Silent Hill Movie
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Storyline
TAGLINES
Enjoy your stay.
The game is on.
The Silence Will Be Broken
Welcome to Silent Hill
Not so silent anymore
Once you enter Silent Hill there is no turning back.
Welcome to Hell
We've been expecting you.
After the continuous sleep walking episodes of Sharon, the young daughter of Rose Da Silva, the decision is made to take Sharon to the place only mentioned in her restless dreams- Silent Hill. However, the road to Silent Hill is anything but easy to access, and Rose creates a high speed chase between herself and a police officer only to end in a crash for them both. When she wakes up, Sharon has disappeared and Rose is at the entrance to the deserted, dream-like town of Silent Hill. As Rose begins the search for her daughter, she does not realize the terror and mystery surrounding her. Rose is led on a blind search for her beloved daughter, finding herself getting more and more entwined into disturbing past of Silent Hill.
| Radha Mitchell | Rose Da Silva |
| Sean Bean | Christopher Da Silva |
| Laurie Holden | Cybil Bennett |
| Deborah Kara Unger | Dahlia Gillespie |
| Kim Coates | Officer Thomas Gucci |
| Tanya Allen | Anna |
| Alice Krige | Christabella |
| Jodelle Ferland | Sharon Da Silva/Alessa Gillespie |
| Colleen Williams | Archivist |
| Ron Gabriel | Old Mechanic |
| Eve Crawford | Sister Margaret |
| Derek Ritschel | Young Police Officer |
| Amanda Hiebert | Gas Attendant |
| Maxine Dumont | Christabella's Aide |
| Christopher Britton | Adam |
| Christophe Gans |
6.50 out of 10 (32701 votes)
Visitor Reviews
It's actually pretty good
posted on 30 Aug 2009I guess this is the best video game adaptation I have seen. And not just that, it's a good, scary movie.Silent Hill, the game was about atmosphere, combining settings and music to keep you guessing where the "boooo" was going to come from. And the movie delivers. Fog, ash, sounds, the changes between the two worlds are all faithful to the game, and , coupled with the monsters from the game ( Pyramid Head just rules), will make the Silent Hill fan very happy.What about the rest of the movie-goers? I guess it should keep them entertained, because it doesn't require playing the games to understand the plot, it keeps you guessing and for the gore fan, we have that too. The movie, like the game, will suck you in, and scare you.There are two things I'm not too sure about. One is the ending, which is a nice twist from the general happy-ending, but it really doesn't work for me. The child, Sharon, returns with her Mom, but also merges with Alessa, anguish, vengeance, trauma incarnate, and stays the same? The other one is the acting, which is above average on the whole, but Sean Bean deserved a greater part, Holden was pretty awful, and Radha Mitchell wasn't stellar. Jodelle Ferland and Alex Kirge were pretty good though.Oh, I forgot, good old fashioned stupidity in one scene: Laurie Holden's character is facing a few cultists, she has a gun on them, and then puts it down and fights them hand to hand. Who the hell does she think she is, Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan? On the whole, a good effort though. 8/10
A very pleasant surprise!
posted on 28 Aug 2009I am stunned. I watched this movie with a younger female friend who had already seen it, and just said it was "really scary!" (but then, she's the type that has to hide her face for the scary bits ;). I'm a life long gamer, and all gamers have come to expect VG-movies to be either very very bad, or quite corny and superficial. So I was kinda expecting another "cash cow" movie. But one must keep an open mind - so I did.There are way to few movies out there that portray an ominous eerie setting the way Silent Hill does. The first scenes in the town of Silent Hill are just as beautifully serene as they are spooky, and simply left me amazed. Instead of littering the movie with "cheap" shocks, there's that feeling of "oooh..sh*t" that gets to me in a much more effective way. Not having played the Silent Hill games, I didn't know what to expect from the plot - so I just sat back and enjoyed it.The movie makes some strong comments on the major religions, and without giving away the wonderfully "slow, steady build-up" plot, it was a true pleasure to see a relatively mainstream popular genre and movie make such a strong argument. Your own fear of "Evil" might just lead you to create that very evil, and have it come back to bite you. An old Danish saying goes "He who digs a grave for someone else, might wind up falling into it himself".I warmly recommend both strongly religious people - as well as atheists and others that might have an opinion on western religions - go watch this movie and enjoy what is not only a very well made horror-movie, but also a bold comment on what dangers lie hidden in the human psychology. It's not Schindlers List, but it's well worth watching - especially if you're a bit tired of all the typical teen-slash movies that dominate the genre.If you're a fan of a well made horror movie, do not miss out on Silent Hill. I'm already looking for a Collectors Edition DVD - this one is worth watching again!
