Awesome Adaptation

Rating: 10/10 (30 April 2006)

The plot is based in the story of the first Silent Hill game. There's a small alteration in the characters, but most of them keep their original names. The movie only adds a small intro, before it starts to progress along with the game's plot, which is really nice. The atmosphere is something more than exceptional. It successfully brings to the screen the ash rain, foggy, white dream-like environment as well as the dark and twisted side of the town. The creatures have the same sick tortured design like the series, only with more detail along with violent scenes. The thing is that it's not the way that gore is presented but the whole twisted atmosphere under which it takes place. The sound effects are somehow innovative as far as the creatures are concerned. Instead of using the usual monster sounds they had human altered screams which gave a more creepy feeling. The music was the same background music that was in the games that blends nicely with the whole scenery and gives you a nostalgic feeling if ever played the game. Finally it creates the same background story that was built in the game when you collected clues. All in all it is an excellent adaptation of the game to the screen and using all the things mentioned, it keeps you from finding liabilities (if it has any ;-).