The Quiet Ones is a mild but often atmospheric supernatural thriller from Hammer Studios, but it is certainly no match for The Woman In Black. Set in the early 70s (so inevitably Slade, T.Rex, Hawkwind etc are trotted out on the soundtrack), it brings to mind the studio's own TV shows with its earnest tone but overall silliness. Apart from an annoying reliance on VERY SUDDEN VERY LOUD NOISES and some ubiquitous Paranormal rumbles, there is some excellent sound design and at times the film creates an unsettling sense of foreboding, but most of the time it is routine and unsurprising. Sam Claflin provides a nicely-played understated performance as the cameraman hired to record the 'experiment', and Jared Harris provides some one-note gravitas as the professor. There are some occasional lively moments of supernatural nonsense, but there is little here to really get the pulse going.
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