Hell has a new address...

Rating: 9/10 (25 April 2006)

Hell has a new address, and it is Silent Hill.
While it's true that this film is a total fan service to those who have played the popular survival horror series spanning the Playstation, PS2, and Xbox, it's also a disservice to say that experience with those games is integral to enjoyment of the movie. Naysayers be damned, this is a masterfully controlled film. Helmed by screenwriter Roger Avary (Remember the hillbilly rape scene from Pulp Fiction?) and director Christophe Gans (Necromonicon), Silent Hill is disturbing, thrilling, disgusting, and beautiful. Instead of relying on cheap parlor tricks that have become a horror staple and cliché, Silent Hill actually warns you when something bad is about to happen, and then dares you not to turn away. While it is a bit longer than necessary, there's no such thing as too much Pyramid Head.