possibly the best horror movie I've ever seen...

Rating: 9/10 (10 May 2006)

having never played any of the Silent Hill games i went into the theatre completely unaware of any kind of background story unlike all my male friends who had kind of pre-warned me that it might be a bit gross. so on my first night in new york city i thought it would be a great idea to go scare the living daylights out of myself. it was great! OK i thought, I'm a big girl i can take blood and guts. but i was amazed at just how much is used, especially in the ending scene where the policewoman is burnt alive and the young girl, i forget her name, rises in the church to kill the residents etc... anyhow i loved this film so much i couldn't stop talking about it to my friends who hadn't seen it. the camera work is so edgy and eerie and the grain in the visuals make it just as disturbing as the creatures in it. the acting, apart from a few, is on top form and i loved the set, make-up and visuals. The background story is also very interesting, could kind of see a lot of it coming but nevertheless i loved every second of it. This was actually the first film, i can honestly say, that has seriously scared me unlike the slasher flicks being churned out at such a quick pace you hardly get time to go home from the cinema for watching them. so please please please go see this film. even if you haven't seen played the games or even know anything about the background of it, then I'm sure you will love it like i did. cant wait to get it on DVD. this film has set a very high standard for horrors movies that will follow. only thing I'm not looking forward to is a poor imitation of it next year when some lame director decides to copy the style and gore.....