You don't need to know the games to like this

Rating: 10/10 (31 October 2006)

This movie was pretty good. Not your usual "I scream at what you did last summer" Hollywood-crap. Creepy and well crafted locations, cool monsters and a Plot others would make 5 Horrormovies out of.
An NO! You don't have to know the Game to get this movie. The movie stands on it's own but still fits the style of the game very well.
I played Silent Hill 2 and, IMHO, the movie gets the Amtmosphere. And Atmospere was pretty much the major difference between for example tomb-raider the game and the movies!
This is definitely one of the best movies in this particular genre.
But be aware:
***minor spoiler*** - no Buffy - no screaming teens - no scooby doo *******************