Excellent

Rating: 10/10 (8 September 2013)

First I should offer a caveat- I never played the video game this film was based on. That said, I thought it was excellent. I have read some of the other reviews, one of which mentioned that certain characters were different from the game. This (since I didn't play the game) wasn't a factor for me.
I have been watching horror movies for as long as I can remember, and only twice before have I been so disturbed and so frightened as I was when I watched "Silent Hill". "Night of the Living Dead" and "Event Horizon" were my two big scares; I saw them when I was twelve or thirteen and I am not proud to admit, I slept on the floor in my parents' room.
I was twenty when I saw "Silent Hill", and in college. I watched it alone in my dorm room and just sat on my bed and shuddered when it was through. The story is excellently written and holds the viewer's attention (mine anyway) better than any arbitrary slasher film ever could. Most important, I think, was the use of live actors wherever possible. I was born in the late 80's, and CGI will never do what a set and a good make-up crew can do.
"Silent Hill" took an and fantastic story and made me (a cynic), immerse myself in a chaotic world of gore, creepy atmospheres, revenge, and madness. I was so riveted I was able to forget I was watching a movie.
A+ "Silent Hill"