Beware the stare of Mary Shaw.
She had no children, only dolls.
And if you see her, do not scream.
Or she’ll rip your tongue out at the seam.

THE MOVIE

From the writer and director of the international phenomenon Saw comes an experience on the razor’s edge of fear, Dead Silence.

There is an old ghost story in the sleepy town of Ravens Fair about Mary Shaw, a ventriloquist who went mad.  Accused of the murder of a young boy, she was hunted down by vengeful townspeople who cut out her tongue and killed her.  They buried her along with her “children,” a hand-made collection of vaudeville dolls.

Since that time, Ravens Fair has been plagued by death.  The ghastly dolls from Mary Shaw’s collection have gone missing from the grave and reappeared over the decades.  In the dead of night—wherever they are glimpsed—families are found gruesomely murdered with their tongues torn out.

Far from the pall of their hometown, newlyweds Jamie (Ryan Kwanten) and Lisa Ashen thought they had established a fresh start.  But when his wife is grotesquely killed, Jamie reluctantly returns to Ravens Fair for the funeral, intent on unraveling the mystery of her death.

Once reunited with his ill father (Bob Gunton) and his father’s new young bride (Amber Valletta), Jamie must dig into the town’s bloody past to find out who killed his wife and why.  As he uncovers the legend of Mary Shaw, Jamie unlocks the story of her curse and the truth behind the song from his childhood: if you see her and scream, you will never speak again.

Genre:	Supernatural thriller
Cast:	Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg, Bob Gunton
Directed by:	James Wan
Story by:	Leigh Whannell & James Wan
Screenplay by:	Leigh Whannell
Producers:	Gregg Hoffman, Oren Koules, Mark Burg
Executive Producer:	Peter Oillataguerre

THE CONTEST...

deviantART and Universal Studios bring to you the Dead Silence Movie Poster Contest! Your task is to create a fiendishly terrifying version of the movie poster for this twisted freak fest! Draw upon the darkest recesses of your devious minds and come up with your own alarmingly terrifying vision of this movie, and more specifically of its Movie Poster. Devilish

Submit to: Community Projects > Contests > 2007 > Dead Silence Contest

THE RULES

Adhere to the guidelines below:

Only jpg images in RGB colour will be accepted (not CMYK);
You may submit more than one entry;
Online entries only, hardcopies not accepted;
A maximum of 5 colours to be used in the design;
The image uploaded should be under 1 MB file size;
Original file size must be able to be printed at 20 X 30 which is a minimum file size of 3000x4500 pixels (at 1.50:1 aspect ratio - see faq132 for more information);
The design must be 100% your work;
No copyrighted images can be used in any way except for the creative resources linked below;
Retain your hi-resolution version of the design as it will be required to produce the final artwork should you be the Selected Entrant.

CREATIVE RESOURCES

You can download image files directly from the movie to use in your work. Just click the download link to get the zip file

THE PRIZES

There will be one grand prize winner and two runner up winners.

Grand Prize
- An Official Movie Hat
- The Official Movie Soundtrack
- A 20x30 print of their poster design
- A One year deviantART Subscription
First Runner Up
- An Official Movie T-shirt
- A print of their work under 20x30
- A 6 month deviantART Subscription
Second Runner Up
- An Official Movie Poster
- A 3 Month deviantART Subscription

DEADLINE

The line of being dead shall be drawn on March 12th at Midnight PST.

JUDGES

Contest entrants will be voraciously dissected by $chix0r, ¢mynti, $lolly, $moonbeam13, $realitysquared and ^ghouldaddy.

ADDENDUM

This contest is merely for promotional purposes and your work will not be used on any official or non official websites or other various printed means to promote this movie.