So, let's see Gans' cut

Rating: 7/10 (24 April 2006)

Silent Hill - both the film and the games - have atmosphere, creepy locations and characters suffering hellish torment. What the film lacks is running time. The tension and horror needs buildup, and that's why I'm looking forward to The Director's Cut DVD. Read on IGN about the original cut being some 3h+ (!) Just toss the the exposition scenes thus retaining the sensation of... a perfect mind f**k. The theatrical cut is a letdown. Perhaps Sony got scared and demanded a more coherent version for those who didn't grow up with Alien, The Excorcist and The Thing. I still have the original PlayStation game lying around. Funny to think the fog was added due to the technical limitations of the console but then ending up as one of the main purveyors of fear.