One of the most amazing looking horror movies ever...

Rating: 8/10 (23 April 2006)

Silent Hill is based off of the Playstation video game of the same name. The story follows a woman named Rose who takes her daughter Sharon to a ghost town called Silent Hill. Sharon suffers from sleepwalking were she often mentions the town's name. So after outrunning a female cop (Cybil) and crashing the car in attempt to dodge a young ghostly woman in the middle of the road they arrive at Silent Hill. However when Rose wakes up from unconsciousness she finds that her daughter is missing and so the movie begins. Now there are two sides to watching this movie: 1) is if you've played the game and 2) is if you haven't played the game. I personally have played all four games but the two people who went with me didn't and they had to same opinion of the movie as I did. First thing is the plot. It does follow the movie in the beginning but however in the middle of the movie to the end it starts to change things. It introduces a cult into the movie which is kind of annoying since Silent Hill is a lot more immersive without 20 or 30 people around. I know it seems kind of a petty thing but it really distracts from the movie in my opinion. The next thing was the seemingly tacked on parts with Sean Bean's characters. I really wish that they would have just cut these scenes from the film. I know the whole purpose of it was to add back story to Silent Hill but I didn't think it was needed. My two non gamer friends and I agreed that it wasn't necessary and they could of just explained the story through Rose somehow.
Now onto the look of the movie which is the high point of the film. I honestly have to say and my friends agreed with me that this film is one of the best looking horror movies we have ever seen. The town of Silent Hill was so well recreated that it was shocking. The creatures were done perfectly as well especially Pyramid Head. But I don't want to say too much about it cause I don't want to spoil it for anyone.
If you are a horror fan I would highly recommend you see this movie. If you don't really like horror movies then I would avoid this movie like the plague. I do think this movie will be too intense for some so watch with your own discretion.