Why Free Screenings are Good...

Rating: 4/10 (20 April 2006)

...because you aren't disappointed when the movie blows.
Being a big horror movie buff, I had been waiting for Silent Hill for awhile. It was an unfortunate wait.
The movie dragged on a could have been made 20 minutes shorter. It employed - as too many horror movies do these days - the "creepy child" scenario. Enough, children aren't scary anymore! The dialogue was awful. The main character played her role well, but her sidekick, a cop, only brought unintentional laughs to the crowd.
On top of that, most of the movie made little sense (until of course the end where it was all explained for us). At which point, the movie still did not make any sense. It left way to many open endings and you never really know what happened (unless, God forbid, it was intentional to bring on a sequel).
In all, I gave the movie a four, because it was somewhat interesting despite its many, many flaws. I thought the town in the movie was pretty cool, and it is obvious that they spent a lot of money on the movie. I'd have to guess that a lot of the script was being tossed out and re-written as they went along. Not as bad as, say, House of the Dead. But if you want a good horror movie go see The Hills Have Eyes if it is still playing in your theatre. This one is a DVD rental (if someone else rents it).