Silent Hill
posted on 26 Aug 2009Silent Hill is based on a popular video game and now it has been made into a full length film. The story is about a mother named Rose whose daughter Sharon often walks in her sleep and talks about a place called Silent Hill. When Rose confronts Sharon about it she tells her that she does not remember. Soon Rose finds out that there is a place called Silent Hill and decides to take Sharon there to see if it brings back some memories and to see why she always mentions it while sleep walking. On the way into Silent Hill they have an accident and soon Sharon is missing. Silent Hill is a deserted town with nobody around. Rose looks around the mysterious town for Sharon and discovers many horrors and evil as she goes along. At the end of this film I had mixed feelings for it. Some things I liked about the film was the way it looked with it's cinematography, great visual and special effects and a stylish and creepy look that I just loved. I also liked how the film looked and felt like a nightmare come to life because there were creepy things going on and it didn't always make sense and it felt like the characters were almost in a dream world. I liked the whole aspect of that. Now onto the things I didn't like so much about the film. I thought it started out interesting enough, but as the film went on I found it kind of slow moving and with a running time of over two hours I found the film a bit too long. Near the end of the film I also found it to be a bit too silly and some of the acting was too over the top for me and some of the dialog wasn't very well written either which made the film look awkward near the end. I still liked the look of the film a lot and I liked the concept up to the end, so there were some strong points in this film, but I just didn't thing it tied it too well together at the end and I think the film could have been a bit shorter. I've never played the video game that the film is based on, so I wouldn't be able to say whether fans of the game will like the movie or not, but I'm sure there is an audience for this movie and they will probably like it. I didn't think this was a terrible movie, but rather a flawed movie that could have been a lot better than it was.
Wasn't All That Bad.
posted on 26 Aug 2009Okay, i've decided to change my opinion on "Silent Hill." After watching it for the second time today i guess you need to take more notice of the small things. The storyline wasn't perfect but it was actually not bad. The ending was quite confusing, but after having someone explain the plot to me i kind of got it all. *SPOILER* So apparently, when they crashed after Rose drove through the gates, that's when they died. And they both died in Silent Hill. So when they went back to their house their souls were still in Silent Hill so in some crazy way, they were living in different worlds to Rose's husband. Sorry about the poor way of explaining it but i'm not sure how else to say it. But i do understand it all now. *END SPOILER* There is a lot of gore. And in some parts, torture. But it all makes sense in the end. You just have to concentrate. So all in all, Silent Hill isn't COMPLETELY bad. I actually kind of like it. And the music is amazing.So i'm changing my recent rating from four out of ten to seven out of ten. :)
A huge leap in the right direction for video game adaptations.
posted on 24 Aug 2009I cannot help but feel compelled to give Silent Hill full marks even though it is a far from perfect film. The dialogue is often corny, some of the performances are substandard and the decision to cast Sean Bean was unwise, not because he's a bad actor but because his attempt at an American accent is laughable. Objectively, The main strength of the film is, of course, the story concept and the visuals, which are stunning. One reviewer referred to it as 'The best-looking bad movie I have ever seen'.The reason why I love Silent Hill, however, is purely subjective.I am a huge fan of comic books and video games. For many years I have held my head in my hands as I watched Hollywood take comic book licences and rape them beyond recognition, bastardising everything redeemable and meaningful about my beloved comic heroes and reducing them to an easy-to-swallow mainstream mess. For examples, look no further than Spawn and Batman & Robin. Even the occasionally decent movie like Tim Burton's Batman strays way too far from the source material for my liking.It has taken Hollywood over thirty years to FINALLY treat comic books with the respect they deserve, resulting in masterpieces such as Sin City and Batman: Begins and other damn fine adaptations like Spiderman and X-Men 2.Now, Hollywood has moved into video game adaptation. The results have been absolutely appalling, from Resident Evil to Tomb Raider to Doom. Each one a complete joke and a savage kick in the teeth to ardent fans of those games.And now we have Silent Hill. For all it's faults it is a MASSIVE, MASSIVE leap in the right direction and the first film to ever treat a video game licence and it's fans with respect. I have no doubt that within five years Silent Hill will pass out of memory and be superseded by other vastly superior video game adaptations.But without Silent Hill, it would be nearer thirty years.
