Hmmm, Have I seen this before....

Rating: 6/10 (22 April 2006)

What do you get when you mix one part "Seven" with 2 parts Clive Barkers "Hellraiser" with 3 parts John Carpenter's "In the Mouth of Madness" and pinches of 1978 psychic thriller "Patrick", then shake it (not stirred) in a video game container? Pour out "Silent Hill", the new movie that will puzzle many but delight the S.H. video game fans. Oh how I wish this production crew had done Resident Evil. It looks great and creeps along to jumpy climaxes (much like the game) in a set I found to be very reminiscent of that seen in the game.
I found it interesting that all the major characters that are actually in the soup are women. Rose, Sharon, Cybil, Dahlia, Anna and ChristaBella(?), an over-the-top religious cult-leader zealot. Sean Bean's character is really peripheral and has nothing to do with the action.