While not quite on par with metal gear solids, silent hills voice acting remains above average, preventing the game from descending into unintentional selfparody. The first four video games in the series, silent hill, 2, 3 and 4. Silent hill the socalled horror picture that was shown a few years earlier. Apr 23, 2014 silent hill revelation 3d is one of the worst movies, even when compared to other video gameto movie adaptations. Fans of the game are going to be divided over the slight liberties taken with the plot, but more than likely they should be extremely pleased to see that silent hill the movie is the most faithful gametofilm adaptation ever seen up to now. The film is an adaptation of konamis 1999 video game silent hill. Revelation to be just perfect for the movie based on silent hill 3 and on the video game on the whole. Silent hill is a 2006 psychological horror film directed by christophe gans and written by roger.
The world of silent hill is unlike any other, full of despair and sorrow. Heather and douglas arrive in silent hill the following day. I never played both because i dont have wii andor psp. Silent hill is a survival horror video game for the playstation published by konami and developed by team silent, a group in konami computer entertainment tokyo. Revelation 3d features weak characters and an incomprehensible plot with a. Silent hill uses a thirdperson view, with realtime rendering of 3d environments. Movie groups silent hill synopsis plot silent hill no escape is a 2005 fanmade cgi film based on the silent hill series by konami.
The first installment in the silent hill series, the game was released in north america and europe in february 1999 and in japan in march 1999. Heather heads for brookhaven hospital, while douglas goes over to search leonard wolfs house. I didnt like but overall a creepy film plus the silent hill theme is there aswell go it or watch it. The streets of silent hill are all named after famous authors and musicians. Silent hill follows the nightmarish story of rose radha mitchell, whose daughter sharon jodelle ferland is a longtime sleepwalker pulled by a mysterious force. The game tells the story of harry mason, a 32yearold writer who is taking his adopted daughter, cheryl mason, to a vacation in the resort area of silent hill. Advancing silent hill s movie calibre story are some truly gorgeous prerendered cutscenes, which give you a whole new level of insight into the lives of the games characters. With radha mitchell, laurie holden, sean bean, deborah kara unger. Justin laneepa silent hill might be a horror game about a small town that gets swallowed up by a cultist evil. Released april 21st, 2006, silent hill stars radha mitchell, laurie holden, sean bean, deborah kara unger the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 59 min, and received a score of 31 out of 100. Advancing silent hills moviecalibre story are some truly gorgeous prerendered cutscenes, which give you a whole new level of insight into the lives of the games characters. It was rereleased on the playstation store for playstation portable and playstation 3, but not for playstation vita however, it can be played.
Silent hill movie director christophe gans has announced hes. They need some one to do an adaptation of silent hill 2, but the person would have to have a full understanding and passion for the game to make it great, it has so much potential. The film is written, directed and animated by nick greenlee. Silent hill revelation 3d is one of the worst movies, even when compared to other video gametomovie adaptations. They said, youre supposed to be a movie critic, arent you. There is an upcoming game in 2011, silent hill 8, which is all about the prisoner murphy, who escaped from a prison truck and gone wandering in silent hill.
Unable to accept the fact that her daughter is dying, rose radha mitchell decides to take the girl to a faith healer. Rose and chris adopted daughter, sharon, suffers from dangerous sleepwalking episodes, during which she often speaks about the ghost town, silent hill. A woman, rose, goes in search for her adopted daughter within the confines of a strange, desolate town called silent hill. Desperate to help her child, rose takes sharon to silent hill where she and a concerned police officer become trapped in an alternate reality of ash, monsters, and cultists. Picking up right where we left off with part one we will start with guccis entrance at the half an hour mark in the movie. This story ball story is entirely based on the same game. Based on the popular horror video franchise silent hill we follow rose and chris adopted daughter, sharon, who suffers from awful sleepwalking, she usually rambles about a place called silent hill. It is a completely original story, not based on any preexisting silent hill media.
On the way, the pair drive through a portal in reality, leading to an eerie. Mediocre effort even by the standards of video game adaptations, silent hill. The game was developed by double helix games and published by konami. Click here for an explanation of the silent hill movie and here for silent hill revelation 3d. After writer harry mason wakes up from being unconscious due to a car crash. A list of all the works that i agree have had an influence on the plot of silent hill follows. Adelaide clemens looks and acts absolutely like heather from the video game. Many of these authors have put forth works which have themes and situations adapted directly into the story of silent hill. Silent hill is a 2006 horror film, directed by christophe gans and written by christophe gans, roger avary and nicolas boukhrief. She is sharon from silent hill, the child trapped in the alternate dimension with her mother rose, but managed to escape.
The main elements to a silent hill world are minimalism, light, and the scoremusic. Silent hill is a film adaptation of silent hill, from the french director christophe gans and canadian writer roger avary, which also draws inspiration from several other silent hill games notably silent hill 2, due to the films usage of pyramid head. Silent hill is a town somewhere in the united states that through centuries of blood shed, occult magic and tragedy has taken on a life of. As a successor to the original silent hill, silent hill 2 excels in narrative and the subtle, and obvious, symbolism is part of the reason that the game surpassed the original as a fan and critic favourite. There are other silent hill games like silent hill origins and silent hill shattered memories. For those of you who are curious about the movie but have never played the games, this might be helpful. The first segment of the ending credits plays out much like the ending credits of the games.
