“Silence Of The Prey” (**1/2 out of four) was an offbeat if not completely successful horror melodrama about a young immigrant (Karyna Kudzina who also co-wrote and co-directed) who is desperate to care for her young daughter and is hired to care for an eccentric landowner (Chris LaPanta) but soon learns just how sick and devious he really is and she has to use her survival skills to stay alive. Initially plodding but gradually builds in tension and drama, with 2 strong performances from the 2 leads, but its over-the-top melodrama and ugliness in its final third eventually does it in. Still, an interesting and better-than-average effort with good filmmaking on a low budget.