Best Video game Movie ever... And great in general

Rating: Null/10 (10 August 2011)

Being a video game fan boy I have been severely disappointed by every single video game adaption. The only movie out of that department which wasn't THAT disappointing was DOOM (Although it was still bad), but other movies like Alone in the Dark, Far Cry, Dead or Alive or the legendary Super Mario Bros. just left me close to tears because of how awful they were in terms of game adaption and movie quality in general. So my expectations towards Silent Hill weren't high. I actually didn't know this movie existed, until I stumbled upon it during a late night TV session. And fell in love with it instantly. First of all, I never was really into the Silent Hill franchise (I played the second part casually at a friend's house, but that's it) but still liked the way the game always retained a high level of tension and horror. And the same feeling came back to me during the movie. Although I have seen tons of horror movies, this was the first one since a while during which I was genuinely AFRAID. The atmosphere was great, the visuals stunning (I especially liked the 1:1 transition of the creature design), the gore well-dosed and placed (favourite scene: The Razorwire-Tendril execution of Christabella at the end) and, probably most surprising for a video game adoption, the acting was generally good. Some people complain about the replacement of the male lead from the game with a female, but it worked. This is definitely a movie worth seeing, for Silent Hill and simply horror fans alike.