Refreshing Change

Rating: 7/10 (20 January 2009)

After growing up with the typical American horror films, this movie is a refreshing change from the same old garbage pawning themselves off as 'horror movies'. No groups of teens or 20-somethings hunted by a seemingly immortal killer. No eternal struggle with the devil. No other cliché gimmicks that have grown stale after repeated use. Instead, a select few individuals are pitted against an army of monsters that defy typical depictions, and in one of the most surreal and nightmarish settings I have seen in a movie. The cast is well picked, with special mention of Kim Coates as a cops who's past in Silent Hill weighs heavily in him in the present. It has been a long time since I enjoyed watching a horror movie because of how creepy it is. If you're tired of the Jason's, Freddy's and Jigsaw's, try this movie, and see what nightmares REALLY look like.