Review of Silent Hill

Silent Hill (2006)
4/10
good visuals, not so good acting, weak story line
19 August 2006
Warning: Spoilers
The title says it all : - the "spooky" moments (when darkness falls) are sort of cool visually but not creepy (to my mind). I never played the game but I suppose some of the gory stuff shows in the game (like bloody characters - or parts of them - hanging from barbwire and stuff, the big demon itself with its funny box hiding its head, and its huge sword are typical of a video game). The small distorted creatures are quite nightmarish. The change of reality is also successful I think. Also, when Rose is going down the pit to face the source of evil, I could definitely feel video gaming there. The screwed up nurses were a bit funny (but not spooky) ...

BUT ...

I completely lost interest when the church business started. Again, we have the same old (and annoyingly flat) ingredients : - religious fanatics, - f...ed-up kid that develops hatred - and worst of all : explanations!!! why on earth is the dark side of the girl explaining the whole root cause ???

Another source of annoyance : acting. Pretty bad I think. The dialogs were a bit lame at times. Ex :

  • Cybil, after her first darkness : "what the f... was that ?"


  • Rose, replying : "It's gonna be fine, don't worry".


How lame can that be!!!

The character Chris is just optional, or not very useful at the least ...

I grade it 4/10 for the visuals, real effort here to a create nightmarish and disturbing atmosphere.
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