A surreal horror ride

Rating: 8/10 (23 April 2006)

My anticipation for 'Silent Hill' has been satisfied. Being a fan of the horror genre in all it's forms I can safely say that this film is not going to be a complete disappointment for the true horror fan and the movie-goer who goes to see a movie and be entertained. We live in an age where we can come to expect movies such as Jeepers Creepers and The Grudge to receive outstanding accolades from fans and critics alike and I am pleased to see that this movie would be thrashed by those same people.
I agree whole-heartedly with a former IMDb reviewer about this film, it is by no means a 'scary' movie, it is not a film to be compared with The Ring or Hostel. This is a Nightmare Drama filled with horrible gore and the kind of soul-tearing views of hell that easily puts a movie like Hellraiser to shame.
As far as the adaptation goes, I must say I am a bit disappointed in the 'all female' cast of the movie - as in the 'Silent Hill' game you played as a man but this is by no means a drawback. It simply adds another dimension to the raw fear that is excellently achieved.
I'll finish this rambling with the quote of the evening, after a particularly gory scene in the movie one of the more vocal movie-goers in the theatre stated this quite eloquently, "That has got to be some of the most F***ed up gruesome S*** I have ever seen." How can you possibly beat that? Should you go see this movie? If you want to be entertained and you want to see a movie on par with Jacob's Ladder and Hellraiser. Yes. If your a fan of the video game. Yes.
If your overly critical and can't look past a few misplaced "captain obvious" lines of dialogue, don't waste your time or anyone else's, go back to the art-house and wait for trash like Cabin Fever.