Shaw, found and dug up the doll Billy. In an alternate ending, Ella simply knocks Jamie out after he discovers his father was a puppet all along. Then, she explains that the original Ella was a human being with Edward as an abusive husband.

Was Dead Silence based on a true story?

The Real Story: The movie was inspired by the legend of Alexander “Sawney” Bean, a Scotsman of the 15th or 16th century who reportedly headed a 40-person clan that killed and ate more than 1,000 people and lived in caves for 25 years before being caught and put to death.