If you haven't played the games, you will like, if you have, you will love it!!
posted on 24 Aug 2009I was skeptical on my way to see this movie, as I am with most game-based movies but I was very pleasantly surprised in this case. Silent Hill has an original and inventive story line, yet effectively embodies so many stylistic elements from the games, particularly Silent Hill 3. The sets, props, monsters, and even the characters carry the same distinct flavor that I experienced while playing games.The acting was not stellar, but it was a minor deficiency, barely noticeable amidst the plot situations and clever intrigue. Any screen writing that can do that is astonishing. Not to down-play the actors, after all there were nothing but character actors in the cast. I'd have to say that Alice Krige (Christabella) delivered the best performance of the movie. Even as a character actor, she manages to make each of her performances unique and distinct from one another, just as she did in this film. Strange how the villains always tend to be the most memorable.I can see how not having played the Silent Hill video games could diminish the overall experience of the movie. Without that background experience the plot might seem a little obscure. Even so, the basic elements of an instant cult classic are there for all to enjoy, and I think most of its audience will walk away fully entertained.
If you couldn't figure out the ending...
posted on 22 Aug 2009If you couldn't figure out the ending of this movie, or you're "not sure" what it means, you should probably just give up on life. It was clear what was happening from the moment that Rose and the Cop realized that they'd both suffered head trauma from the car wreck. I keep reading posts where people ask what the end meant- Holy smokes some people are dense. Did they need to hold up giant neon signs reading "GUESS WHAT, THEY'RE ALL DEAD, AND THEY HAVE BEEN THE ENTIRE MOVIE" at the end?Rose and the cop died at the very first when they crashed outside of town. That's why they were able to see everyone else in the town- THEY were all dead too. And that's why they did the subtle "living people see things in full color, dead people see things in highly desaturated fog" gimmick that every other movie since the Sixth Sense have ALSO used to alert you to the fact that certain main characters are dead.
I want my time back.
posted on 22 Aug 2009Oh, please, viewer... Won't you please see me as a deep and creative filmmaker? No. I won't. I watched the whole thing from beginning to end, and after the first 15 minutes, I found myself thinking, "self, there's a difference between a complex, interesting film, and a vague and desperate one." This movie is nothing more than an attempt to capitalize on a popular video game, and in the end, leaves so many threads hanging that even the director can't explain them. As a whole, it was nothing but a mashup of creepy images, monsters, vague myths, and incomplete backstory that's told in a short "film" presentation - a technique not even the most amateur writer would use. The viewer is never offered the chance to figure anything out. Instead, some sort of basic plot is directly explained, and everything else it unrelated filler.This movie can NOT, and I mean NOT, stand on it's own. It's a half-inflated, failure of a concept.
Excellent Stand-Alone movie!!
posted on 20 Aug 2009I think the movie was great by itself, it stands on its own. The only thing I wasn't impressed with was the name changes with only certain characters and not others.. The story of Alessa is a great one, but the film tweaks it quite a bit. Overall I think it's a great first movie and I hope to see more movies and games. Perhaps the next movie will be more like SH2. I think I would have liked the movie a lot more if I had not played any of the games, but I think it could be considered another way of telling the same story. If a sequel is made, I can only assume it'll be better than this film in that this movie was most likely a learning experience.
