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Movie Info


Genre :

Horror, Thriller

Release Date :

April 21, 2006

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Christophe Gans

Starring :

Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger, Kim Coates, Tanya Allen, Jodelle Ferland, Alice Krige, Chris Britton

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  5 of 5 [Rate It]

“..The effects are derivative and second-rate, the acting is rudimentary, and the resolution is as infuriating as it is obtuse..”
by Andrea Chase [Killer Movie Reviews]
“..probably the worst movie ever to be based on a video game..”
by Shlomo Schwartzberg [Boxoffice Magazine]
2 of 5

“..manages to undermine itself through its lazy plot and general arrogance towards the audience..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
2 of 4

“..disappointingly banal in almost every other way..”
by Sara M. Fetters [MovieFreak]
2.5 of 5

“..conjures a Bosch-like world of surreal, apocalyptic nightmares that's at least fun to look at..”
by Chris Vognar [The Dallas Morning News]
2.5 of 4

“..an improvement over game-to-movie clunkers like Resident Evil and Doom..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
3 of 5

“..A step in the right direction for console-to-screen transitions..”
by James Dyer [Empire Magazine [UK]]
7 of 10

“..A genuinely creepy and deeply disturbing experience..”
by Edward Douglas [Comingsoon]
“..a feverishly overcooked nightmare movie..”
by Ray Bennett [The Hollywood Reporter]
6 of 10
Reviewed by Mel Valentin [Movie-Vault]
5 of 5
Reviewed by G [Iofilm]
5 of 5
Reviewed by Nigel Floyd [Time Out]
4.5 of 5
Reviewed by Nomad [The Horror Channel]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Peter Sobczynski [eFilmCritic]
4 of 5
Reviewed by [E! Online]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Zak Santucci [The Cinema Source]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Keith Breese [Filmcritic]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Keith Breese [MovieWeb]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Paul Arendt [BBC Films]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Don R. Lewis [Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Jan Stuart [Newsday]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Christy Lemire [Chicago Tribune]
1 of 5
Reviewed by Peter Bradshaw [The Guardian]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Jeff Vice [Deseret News, Salt Lake City]
1 of 5
Reviewed by Anthony Quinn [The Independent]
Reviewed by Mike Sauve [Exclaim!]
Reviewed by Dennis Harvey [Variety]

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Some folks will nitpick anything. Silent Hill being no exception, but I found it refreshing and Spooky as Hell! The music really set the scenes, the actors portrayed their fear of this strange and macbre town extremely well. Too me this was one movie worth seeing, especially if watched alone and in a pitch black room, it's the only true way to get the real feel of this movie. Now I've never played the game as yet, but after seeing the movie, you can bet I'm going to have t get it and try it out for sure. This movie was great in the fact it left the viewer to use their own imagination against the "what if" or "could this really happen" in real life. If anyone has ever seen any photo's of babies born to mothers on hard core drugs or other happenstance photo's of true freaks of nature, wether human or animal, then Silent Hill is not far off the mark from reality, which if thought about, is really downright scary. A great film, a great cast and a wonderfully scary musical score! Definitely worth a 5 STAR+ rating in my opinion.

posted by Clay on Jan 20, 2007

Movie 5 stars+, but what I am disappointed in is the fact that their is no soundtrack of the movie available. I would love to have the soundtrack to this movie and my question to any of the Hollywood folk that score these type of movies is: "Why do you not release Movie Soundtracks to many of the horror movies made?" There are many of us out here that would love to own soundtracks to certain movies, yet, none ever seem to get released. Why is this? Can anyone answer that question? Other than this one minor (major for me though as I am a collector of horror film music) thing, I loved the movie, per my other review left at this site earlier. I want the soundtrack to Silent Hill "the movie"!

posted by Clay on Jan 20, 2007

Silent Hill is the BEST movie I've ever seen! They have the perfect actors, too! Especially Radha Mitchell and Jodelle Ferland! The first time I watched it, I got so obsessed with it! I even got it for christmas and atleast watched it about 50 times! (Seriously I've been keeping track!)

posted by Philomena on Feb 04, 2009

I also wanted to mention the music in the movie is awesome! The music in Silent Hill is way better than the music in any other movie. I wish they made another Silent Hill video game that was EXACTLY like the movie!

posted by Philomena on Feb 04, 2009

This is the best horror movie i have ever seen.

posted by fear chick on Jun 25, 2009

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posted by Eybqseel on Jul 14, 2009
 
 

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