Silent Hill

Synopsis - Rose's adopted daughter Sharon suffers from an inexplicable illness. In her sleep she screams the name of a ghost town named Silent Hill, destroyed by fire some 30 years ago and abandoned since. Desperate to cure her, Rose takes Sharon to Silent Hill to somehow unlock her subconcious memories that seem to be troubling her. But there is an eerie presence in the fog-shrouded town that has Rose trapped and spiralling into the deepest depths of horrifying evil.

Just got back from seeing this film and I have to say I was impressed. Aside from a couple of differences (some major, some minor) it stayed very faithful to the original PlayStation video game. Even the little touches, like camera angles in narrow alleys, and music in some scenes was identical to the gaming counterpart. It's definitely the most accurate game-to-movie adaptation I've seen.

Visually, the film is awesome. Clearly a lot of effort was made into both the sets and the CGI and it shows. Combined with the music and sound effects, the atmosphere the movie can generate was admirable too. While there were only a few "gonna make you jump" moments, they were done in a way that actually worked. So you as a viewer got a shock without thinking "oh, was I supposed to be scared by that bit?". Coincidentally, the rating of the movie was a bit generous. Some of the gore (and one death in particular) was definitely sneaking into an 18 rating, so don't be put off if you think 15 is a little low.

I did think that the movie would have worked better with a male protagonist. I think chemistry between him and Officer Sybil Bennet would have been a lot stronger and I personally would have liked to have seen a regular guy just sheer terrified out of his wits, but maybe that's just me. Plus we would have been spared Sean Bean's appalling attempt at an American accent.

Also the ending, and plot in general, is a little ambiguous. It kind of invites you to draw your own conclusions, while possibly leaving it open for a sequel. Overall, this is a well-recommended horror movie with great visuals and atmosphere.

I agree with all that apart from one minor point.



She was clearly a dyke. It wouldn't have worked out. She apprieciates the gash too much.

LOL

Chemistry doesn't mean they had to be romantically linked. I just think it would have worked better having a man and a woman talking as opposed to having the dialogue go a little like this:

Rose: Hey Sybil, look at this!
Sybil: Hmm...what is that?
Rose: I don't know
[pause]
Sybil: Hey Rose, look at this!

etc.

Was this a little camp DR outing in which I wasn't invited to hold hands with you all?

I was ment to see this 2night. fuck next week then

Sounds good man, I cant wait to see this bad boy.

I fucking loved it, it creeped me out more than the game series. the effects from regular world switching to the alternate world was beautifully done. and I was kinda pissed at the ending, but I guess it leaves room for a sequel, so I'm ok with that. I agree tho, I wish they would have just kept a guy as the main role, but radha mitchell played her part decently. I'm just glad she didn't scream every fucking minute. I recommend this to even people who haven't played the games. there's one brutal part that made me go OH MY GOD towards the middle of the movie that I think everyone here will appreciate.

How mant stars would you guys give it as a horror movie in general?

I've never played the game so the fact that it's an video game adaptation doesnt mean anything to me.

I'd give it a 5 outta 5, hands down.

Yeah it was a pretty sweet film but wierd as fuck. It kept to the twisted nature of the game and the visuals were great. Kinda confused me but all in all I would recommend it.

The part with the nurses = the awesome.

I fucking loved the part where they were running to that church and what pyramid head did to that one chick. fucking brutal

I think the reason why it may have been a little confusing was because the directors took elements from the first three Silent Hill games and combined them to make some sort of bastard child of the first game. That is to say, it follows the first game to a degree (the first 20 minutes or so are duplicated frame for frame) but you can see influences and storyline references from the other games too.

4/5, if only because I believe there is no such thing as a perfect movie.


I haven't played the games either, and I thought it was great. You don't need to know anything from the games, it stands alone as a sweet movie anyway.

Hahaha, I was like what the absolute fuck...?I have no idea how it got away with a 15 rating over here, the scenes were so gory, it had all the elements of an 18 movie.

I cant see this unless I bring my dad, they guarded the shit outta the movie and were kicking kids out that had gotten into the theater. Hopefully thats a hint that the movie is scary,gory, fucked up whatever.

Another thing, is the original beginning of the first SH in the movie?

yes.