This movie has the worst audio I've ever encountered. The problem is, I don't know if I should blame the sound guy, the editor, the director, or someone else. The movie firmly believes that everyone should speak softly to the point that you turn up your audio and... WHAM! Did that scare you? If sudden loud noises are what you call scary, then get ready for a scare fest! If, however, you are looking for an interesting story and character interaction, you should look elsewhere.
The title of the movie is a terrible one. They at one point have to explain why the movie is called The Quiet Ones through forced exposition by one of the few characters who have any lines apart from the five people in the house. It was so inconsequential that I don't even remember it having just watched the movie. The movie should have been called, "WHAM! Did that scare you?"
You know what overused trick we should have in here? A little girl. Everyone is scared of little girls, aren't they? Well, we will make her rarely talk, avoid personal interactions at all costs, and spook everyone out all the time. the fact that she is the focal point of their science experiment means that they should get used to her quickly, but it strikes me as strange that they pretty much don't follow any protocol when moving her around, getting her to the bathroom, getting her cleaned, etc. Instead, they have some of the worst safety and security practices you could find.
Heading this monstrosity is Jared Harris as the nutty professor. He's a creepy old dude who should not be quite so fascinated with children as he is. He previously experimented on a little boy, and now he's onto a little girl. Well, I use the word "experiment" when it isn't really called for. He fancies himself a scientist, and they absolutely positively do not follow the scientific method. In fact, he starts the whole thing off by weeding out people who are skeptical of his hypothesis. That is the exact freaking opposite of what you are supposed to do.
Well, he's got two people working for him in some mysterious non-student capacity and a local cameraman who this movie really seems to revolve around. He's the only reasonable one in the bunch, and he really isn't all that objective about the whole thing. Then there is the aforementioned scary little girl who appears to be just on the adult side of puberty.
Direction wasn't great
Story was bad
Acting was meh
Editing was not good
Dialog was shaky
0.75/5