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Mute Witness (1994)

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Average Rating: 7.4/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 1

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A mute American working on a low-budget movie runs afoul of the Russian mafia in this internationally produced thriller. Billy (Marina Zudina), a special-effects makeup artist who is unable to speak, is in Moscow working on a cheapie slasher flick directed by Andy (Evan Richards), her sister's boyfriend. Late one night, Billy returns to the set to pick up some equipment and stumbles on what appears to be the filming of an actual snuff film. Watching, unseen, as an "actress" (Olga Tolstetskaya)

Aug 26, 2003

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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All Critics (31) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (4) | DVD (5)

Waller's witty, well-crafted yet unpretentious thriller--about American youths who make a movie in Moscow and get involved with the underworld--is a seductive piece of filmmaking that should keep viewers hyperventilating to the last reel.

November 19, 2006 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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Great suspense thriller.

October 27, 2005 Comment
ColeSmithey.com

Once you see it, you'll have an enthusiastic new response when people ask you "Hmm, what's a good horror movie I've never seen?"

September 6, 2003 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

A Sam Raimi wannabe that doesn't always strike the right balance of humor to thrills, but comes close

January 22, 2003 Comment
New Times

Gets off to a great, scary start, but then turns silly and comical, breaking the film's tone of dread.

January 16, 2003 Comment
KFOR Channel 4 News
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Audience Reviews for Mute Witness

Made a long, wide hallway chase look very scary. That cat-and-mouse and the sound of a murder victim screaming for the mute witness would fit well in your nightmares.

September 13, 2010
adammahler1

Super Reviewer

Billy Hughes is a mute young lady working for make-up on a cheap horror picture being filmed in Moscow by an American director. One night Billy gets locked in the movie studio. Later that night she hears that someone might be in the building and goes to check it out. That's when she stumbles across a woman being

July 5, 2009
matertenebraum

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