Best horror movie to date!

Rating: 9/10 (1 May 2006)

I'm one of those people who has never played the Silent Hill games in my life. I went to see this movie with an absolute fanatic of the games so she could explain some of the finer details of the plot {plus I needed someone to grab a hold on at the really scary bits XP}. I have to admit I never expected the movie to be this good. The visual effects are amazing and are put to excellent use, especially at the beginning of the nightmare. The psychological suspense that the Air Raid Siren brings when it sounds to alert us to the darkness is absolutely brilliant and gave such an adrenaline rush that I had to walk it off for half an hour after the movie had finished {I'm going to get really nervous any time I hear the local foundry siren go now}.
The acting, I felt was very well done, and the fact that the actress playing Rose portrayed a distressed mother looking for her child in a nightmarish town very believable. The subplot involving the police officer and the husband was also very well done, though I can see how it might irk some movie-goers.
What happened near the climax of the movie was very gory, but, again, very well done both visually and psychologically, though I feel they could have left what happened to the fanatic church leader off-screen. In all it was a fantastically don movie and one that even non-players of the games should be able to follow relatively easily {though the ending might confuse some}.