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Silent Hill (2006) Rank 3 Reviews
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San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Hartlaub)
ToxicUniverse.com (Lee Chase IV)
I will not soon forget many of the images from this movie. During a time when horror pictures are good at repeating themselves or borrowing from each other, here's one that does things we have not seen before, and does them with malice. ...read the complete Silent Hill movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (Lee Chase IV)
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filmcritic.com (Keith Breese)
I have not played the video game upon which this film is based, and I assume that that’s not a prerequisite. If the game is anywhere as creepy and odd as this movie, perhaps I should. The plot concerns a typical family with atypical problems, ...read the complete Silent Hill movie review at filmcritic.com (Keith Breese)
MovieWeb (Keith Breese)
I have not played the video game upon which this film is based, and I assume that that’s not a prerequisite. If the game is anywhere as creepy and odd as this movie, perhaps I should. The plot concerns a typical family with atypical problems, ...read the complete Silent Hill movie review at MovieWeb (Keith Breese)
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Down in Front (Josh Robinson)
Dread Central (Johnny Butane)
There is more blood, human remains and in your face kills in this film than we've seen on the screen in a looooong time. ...read the complete Silent Hill movie review at Dread Central (Johnny Butane)
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
It's refreshing to see a full-blown, straight-faced, supernatural horror movie in this age of grubby torture flicks being mistaken for the coin of the realm. ...read the complete Silent Hill movie review at Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
Juicy Cerebellum (Alex Sandell)
No matter how you interpret the film, it's nearly impossible to deny what a beautiful work of art it is. ...read the complete Silent Hill movie review at Juicy Cerebellum (Alex Sandell)
Hollywood Jesus
Slasherpool (Fredrik Nordstrom)
Silent Hill is by far the best video-game adaptation that I've seen to this date ...read the complete Silent Hill movie review at Slasherpool (Fredrik Nordstrom)
Horror & Hilarity
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Film Monthly (Billy Joe Patterson)
Christian Spotlight on the Movies
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Movieeveryday.com (Scooter Thompson)
iF Magazine (Sean Elliott)
Empire Magazine [UK]
A step in the right direction for console-to-screen transitions and a twisted masterpiece of set design. Ultimately, though, it's a little too much like watching someone else play the game. ...read the complete Silent Hill movie review at Empire Magazine [UK]
DVDActive (Casimir Harlow)
Empire Magazine [UK]
Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
The weird part is is that they might be right, even though they're
made to be evil and insane. If you like horror flicks, you'll like
this, the atmosphere and the monsters are great, the plot ...read the complete Silent Hill movie review at Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
Arrow in the Head ("The Arrow")
Thankfully Silent Hill got its groove back for its eye
popping finale, with wet gore galore, some
Hellraiser on steroids
inspired happenings and familiar (The Dark anyone?) yet sly final frames that slapped a big grin ...read the complete Silent Hill movie review at Arrow in the Head ("The Arrow")
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Deseret News, Salt Lake City
7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)
DVD Town (James Plath)
And I'm not talking about the town of Silent Hill. I'm talking about the highly successful PlayStation game. What made anyone think that it would translate well to the big screen?
The only way that could have happened is if someone came up with a new ...read the complete Silent Hill movie review at DVD Town (James Plath)
Cinemalogue.com (Ken Metzger)
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U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weitzman)
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In her frantic search for her daughter, Radha encounters a bizarre assortment of twisted and freakish hell-dwellers, and sees the thin facade of reality dissolve to infernal vistas. ...read the complete Silent Hill movie review at zBoneman Movie Reviews (Kevin Jones & Adam Mast)
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema (Mark Pfeiffer)
As a nightmarish vision of hell on earth, Silent Hill is a triumph of production and art design. As a coherent story, it's little more than a string of video game scenarios. ...read the complete Silent Hill movie review at Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema (Mark Pfeiffer)
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The Cinema Source (Zak Santucci)
After reading an interview with Christopher Gans (director of Silent Hill) in the L.A. Times, I noticed that the interviewer made a good point. In a year where When a Stranger Calls makes 50 ...read the complete Silent Hill movie review at The Cinema Source (Zak Santucci)
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Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Imagine the town of Dante's Peak as envisioned by H.P. Lovecraft and you'll get a mental image of Silent Hill's impressive art direction and production design. Now imagine it scored by German proto-industrialists Einstürzende Neubauten and helmed by the ...read the complete Silent Hill movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
With a running time 30 minutes shorter and a less baffling storyline, Silent Hill might have been a real winner. One can forgive the cheesy dialogue - this is, after all, not Shakespeare - and the predictably gory climax. But I don't like ...read the complete Silent Hill movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Chris Gonzalez)
The strongest aspects of the film are its technical points. Director Christophe Gans has crafted a film that looks incredibly rich and detailed, if a bit on the cheap side from time to time. The film gets progressively better as it ...read the complete Silent Hill movie review at Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Chris Gonzalez)
Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
This review requires a little background. I'm a major fan of the Silent Hill video game series, which I consider to be one of the best examples of atmosphere and immersion in the medium. Rather than jolt a player with sudden shocks, ...read the complete Silent Hill movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
When it comes to movies based on computer games, Silent Hill is not the Holy Grail, but it's a step in the right direction. The film is overlong, with too many unnecessary scenes (a lot of the movie seems like pointless running around), but it packs in a ...read the complete Silent Hill movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
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