not enough darkness

Rating: 4/10 (26 November 2007)

Now, i never played the silent hill games, but i knew what they were about and i had always wanted to play them, so i knew what was going on. however this didn't change the fact that the second half of the movie sucked. apart from the disturbing yet slightly comical 'dancing nurses' found in the hospital 200kms underground, the second half of the movie offers no excitement whatsoever, there is just a lot of people screaming "burn her!" in a very python-esquire manner (its hard not to laugh at this, being a Monty fan) the acting of that crazed woman who runs the church is terrible and the darkness, which is the whole point of the movie does sweet bugger all in the second half.
having said all that, the music is brilliantly soothing to contrast with the haunting nature of the film and this is done fairly well and the first half is brilliantly ripped out of the game though, slightly half-arsed and does not feature any of the charm the game held.
This movie just was not scary. there is only one creature that gave me the VERY slight heebie jeebies was Colin, the man in the toilet but that didn't count for much in my books.
all up, not a great movie but worth it if your up for some mindless witch burnings with some fairly decent music and an almost passable first half but, for the love of god turn it off after she passes the nurses.
P.S why the hell is that armless, acid spitting creature there? aren't they only supposed to appear when the darkness comes?