My SH review

Rating: 7/10 (18 May 2006)

OK, although this got a bit of bad press from a lot of my mates who had seen it, I thought Id give it a whirl anyway as I was a big fan of both the writer and director. And I made the right decision. This film rocks. Its the best horror film I've seen since the descent and I felt there's really very little to criticise. The special effects are flawless- there's not one bit where I was like 'Hmm that looks a bit sh*t'. And Although I'm not a big special effects buff, I cant actually remember the last time I said that about a film. The story was decent, and nicely faithful to the game. The acting was pretty good, but it is the films visual style that left me in awe. The cinematography is superb, with some awesome camera movements, and the lighting feels like your playing the game its so faithful. The music was f'ing brilliant, the type of sh*t you hear and you're just like 'That would make an awesome sample'. I got scared by this film but still had a huge grin for most of the films 125 minutes. Although I do agree pyramid head should have got more screen time.
So yeh, although I guess its definitely not everyones cup of tea according to my friends, I found it was definitely a film for me. And they don't make enough of those these days!