Really frightening movie

Rating: 9/10 (11 January 2009)

I have never played the game. To me Silent Hill is the greatest horror movie I ever watched and I think it's heavily underrated. Although there are zombies walking around in Silent Hill, it is none of those typical zombie movies. Silent Hill is not a splatter-movie about monsters being ripped, it's a movie about fear of death. And like no other movie I ever watched, Silent Hill really makes me feel afraid. This fear is produced by sound-scape as well as by visuals. The howling sirens of the disaster alarm, the creeping darkness, the ashes falling like snow, it's all together has an incredible, indescribable effect on the audience. And finally the monsters. I've never seen that frightening zombies. Even though I could try to describe them, you should simply give this movie a try and see them with your own eyes. Nevertheless I want to give a brief description, which were my favourite monsters: First off, those at the very beginning, which neither have a face nor arms. Very impressive. But they are even topped by the monsters that are wearing masks that look like those of the pest-doctors in the middle ages and carrying guessed five meter knifes. If you are a fan of horror movies, you will love Silent Hill.