Best horror movie in years

Rating: 10/10 (20 September 2006)

Oh man. Oh man oh man oh man. This movie was fantastic. The game scared the hell out of me, but that's not the only reason I wanted to see the movie. I'm a huge Sean Bean fan and I'd watch anything if it had him in it for even half a second. BUT, this movie has SO MANY MORE reasons for people to watch it.
The production design is brilliant. The visuals are haunting and eerie and although it doesn't have many "scary" moments, it has deeply haunting and disturbing visuals, which in the context of the entire story are great. Nothing is there just for the sake of being there. And NOTHING is left out. Nothing is implied. It's all there. The blood, the creatures, the creepy atmosphere.
And then we have the siren. The movie gets into full horror mode whenever that siren sounds and "The Darkness" descends. It quite possibly delivers the creepiest feeling you'll ever have. I completely agree with all those people who said that it's the best game-to-movie adaptation ever.
The acting was really good from everyone. The only criticism I have there is that Radha Mitchell needs to work on her American accent a bit. It kind of restricts her expression in her dialogue delivery sometimes.
Highly recommended movie, especially for horror fans and not necessarily for just lovers of the game.
****/*****