Silent Hill

I saw Silent Hill a few nights ago. I'm not a fan of the horror genre - at least not the slash and mutilate "boo" style. Still the boyfriend wanted to see it so I went along. I had very little idea of the movie, but expected complete trash. The first half of the movie indeed delivered on the trash, but about half-way through, the movie added a plot, some more characters and took a very Neil Gaiman sandman-esque turn. That's also when I started to make the Diablo references. Once I realized I was watching a video game, the movie became a lot more enjoyable.

At least the blood, guts and spook-jump factors got burned out early in the movie and I was able to get to sleep without being freaked out.

I love Roger Ebert's review of the movie and this snipped in particular.

The people who live in Silent Hill are dead, I guess. Some of them glow like old embers on a fire, which is not a sign of life. They live in abandoned buildings and in the mines and in a Smoke and Flame Factory, which you will recall from my Little Movie Glossary is a factory-like location of uncertain purpose which generates a lot of smoke and flames. Also sharing their space are rat-like little CGI insects, who scurry around thinking they look a lot scarier than they do.

- Ebert's review

I especially liked the sexy nurses starting to do the Michael Jackson Thriller dance, but instead they just end up slashing each other.

Comments

[Colleen Wainwright]

Dude, I LOVE a good suspense/horror flick, as long as (a) the story's good and (b) it doesn't go down the gratuitous nasty route (cf "Saw").

To me, though, the trick is to see it first thing in the morning. Then you've got a whole day to burn off the scary before bedtime. Just say no to scary at night!