Silent Hill

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Silent Hill

R

Released Apr 21, 2006

1h 59m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Unable to accept the fact that her daughter is dying, Rose (Radha Mitchell) decides to take the girl to a faith healer. On the way, the pair drive through a portal in reality, leading to an eerie town called Silent Hill. The town is surrounded by a potent darkness, and the human survivors fight a losing battle against it.

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Critics Consensus

Silent Hill is visually impressive, but as with many video game adaptations, it's plagued by inane dialogue, a muddled plot, and an overlong runtime.

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Chris Stuckmann

ChrisStuckmann.com

Where this movie shines is in its disturbing imagery, its very creepy visuals, and the stunning production design.

Rated: B

Oct 24, 2019

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Brian Tallerico

UGO

Silent Hill starts out at point A and then goes so quickly, loudly and visually over-the-top that it flies completely off the rails into its own glorious weirdness.

Mar 24, 2007

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

More deadly than silent.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 25, 2006

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Brian Bisesi

Horror Movie Club Podcast

While this adaptation was surprisingly faithful to the game, when told through the medium of film the plot is a bloated and confusing mess. It is hard to connect with the film’s characters in the onslaught of horror imagery and exposition dumps.

Rated: 2/5

May 22, 2024

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

…Silent Hill is no masterpiece, the plotting is lopsided, the climax confusing and somewhat repellently violent in a Clive Barker way, but it’s also a strong, female-driven story with exquisite visuals and sound design…

Rated: 3/5

Jun 4, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

The result looks better than most based-on-a-video-game adaptations, but the storytelling is just as dim as we’ve come to expect from such material.

Rated: 2.5/4

Sep 25, 2022

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Zy S

This movie's plot really lacked depth but the visuals were still enjoyable to watch. There wasn't really a clear motive for the girl to be chastised by the town. When you have this theme of a young child, especially female, that has paranormal powers the director really needs to give realistic and compelling reasons for the entire town to turn on her. Otherwise you just have a confused audience distracted by said confusion as to why the town chose to chastise her. The relationship between the girl from the cult town and the girl with the normal loving mother also isn't clear. When you have a character dynamic like that, where it seems like there's a reincarnation or connected spirits, there needs to be a reason for the association between the two. Such as the mother visiting the town while she was pregnant, or the daughter reading some sort of book that invited the spirit from the past generation. Americans don't typically believe reincarnation so skipping that element seems bizarre. The movie also didn't touch on how the girl gained supernatural powers. The problem here is that the cult is portrayed as in the wrong, but if the girl really did have supernatural powers then their belief system (in that universe) isn't wrong, and therefore they had concrete reasons to chastise her.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/02/25

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Audience Member

I got lost in the story but it was very interesting tho

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/22/24

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BigD J

This film is pretty epic. The villain is really annoying and there's parts where it is a bit cheesy. However, this film is genuinely creepy and dark/twisted and a must watch for any real horror fan, especially of the gamer variety.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/16/24

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Simona C

I didn't know anything about the videogame, but the movie, even if pretty bad- except the scenography, how the lore of SH- made me curious of discovering this world.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/27/24

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Kurt L

This movie has pretty weak dialogue and some bad acting, but the visuals are stunning, the atmosphere is perfectly creepy, and it actually has a creative plot. As someone who hasn't played the video game and doesn't like the horror genre in general, I really enjoyed this movie. I watch it every Halloween.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/16/24

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Kalin D

Disappointing. Not sure how anything connected with anything else.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/09/24

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Synopsis

Unable to accept the fact that her daughter is dying, Rose (Radha Mitchell) decides to take the girl to a faith healer. On the way, the pair drive through a portal in reality, leading to an eerie town called Silent Hill. The town is surrounded by a potent darkness, and the human survivors fight a losing battle against it.

Director: Christophe Gans
Producer: Don Carmody, Samuel Hadida
Screenwriter: Roger Avary, Nicolas Boukhrief, Christophe Gans, Roger Roberts
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: TriStar Pictures, Davis Films
Rating: R (Some Language|Disturbing Images|Strong Horror Violence/Gore)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 21, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $47.0M
Runtime: 1h 59m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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