Suprisingly chilling

Rating: 8/10 (29 October 2003)

I managed to catch this on an AMC late-night showing as part of the Halloween Monsterfest collection of flims. I was initially only a little more than mildly interested because of the movie's reported influence on the superb Silent Hill videogame series, but the movie drew me in, and I eventually gave my undivided attention to the television set.
I'm honestly glad that I did. What I expected to be (at least) a decent way to kill an hour or two turned out to be a well-acted, disturbing, and psychological horror film. I won't go into detail about the plot (though many people have probably heard about it without seeing it, like I had), but I will say that Rosemary's Baby is a good example of the horror film that doesn't rely on blood and gore to make an impression. I'm not very experienced in the genre of horror cinema, but I would recommend this to anyone who has even a passing interest in horror.
Silent Hill fans will enjoy looking for points of similarity between the film and certain aspects of the game series (that's as specific as I'll be on that point).
In summary: disturbing in a GOOD way- intentionally so- and intelligently crafted. I give it a 4 on a 1-to-5 scale.