Well worth a watch!!

Rating: 7/10 (29 April 2006)

Really wasn't expecting too much from this film based on previous video game to movie crossovers that I've seen in the past. Despite not being a massive fan of horror films in general, Silent Hill was a film that I really enjoyed. Although I have never played the video game I had the basics of the game explained to me before seeing the film and this did clear some things up eg) parallel universe etc. The element of poor visibility in silent hill added to the tension and the pursuit throughout of the little girl kept the film moving at a steady pace. When special effects were used, particularly during the 'dark' periods they were generally excellent and the introduction of pyramid head to the proceedings intensified the horror aspect of the film. After watching the fairly decent Resident Evil and its appalling sequel, Silent Hill will hopefully convince studios to keep faith in producing more movies based on video games... so long as we don't have more movies of the quality of Super Mario Bros from the 90's!!