Excellent Blu Ray
posted on 19 Aug 2009I love the film Silent Hill. It is one of the only films that takes it's videogame source material and doesn't make it awful. Silent Hill really feels like Silent Hill. The Blu Ray looks excellent, and the sound is uncompressed which sounds great. I don't know why I've heard so many poor things about the video. I own the DVD as well, and did a side by side comparison test, and it was like night and day. If you already own the DVD, you owe it to yourself to BUY the Blu Ray if you love this movie.
It would have been a better book!
posted on 18 Aug 2009I'm not a fan of horror films...but it's okay, i didn't get one with Silent Hill. The graphics let it down and it dragged, I'm very interested in playing the game though! The story was good, it's just the first 2/3rds of the film that was a let down, i liked the ending, dramatic, unexpected, and well that the film actually ended. The cop looked plastic, and the women in high heels looked like tripping clubbers. Between this film and Saw, i now hate barbed wire. But there is a silver lining, if you're like me, with friends who make you watch horror's and you don't particularly enjoy hiding behind your fingers for 90 mins, suggest silent hill, you'll look brave before the film actually starts. just beware the ridiculous gore! Oh and it's one of those films where you shout out "What the hell are you doing that for you blonde idiot?!" a lot. One more thing, the ending (as in the end scene) what the hell is that?! it confused me and undermined any understanding of the film! Now i am so SICK of the name SHAROn, how many times did Rose yell "SHAAAAROOOON" it was like "shut up woman, we know the kid's name!", i actually turned to my mate when the dad arrived and said "at least some other dialogue is used now, he's yelling 'Sharon!! Rose!!' "
Scary yes Thrilling yes Good movie hell yes
posted on 18 Aug 2009Yes I saw this film today and I was very impressed with it. From playing the Silent Hill games the people who made this film did their homework. It was scary, creepy, and gory which is perfect for any horror movie. All the characters were really good and the acting was OK. Plus the demons they created for the film were really scary my favorite who doesn't have a name I call him the Executioner, he is this huge monster surrounded by cockroaches with a sword the size of a street light. But the whole movie definitely had the silent hill theme to it. so anyone wondering if they want to see this movie trust me it is worth seeing.
Good horror, but the story makes no sense...
posted on 18 Aug 2009Let's get one thing clear right from the get-go: This film's plot makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Even the "explanation" given at the end of the film as to why the demons/ghosts (or whatever you want to call them) are so ticked off really doesn't explain the story, the origins of Sharon, nor does it add to the story in any way whatsoever. Also, if the film's main character, Rose, were an actual person, she'd be the dumbest person who has ever walked the face of the earth. There is absolutely no rational explanation for half of the things she does in this movie, including speeding away from a cop at 100 miles per hour with her daughter in the car.That being said, however, I will say that this film does deliver the goods in terms of horror and gore. The visual style of the film is downright creepy, and there is enough blood-splattering to rival any of the great horror movies (including a woman getting the skin ripped off her body; and the barbed wire massacre at the conclusion). The only criticism I would have is that the film's greatest monster -- a dude with a giant, metal triangle for a head wielding a machete that is so freakishly big it's almost comical -- is not shown enough.All in all, the story makes no sense, but the horror and special effects are great.
Good movie, Awesome Blu-Ray
posted on 17 Aug 2009Me being a big fan of the Silent Hill games, I loved this movie. I thought they pulled off the sound, feel and atmosphere of the games perfectly. The acting was a little cheesy at times, but besides that, the directing and effects were all top notch.
Out of the 25 Blu-Rays that I currently own, this is by far the best looking. The sound is also quite good.
I gave this movie 5 stars because of the visuals and sounds, but also because of the amazing clarity of Silent Hill on Blu-Ray. I very much recommend it.
***UPDATE***
I now have over 300 Blu-rays, and this is still one of the best looking and best sounding. The price has greatly lowered. If you are still questioning whether to buy it or not, BUY IT. You won't regret it.
Fantastic
posted on 16 Aug 2009As a slightly obsessed Silent Hill fan, having played every game to death and pored over every aspect, I admit I was dreading this film.. Knowing the original creators weren't responsible for it's content I was expecting a Resident Evil style violation of a crossover with a lot of potential. Fortunately, I needn't have worried. Silent Hill is fantastic. True to the games, but entertaining and explanatory enough for those unfamiliar to enjoy; genuinely disturbing imagery and concepts with a convincing cast. I wouldn't however recommend it to those of a nervous disposition, tis a bit brutal you see :) Overall, one of the best films I've seen in a few years.
