The Silence, "Vesp" Creature Puppet

original movie prop

When the world is under attack from terrifying creatures who hunt their human prey by sound, 16-year old who lost her hearing at 13 and her family seek refuge in a remote haven. From the 2019 horror film The Silence, this is a Vesp creature used during the film production. In the film a cave research team unearths an unknown species of blind pterosaur-like creature, referred to as "Vesps," (created from the Spanish avispa, meaning wasps) from a mine. The Vesps violently kill the researchers, fly out of the mine, and seek the noisiest areas. They are an ancient species of bat-like monsters that, while blind, are highly sensitive to sound. The studio had stand-in versions fabricated for use on-set and being used often. It was helpful for the cast to see what they were up against while also being able to frame references when composing shots and as lighting references when we rendered the CG versions later.