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Silent Hill (2006)

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Reviews Counted:82

Fresh:25

Rotten:57

Average Rating:4.6/10

Consensus: Silent Hill is visually impressive, but as with many video game adaptations, it’s plagued by inane dialogue, a muddled plot, and an overlong runtime.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong horror violence and gore, disturbing images, and some language

Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release:Apr 21, 2006 Wide

Box Office: $46,982,632

Synopsis: It's always been said that a video game cannot be successfully adapted into a film. With SILENT HILL, director Christophe Gans (BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF) and screenwriter Roger Avary (KILLING ZOE)... It's always been said that a video game cannot be successfully adapted into a film. With SILENT HILL, director Christophe Gans (BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF) and screenwriter Roger Avary (KILLING ZOE) have the benefit of the atmospheric and often terrifying game series of the same name. With a budget reportedly in excess of $50 million, they wisely eschew dense plot in favor of a kaleidoscopic nightmare--culled from several volumes of the game series--designed to give horror fans what they crave. Radha Mitchell (PITCH BLACK) stars as Rose Da Silva, a young mother whose adopted daughter Sharon speaks of the eponymous West Virginia mining town as she sleepwalks. Rose decides to take Sharon there in an attempt to discover why it haunts her dreams--but Silent Hill has been a ghost town since a series of underground coal fires in 1974, and the residents who stayed behind are the stuff of nightmares. SILENT HILL is notable for having a largely female cast (the male characters were reportedly added at the studio's behest), with Mitchell, Deborah Kara Unger, Alice Krige, and Laurie Holden in the principal roles. But the film's real star is production designer Carol Spier (known for her frequent work with David Cronenberg), whose work makes the deserted town into a true vision of hell. Utilizing an effective combination of CGI and latex makeup effects, several of the creatures on display may upset more sensitive viewers, as will some of the carnage, which is strong for an R rating. On the other hand, seasoned horror fans and gamers who have been waiting to see a joystick-free version of SILENT HILL are likely to come away feeling like they've just taken a nightmare vacation to the spookiest town in America. [More]

Starring: Radha Mitchell, Laurie Holden, Sean Bean, Deborah Unger

Starring: Radha Mitchell, Laurie Holden, Sean Bean, Deborah Unger, Tanya Allen, Kim Coates, Alice Krige, Jodelle Ferland

Director: Christophe Gans

Director: Christophe Gans
Producer: Roger Avary, Samuel Hadida, Don Carmody
Composer: Jeff Danna
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment

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  • Based on the best-selling horror action game, Silent Hill stars Radha Mitchell (Man on Fire) as Rose, a desperate mother who takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon disappears and Rose begins her desperate search to get her back. She descends into a fog of smoldering ash and into the center of the twisted reality of a town's terrible secret. Pursued by grotesquely deformed creatures and a townspeople stuck in permanent purgatory, Rose begins to uncover the truth behind the apocalyptic disaster that burned the town 30 years back. Dare to step inside the horrific town of Silent Hill, where darkness preys on every soul and Hell's creations await around every corner. But know that once you enter...there is no turning back.
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    Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
    04/29/09
    Felix Vasquez Jr.
    Felix Vasquez Jr.
    Cinema Crazed
    N/R

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    Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
    01/15/08
    Garth Franklin
    Garth Franklin
    Dark Horizons

    When everything starts being explained, the mystery evaporates and the world of the game loses its eerie bafflement.

    Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment 2 Comments
    10/31/07
    Rob Gonsalves
    Rob Gonsalves
    eFilmCritic.com

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    Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | comment Comment
    07/14/07
    Joe Lozito
    Joe Lozito
    Big Picture Big Sound

    If you like your nightmares served upfront without the clutter of dramatic structure, then Silent Hill should be your next stop.

    Full Review Source: DVD Review | comment Comment
    07/10/07
    Felix Gonzalez Jr.
    Felix Gonzalez Jr.
    DVD Review

    although it is rarely if ever jump-out-of-your-seat scary, Silent Hill is an unremittingly creepy municipality of the mind where motherhood, mystery and madness have come home to stay.

    Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
    06/15/07
    Anton Bitel
    Anton Bitel
    Channel 4 Film

    Silent Hill starts out at point A and then goes so quickly, loudly and visually over-the-top that it flies completely off the rails into its own glorious weirdness.

    Full Review Source: UGO | comment Comment
    03/24/07
    Brian Tallerico
    Brian Tallerico
    UGO
    N/R

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    Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
    12/30/06
    Los Angeles Daily News

    Director Christophe Gans charges, hell-bent, right over the plot and winds up with not much more than an oppressive 125-minute running time.

    Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
    09/08/06
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
    Combustible Celluloid
    N/R

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    Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
    08/25/06
    Sydney Morning Herald

    Over long with a muddled story and a gaggle of wasted talent, Silent Hill is a spectacular misfire.

    Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
    08/25/06
    Urban Cinefile Critics
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    Urban Cinefile

    As a fluke, I took my mom (also named Rose) to the screening. She doesn't like SF or horror and doesn't even know what a video game is, yet she ended up really liking it! How weird is that?

    Full Review Source: Sci-Fi Weekly | comment Comment
    08/23/06
    Michael Szymanski
    Michael Szymanski
    Sci-Fi Weekly

    the closest you’ll get to actually having a nightmare in a movie theatre outside of a midnight screening of David Lynch’s Eraserhead.

    Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
    08/21/06
    Keith Breese
    Keith Breese
    Filmcritic.com

    While Gans admittedly shows us some pretty spooky stuff, his energy begins to flag somewhere around the 60-minute mark.

    Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
    07/13/06
    Ethan Alter
    Ethan Alter
    Film Journal International

    As a nightmarish vision of hell on earth, Silent Hill is a triumph of production and art design. As a coherent story, it's little more than a string of video game scenarios.

    Full Review Source: Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema | comment Comment
    05/13/06
    Mark Pfeiffer
    Mark Pfeiffer
    Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

    Silent Hill is like an endurance test to get to the “'truth', but it's ultimately a gyp because it still doesn't make sense when you get there.

    Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment 2 Comments
    05/13/06
    James Kendrick
    James Kendrick
    Q Network Film Desk

    Just like the game, which is an achievement and a disappointment all in one.

    Full Review Source: Cinerina | comment 1 Comment
    05/11/06
    Karina Montgomery
    Karina Montgomery
    Cinerina

    No thrills on this hill

    Full Review Source: jackiekcooper.com | comment Comment
    05/07/06
    Jackie K. Cooper
    Jackie K. Cooper
    jackiekcooper.com

    Radha Mitchell is the reason to sit through this overblown Grand Guignol entertainment from the director of the similarly overblown Brotherhood of the Wolf.

    Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
    05/06/06
    David N. Butterworth
    David N. Butterworth
    rec.arts.movies.reviews

    Sweet dreams are most assuredly not made of this, but then again, it's nice to see Uwe Boll clotheslined out of the video game-adaptation running for a while by such a smooth creeper.

    Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
    05/06/06
    Marc Savlov
    Marc Savlov
    Austin Chronicle
     
     
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