SILENT
HILL
With
Radha
Mitchell,
Laurie
Holden,
Deborah
Kara
Unger,
Sean
Bean,
Alice
Krige,
Kim
Coates,
Tanya
Allen
Directed
by
Christophe
Gans
Again
it
takes
a
few
different
foundations
to
breath
new
life
into
the
horror
genre
-
the
three
main
sources
coming
from
three
different
countries.
The
main
one
is
the
Japanese
gaming
company
Konami,
developers
of
the
original
Silent
Hill
video
games
on
which
this
movie
is
based.
Then
there
is
the
American
writer
who
adapted
the
game
for
the
screen,
Roger
Avery
–
Pulp
Fiction
co-writer
and
director
of
Rules
Of
Attraction.
Finally
there
is
the
French-Canadian
producers
and
director
who
took
this
idea
and
realized
it
on
the
screen
with
vivid
effect.
The
daughter
of
a
couple
is
having
dangerous
sleepwalking
spells
and
nightmares
of
a
place
called
Silent
Hill.
This
place
actually
exists
and
the
mother
decides
to
take
her
there
to
try
and
resolve
it.
On
the
outskirts
they
have
a
near-accident.
When
the
mother
comes
to,
the
daughter
is
gone.
Searching
for
her,
what
she
finds
is
a
deserted
town
with
an
horrific
presence,
trapping
them
in
its
deadly
grip.
As
to
be
expected,
a
film
adaptation
of
a
game
has
to
take
some
liberties,
and
expand
or
reduce
certain
aspects
to
effectively
make
it
a
cinematically
successful
experience.
The
mood,
style
and
terror
of
the
game
was
brilliantly
translated
by
director
Gans,
who
actually
played
the
game
and
was
a
fan
before
it
was
optioned
to
be
filmed.
He
retained
a
great
deal
of
the
game’s
elements
and
visuals,
and
didn’t
go
out
of
his
way
to
try
and
change
it
–
and
as
those
who
have
played
it
knows,
it
is
one
hell
of
an
experience.
One
of
the
changes
includes
the
shift
of
the
game’s
male
protagonist
to
that
of
the
female
role
of
the
mother.
All
of
the
lead
characters
are
in
fact
female,
and
if
that
constitutes
it
as
being
a
chick-flick,
then
it’s
the
best
and
toughest
one
of
the
year!
With
the
horror
genre
so
often
falling
into
regimental
imitations
and
repetition
of
the
same
themes,
Silent
Hill
is
a
fantastic
deviation
from
the
norm
with
not
only
intense
and
wild
visuals,
but
a
great
story
with
more
layers
than
mere
surface
shocks
-
on
top
of
that
it
delves
into
far
deeper
issues
like
the
bond
of
motherhood,
religion,
human
cruelty
and
ignorance,
vengeance
and
more.
The
double
disc
DVD
release
includes
interviews
and
extras
like
Making
Of
featurettes
looking
into
the
astonishing
set
design
and
monster
effects,
the
translation
from
game
to
movie,
creature
choreography,
the
cast
and
more.
Silent
Hill
is
an
eerie,
powerful
and
moving
horror
experience.
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