Silent Hill gets it in the neck from all directions. Fan boys complain it isn't enough like the game. Normal people complain the plot is too hard to follow. Wimps complain it is too gory.
Poor Silent Hill. It's a shame because this film is, to my mind, a little gem. Much as the story may differ fro the games - the feel does not. Here is created a horrific otherwordly atmosphere, where the viewer feels they are being subjected to someone else's nightmare. And after all, that is what Silent Hill really is.
The film is ghastly beautiful. And it is the look of this film that really is under valued. It's also very tense and disturbing, with the most fantastic creatures. There are plot holes, there is some confusion in the story - but there's something about this film that lets me forgive it. Why others are so hard on it, I just don't know. Silent Hill is a dark wonderland full of mystery and horror - and morbid curiosity begs us to take a closer look.
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