Great special effects but convoluted plot

Rating: 3/10 (3 May 2006)

My husband and I enjoy horror movies that do not fall into the typical teen/slasher category, so we looked forward to seeing "Silent Hill".
I'll start out with positive comments. The special effects were outstanding. I was tense and on the edge of my seat/covering my eyes throughout the entire movie. The problem my husband and I had with the movie is that we walked out not knowing what the storyline was because there were too many sub-plots. We had a basic understanding (both of us are college-educated) but were not able to figure out exactly what was going on.
"Silent Hill" reminded me a lot of "The Grudge", another movie that was truly scary but a little hard to decipher what exactly was going on. I would recommend waiting to see this until it comes out on DVD.