Not Understanding = Sucking?
posted on 16 Aug 2009I have been a huge of fan the Silent Hill series since the first one came out. The only one I didn't truly love was #4, it wasn't the same game or "feeling" as the others. I still like it though. I went and saw this movie with fear and excitement. I didn't want this to be a "lets make some money from fans of the game". I saw it the second day it was out due to work schedules. The crowd was very well behaved through the entire movie, (which is normally one thing that ruins all movies for me.) I normally tend to not like most movies I go see...I guess I get my hopes up, or its because a lot of "great" movies are not at the theaters. The last serious horror film I saw that I enjoyed fully was the 80's remake of The Thing. I'm 21, and the first time I saw this was about 7 years ago. I'm a big fan of both of Rob Zombie's films as well, but those don't really fall into the horror genre for me. For horror, I have turned almost entirely to games. Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Fatal Frame, Doom, Alone in the Dark....these are games that have more time spent on the details of being creepy, dark, scary, and entertaining than most scary movies today. If there is not some massive amount of nudity, disgusting rape scene, 50 "boo" moments, or someone dieing every 10 minutes, then it "sucks" to the general public. Right when the movie ended, a lady behind me said "I don't get it". I turned around and said, "go play the games". She took this like I meant "the movie sucked compared to the games". I just looked at her blankly and said "I understood it just fine". This brings me to finally saying I thought this film captured the game in so many ways that it boggled my mind. At many times, I forgot many of the creatures were costumes and not CGI. The story made sense to me, maybe because I know the games front to back, or maybe because I can recognize that the movie Hostile is 75% lame porn, and 25% "we did this part to make the movie gross and creepy", and not a horror movie. I'm not a Genius (sarcasm) movie reviewer like Ebert, but I can tell you that out of the more than 25 reviews I have read for this movie.....all but 2 actually put any thought into what the movie was about and what the end meant. I fully enjoyed this movie, and recommend that anyone that wants to see a very beautifully disturbing film, please go see it. If you have trouble understanding it, then give it some credit and THINK about what it might mean, and not just say it "sucks" because you don't want to. thank you - Scott
Eerie setting, brutal and gruesome, lackluster delivery
posted on 14 Aug 2009I have been solemnly been awaiting the arrival of Silent Hill for quite sometime, and stupidly I had my expectations set to a certain level because I really wanted this movie to be a well made, scary film and I feel that it came up pretty short.Be warned I may speak about certain scenes in the movie, but I won't write any spoilers although i'm convinced this movie kind of spoiled itself. To start I would like to say that this movie kind of gave me the "oOOoo..freaky cult" and "the gates of hell have been opened..." from amityville horror vibe. The cinematography was one of my biggest gripes about this movie. It was at some brief moments dis-orienting, and at other times just annoying, and even predictable and poorly framed. I am not completely sure as to whether or not predictability is a sign of poor camera work but I thought it was comical when I could guess to myself what the next shot would be, consistently. The camera was tilted a lot, with overhead panning shots, a lot of times the same camera movement/shot would be made scene after scene and I do not mean the part when the camera is spinning around Rose, that made sense even though I dis-like how it was edited. I am talking about just pointless movement that really added no effect and just distracted me from the even less vital moments in the movie. There was a scene where they framed Rose walking away from the camera through a torn up baby carriage, and I just felt that the camera work was trying, or perhaps there was just some lame symbolism with the broken carriage and her losing her child, so benefit of the doubt. Not all of the camera work was bad and sometimes it did involve me in the movie but it was nothing I would ever go wow, that was an amazing shot, as a for instance, in raging bull when robert de niro's character is fighting sugar ray for the final time, that was an un-believably good scene and beautifully shot with the lights and the way he looks, o it was magnificent. Visually, not camera work but special fx, the movie was attractive. The creeps and the ghoulies were pretty creepy and original; I enjoyed them and there amazing, not to mention graphic, ways of killing people. The music was good, when Rose stands up in front of the "cult" the accompanying music made me giggle, a manly giggle of course. Next big gripe about the movie, the dialogue and some of the acting. The dialogue pretty much sucked; people said stupid things, and asked