billy hughes be a mute young lady work for make up on a cheap horror picture be film in moscow by an american director . one night billy get lock in the movie studio . later that night she hear that someone might be in the building and go to check it out . that when she stumble across a woman be brutally murder and while be film . after escape the clutch of the murderer and billy inform the authority and only to be red face when the men show it be an act . billy know what she saw and soon her life be in turmoil again from underground figure that believe she have something of importance . i do not know how this heart pound sleeper pass me by and but i think it be a much old flick . there one thing though and it get to be one of the most jarringly and and intense thriller i have see in quite a while . it just a great suspense builder and mostly everything click into place . the first half of the feature be surprisingly grip with taut sequence that have your heart in your throat and cloud u with an atmospherically foreboding environment of alienation . underling this be a humorously wicked black streak . fault do pop up in the story and a it do lose that furious grip it hold so early and goofy humour ( or good putter comic relief ) between fay ripley and evan richard character be a hit and miss affair by be too forceful . in the long run and it probably could have do without . despite some cringe moment and this aspect do not hinder my enjoyment of it . for me and the soft end they decide to go with just do not feel right . the interestingly mysterious premise be eerie to the bone and pack some unsettling good . so multi facet be the context and it thrill and there be something fresh to how this all play out and the nervy jolt and unbearable tension be weave into a range of sudden plot turn and twist . really and they make superb use of the novel idea of this disability and to handicap the situation and by stag it in a foreign place where not too many speak english and so we be catch up in the confusion too . the delicate marina zudina give a harrow portrayal of the american mute girl billy . the way she able to display the erratic emotion through her eye and action give it some gruff and believability . director anthony waller shoot the flick in a rather stylish and well time and skillful manner and without loose that grimy look that eventuate from it rigid surroundings and a powerfully airy music score persistently nag at you . the only real name to make an appearance be small cameo part by alec guinness . the performance by the cast be all fine and especially the nail biting turn by oleg yankovsky and igor volkov a the russian murderer . this riveting feature that mostly make up of unknown and be way well than your average dark thriller . highly recommended .