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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Roger Avary (written by)
Release Date:
21 April 2006 (USA) more
Tagline:
Enjoy your stay. more
Plot:
A woman goes in search for her daughter, within the confines of a strange, desolate town called Silent Hill. Based on the video game. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(243 articles)
'Silent Hill' Wii gets release date
(From digitalspy. 14 November 2009, 3:46 AM, PST)
'Silent Hill 2' to Start Filming in 2010
(From Aceshowbiz. 13 November 2009, 7:43 PM, PST)
User Comments:
A very surprising, dark and gruesome movie! more (1665 total)
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Additional Details
Also Known As:
Centralia (USA) (fake working title)
Silent Hill (France)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong horror violence and gore, disturbing images, and some language.
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Runtime:
125 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:R | Ireland:16 | UK:15 | France:-12 | Canada:18A | Philippines:R-13 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Hong Kong:IIB | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:M18 | Singapore:NC-16 (edited version) | Australia:MA | Germany:16 (nf) | Norway:15 | Japan:PG-12 | Sweden:15 | Italy:T | Mexico:C | Hungary:18 | Romania:I.M.-18 | Brazil:18 | Ireland:15 (DVD rating) | South Korea:18 | New Zealand:R16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Portugal:M/18 | Malaysia:U (DVD) | Chile:14 | Netherlands:16 | Belgium:KNT
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French director Nicolas Boukhrief was involved in the writing of the screenplay. more
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Revealing mistakes: When Rose is in the bathroom at the old school, she walks over to The Janitor to take something out of his mouth. If you look very closely, when she sticks her hand through the "barbed wire", it grazes her skin and you can plainly see that it is made out of rubber. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Rose:
Sharon! She's not here! Oh, god. Christopher, can you see anything? Sharon! Sharon!
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References The Shining (1980) more
Soundtrack:
Ring of Fire more
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Why can't certain characters see each other at the film's end?Who is Sharon's Father?
Did the main characters (Rose, Sharon & Cybil) die in the beginning of the film?
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You have to approach any movie adaptation of a video game with extreme trepidation. Think of the other corkers we've all caught on TV in the past: Super Mario Bros., Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil. Stinkers, one and all. Doom was vapid, but at least got close to the source material.
So what about Silent Hill? The movie opens with music lifted straight from the game itself - in fact, the entire movie contains original tracks from the game as well as some remixed score. Just as it was a fantastic and brooding background when playing the game, it works very effectively on screen.
As for the film itself, the story is a composite of story elements from the first and second games, but the final act is a monstrous and highly original thirty minutes that kept me guessing (as well as being completely grossed out). Indeed, the violence is pretty gruesome.. clever mixtures of CGI and fully made-up monsters which really add to the foreboding atmosphere.
At first, I felt nervous watching this.. not because of the visuals (which are absolutely SPOT ON.. I've never seen ANY movie adaptation that is this close to the source material.. all the comic book movies from the past few years still stray furiously).. but because of the weak opening. After I'd resigned myself to the fact that the movie was going to be disappointing, I was pleasantly surprised as soon as the main character Rose gets to Silent Hill itself. If you're a fan of the game, you won't be disappointed. If you're a horror hound, you'll love the creatures and the visuals. If you're expecting a deep movie about the relationship between estranged mother and daughter.. you're in the wrong theatre.
Highly recommended. Best horror movie I've seen in a long time.