While not quite on par with metal gear solids, silent hill s voice acting remains above average, preventing the game from descending into unintentional selfparody. In search for answers, a mother travels to the enigmatic town of silent hill when her daughter begins to suffer recurring nightmares related to the place. James sunderland comes to silent hill after receiving a letter from his deceased wife asking him to come. Silent hill is the first installment in the silent hill series of psychological survival horror video games. Rose takes sharon to silent hill, a coal mining town that appears to be haunting the girl. The game was released on september 30, 2008 for the playstation 3 and xbox 360 in north america and on november 6, 2008 for the pc on steam. Silent hill 3 release date, cast, trailer premiere. The game was developed by team silent and published by konami.
See more ideas about silent hill, silent hill film and silent hill movies. Heather searches the hospital for clues to claudias whereabouts. The 2006 silent hill movie deviates considerably from this timeline and is considered an alternate universe in the franchise. A sequel to the 2006 film silent hill, it stars adelaide clemens, kit harington. The room, were developed by an internal group called. As rose enters the town, we see how a gray ashy sky. Listen up chump, fuck all that mining shit and raining ash and dahlia being a misunderstood mom, drinking tea with alessa during sunday brunch, while pyramidhead waves at. Although the film was slated by many fans of the original games for not adhering to several main plot points from the original game, and for deviating from the. If youve seen the silent hill movie, you may consider yourself familiar with the plot. The movie didnt require the viewer to really know or understand any specific backstory the characters in the movie are all new but it does help to have a sense for how these stories work and how silent hill the town operates.
The eerie and deserted ghost town of silent hill draws a young mother desperate to find a cure for her only childs illness. It was released for the sony playstation in north america on january 31, 1999. It doesnt take long for her to discover its home to beings as equally haunting as. This is about the much older videogame, silent hill 2. The setting is horrifying enough, whitegray foggy outside scenes follow rustbloody shots of the inner side of the most scary and mysterious city. Revelation is a 2012 canadian 3d supernatural psychological horror film directed and written by michael j.
This version, being the full version of the movie that was filmed contains longer. Silent hill 2006 stream and watch online moviefone. On the way, the pair drive through a portal in reality, leading to an eerie town called silent hill. This explanation is based on information gathered throughout the game, multiple endings and my own personal theories. Silent hill is visually impressive, but as with many video game adaptations, its plagued by inane dialogue, a muddled plot, and an overlong runtime. Not only can i not describe the plot of this movie, but i have a feeling the last scene reverses half of what i thought i knew or didnt know. Silent hill is a 2006 psychological horror film directed by christophe gans and written by roger avary, gans, and nicolas boukhrief.
The ending theme in the japanese version of the movie is anna tsuchiyas. The film, particularly its emotional and aesthetic content as well as its creature design included elements from silent hill, silent hill 2 and silent hill 3. Jan 20, 2014 picking up right where we left off with part one we will start with guccis entrance at the half an hour mark in the movie. The story was an adaptation of the silent hill series of survival horror games created by konami. Sharon da silva wakes up every night screaming about silent hill. Sairento hiru is a horror media franchise centered on a series of survival horror video games, created by keiichiro toyama, developed and published by konami, and published by its subsidiary konami digital entertainment. Well arent you an easily entertained stupid idiot butthead who i dislike strongly. Homecoming is the sixth installment in the silent hill survival horror series. I had a nice conversation with seven or eight people coming down on the escalator after we all saw silent hill. All versions were simultaneously released in europe on february 27, 2009. Tanya allen at an event for silent hill 2006 laurie holden and radha. Note that there are 4 silent hill games now, and the second installment is a bit. Also the use of pyramid head was annoying to silent hill fans, it was fan service that completely slapped the fansit was insulting. A woman goes in search for her daughter, within the confines of a strange, desolate town called silent hill.
It stars radha mitchell, sean bean, laurie holden, deborah kara unger, kim coates, tanya allen, alice krige, and jodelle ferland. Apr 20, 2006 i had a nice conversation with seven or eight people coming down on the escalator after we all saw silent hill. But, its much worse than everyone thought if you can believe that, especially. The second part was accepted by the audience negatively, and critics attacked with accusations and harsh words to creators. That summary doesnt sound good, harry wrote about politics, not ghost stories, and it wasnt what brought him to silent hill, if it was a different character who was a journalist looking for material and its what brings him to silent hill to be punished it could work, it seems like the resident evil movies where it just uses the name and look of the character to make you go, hey, its harry. A mother and daughter flee to a strange abandoned town to seek out answers to the daughters nightly psychological turmoil in brotherhood of the wolf director. Contrary to popular belief, silent hill is not just about alessa gillespie, although she is the main focus the first game and movie. The director, christophe gans, uses graphics and special effects and computers and grainy, scratchy film stock and surrealistic images and makes silent hill look more like an experimental art film than a horror film except for the horror, of course. This version, being the full version of the movie that was filmed contains. Silent hill plot guide playstation by president evil. Revelation 3d heather and her father harry have been moving from town to town, the true reason, heather doesnt really know. But what makes the silent hill movie unique, along with its story, is the environment. Silent hill is a 2006 horror film directed by christophe gans and written by roger. The film follows rose, who takes her adopted daughter, sharon, to the.
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