stupid questions. Silent Hill is known for the terrible fires that occurred there, and this is a well-known fact to our characters and yet when they walk into a factory after already exploring and seeing some of the extensive fire damage to the city, they still find the need to say things such as "it looks like there was a fire here", or things along the lines of "something bad happened here". Then there was the cheesy lines between characters, and there were other times when I rolled my eyes at the dialogue but I don't feel its necessary to list anymore. The acting was good at parts, and unrealistic in others. I always have a thing about reasonable, possible reactions people might have in situations such as this one, and a lot of times its just neither of the two. A third thing was plot development and significance of characters. It all made a good story and the connections were there, but I felt like i was left wanting. More specifically near the end when the freaky little girl is revealing the "truth" to Rose, they never said anything about a woman convincing everyone in the town that there was an apocalypse. She was not very manipulative, although thats how I thought of her, because I figured she must'voe been. Rose I found to still make usual stupid horror movie decisions. The cop was a character I liked even though I thought the idea of making people thing she was beaten to death by lead pipes and then turning up to still be alive later in the movie, only to asphyxiate on smoke as she is being lowered to a fire and then her skin melts and she burns to death only minutes after we found out she was still alive. The daughter was pretty good, although at some points I was wondering whether she was mentally retarded with some of the dialogue. The movie was extremely gory, and i mean that as they pushed the bar on bloody with some scenes I won't spoil. The last thing is that the movie was not that scary, it was dramatic and had a creepy setting, and the potential to be an awesome scary movie but it just didn't deliver. Perhaps I should'voe looked more into the film before seeing it but I really wanted to be surprised with everything, and just see how it turned out. Overall, the movie wasn't the worst thing i have ever seen (i.e. Ultraviolet), and even though it had a lot of bad elements I still enjoyed it because I am a fan of the game and the gruesomeness and creativity behind it, along with good make up and creepy settings I don't feel like I wasted my money, and although I was disappointed with the lack of scary, I still enjoyed a night at the movies.-Andrew
Terrible
posted on 12 Aug 2009Saw this opening night screening. Way too long, made no sense, used video game logic the entire time, stupid characters (expect for the slight lesbian tension between the main girl and the cop--that was cool). Had some cool visuals but honestly who cares you can see that now in any video game. They could have done a thousand times better by trimming out half the plot points and almost all the monsters (what the hell were they). And don't tell me--oh but all that stuff was in the video game, so it has to be in the movie. The story should have been strong enough to stand on its own and be entertaining/thrilling for someone like me who has never played SH.The audience laughed more than they felt any kind of shock or horror. Someone needs to curb these idiots from trying to make VG movies.
Toxic Trash
posted on 12 Aug 2009This mean-spirited, incoherent film is graphically and literately an abomination. The flawed, Swiss-cheese-like plot requests of the viewers to place their tongue deeply into their cheeks and come up with the sources of extreme malevolence, character motivation, plot points, continuity and structure in general.It's not surprising that not a single important critic has approved of this product. What is surprising is that some $50,000,000 was spent on its construction.We can imagine using that amount to bring to the screen at least ten or more actual stories that inspire and uplift the human spirit and celebrate life, not injure psychologically the many innocent young children who will unfortunately get to see this ugly, metaphysically unsound junk. This is yet another irresponsible Hollywood product that can do nothing more than go on to vandalize our civility at a time when we least need it.
Silent Hill Review
posted on 30 Aug 2009This movie sucked. Period. It made no sense, and what the heck was with the ending???? Can someone please explain this to me? I was lost basically the entire time. The acting was purely mediocre. Sorry I just didn't get the point of it. It really wasn't worth the money to go see it. The woman didn't have to memorize very many lines. Her main line was this....,"SHARON!" I strongly believe that the cop was compromised. I didn't really see the point of the husband, I mean seriously now.....what did his character really bring to the movie? That was two hours out of my life that I wont get back. For people that actually found this movie to be interesting, more power to you, but I just didn't understand it.