Nothing Special for sure.....

Rating: 6/10 (21 April 2006)

Well kiddies, just got back from a matinÃ©e showing of "Silent Hill" and all I got to say is........wait for the DVD. "Silent Hill" is stylish, good cinematography,(although video game-ish in spots) slightly creepy, not scary, ambiguous in some areas & at times banal. The film is almost an amalgamation of the following films (most notably) "In THe Mouth Of Madness", small elements of "Gothica", "Hellraiser", and Michael Soavi's "The Church." Although SH isn't as good or entertaining as 4 out of 5 of those aforementioned films. All I can figure is, that the video game must be more captivating & fun than it's cinematic counterpart otherwise they wouldn't have produced 4 of them. Warning: Those of you who detest lots of CGI in your horror films you will NOT be happy. Also, can't understand why Silent Hill was rated "R" there really isn't that much gore except at the end. Is the MPAA that overly sensitive to a little blood letting? BloodStone's Recommendation: See Silent Hill only IF you feel you MUST or are a HUGE fan of the game (I have never played SH so....); otherwise you ain't missing much imo. BloodStone's Rating: 5.5/10 for good acting, cinematography, stylish in some parts, slightly creepy atmosphere, and unfortunately little else.