The Quiet Ones (2014)

A university professor and a team of students conduct an experiment on a young woman, uncovering terrifyingly dark, unexpected forces in the process.

Director:

John Pogue

Writers:

Craig Rosenberg (screenplay by), Oren Moverman (screenplay by)

Stars:

Jared Harris, Sam Claflin, Olivia Cooke

7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jared Harris	...	Professor Joseph Coupland
Sam Claflin	...	Brian McNeil
Erin Richards	...	Krissi Dalton
Rory Fleck Byrne	...	Harry Abrams (as Rory Fleck-Byrne)
Olivia Cooke	...	Jane Harper
Laurie Calvert	...	Phillip
Aldo Maland	...	David Q
Max Pirkis	...	David Q (older)
Tracy Ray	...	David Q's Mother
Richard Cunningham	...	Provost
Eileen Nicholas	...	Angry Neighbor
Rebecca Scott	...	Student #1
Aretha Ayeh	...	Student #2
Max Macintosh	...	Student #3 (as Max Mackintosh)
Harman Singh	...	Student #4

Storyline

Jane Harper (Olivia Cooke) is a deeply troubled girl possessed of an all-consuming blackness, and Professor Joseph Coupland (Jared Harris) has a particularly unconventional plan for getting the darkness out of her. Summoning his top students to a secluded estate on the outskirts of London, Professor Coupland proposes that they attempt to manifest the malevolent energy in Jane. What the brilliant instructor and his ambitious students discover when they attempt to do so, however, is a horror so unrelentingly baleful and powerful that it may destroy them all before they even realize what a terrible mistake they've made..

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Plot Keywords:

experiment | 1970s | poltergeist | student | doll | 

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Taglines:

Something unspeakable is happening to Jane Harper.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and terror, sexual content, thematic material, language, and smoking throughout

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film takes place in 1974.

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Goofs

When they put the candle under Jane's arm, the 'flame' can be seen to clearly be one of the plastic 'flameless' battery operated candles - the flame is a stiff piece of paper that doesn't bend.

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Quotes

Professor Joseph Coupland: We cure one patient, we cure all mankind.

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Connections

References The Shining (1980)

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Soundtracks

Radio Caroline
[Jingle provided by Radio Caroline]

User Reviews

Not what it's cracked up to be

I like my horror movies, to be more precise i like my supernatural horror movies. This unfortunately wasn't one of them. I had such high hopes for this movie, Good cast, trailer looked good, what could go wrong. Well, everything was there, except for a scare. I realised about a third into the movie i had a feeling, didn't know what it was, then it dawned on me, nothing had happened!, absolutely nothing. I continued to watch, with hopes of something happening and that is where the movie gets you, It lulls you into thinking the big reveal is just about to happen, and yet another small reveal happens along with a new bit of info to the mix. But sadly is like a cheap dinner, Smells and looks good, but leaves you wanting. Acting, i have to say, was meh!, the blonde! please! stereotype was almost tattooed on her forehead, along with the nutty professor and religiously shy hero.

Sorry folks, this is not what it is tarted up to be!, it's a meh! rainy waste of a Sunday afternoon.

Disappointing, disjointed, disinterested.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 April 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Quiet Ones

Filming Locations:

Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$200,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,880,053, 27 April 2014

Gross USA:

$8,509,867

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$17,835,162

Company Credits

Production Co:

Exclusive Media Group, Hammer Films, Traveling Picture Show Company (TPSC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1