The movie wasnt my idea of a good time, but it certainly delivered the creeps. What is an explanation for the ending of the movie silent hill. Silent hill follows the nightmarish story of rose radha mitchell, whose daughter sharon jodelle ferland is a longtime sleepwalker pulled by a mysterious force. Revelation, which was based on the third game in the series. Exploring the movie adaption of silent hill, based on the popular horror video game series. I may not have liked bloodrayne, but at least i understood what was going on without having to have prior. It seems as though a lot of iconic things and characters from the video game were stuffed into the movie with no explanation whatsoever, which frankly is rather unfortunate, and not nearly as much of a problem for the first movie. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in silent hill. I have never found deep meaning like this in the games which have a. While sh is one of the better executed attempts at making a gamebased movie, the ending comes across as if the writers havent learn. Somewhere in america, there is a lake, and a town right next to it. The movie was filmed in the super 35 film format, except the scenes with the darkness, which were filmed in. These left a lot of discrepancies and inconsistencies between the two films.
The success of the original film spawned a sequel in 2012 titled silent hill. 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. One of the things ive always loved about my favourite silent hill games has been the hidden themes and meanings. Revelation 3d 2012 a lthough i have not played the game on which this film is based nor would i care to, i have to say that as a film it works from an artistic standpoint, but falls slightly flat in storyline, oddly enough making it a little hard to follow.
This movie was kind of like a nightmare brought to film and explained somewhat. I had a nice conversation with seven or eight people coming down on the escalator after we all saw silent hill. Similar to the resident evil franchise, silent hill made its mark in horror history as a classic video game and original film concept. I thought they would show up there later in the movie but it looks like they just set it up for a new movie or part of harrychris story. 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. For those of you who are curious about the movie but have never played the games, this might be helpful. The room, were developed by an internal group called. A running time of two hours and seven minutes for a horror game adaptation is unheard of in the film. A woman, rose, goes in search for her adopted daughter within the confines of a strange, desolate town called silent hill.
At just under 40 minutes long, youre going to want to settle in. Apr 20, 2006 i had a nice conversation with seven or eight people coming down on the escalator after we all saw silent hill. Built on an ancient indian cemetery, the town had a troubled past that led it to be populated and abandoned many times, and. To me, that makes silent hill the movie worse then other video game adaptations. That movie was truly terrible in every sense of the word and was an affront to the silent hill creators. I have recently watched silent hill again, but i couldnt really understand its ending. No satisfactory explanation is given in the film to explain this and in fact the film explicitly implies they are the same cult on several occasions. The ending to silent hill revelation spoilers movies. It acts as a sequel to the first movie, while also dramatically changing many things about the story, and more. This explanation is based on information gathered throughout the game, multiple endings and my own personal theories. They could also make a silent hill movie based on those 2 detectives looking for heather.
Revelation 3d, is a 2012 horror thriller film written and directed by m. The first four video games in the series, silent hill, 2, 3 and 4. The explanation that the cult of the original film is some sort of offshoot or. Revelation 3d, heather mason clemens and her father bean have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesnt fully understand. The film is an adaptation of konamis 1999 video game silent hill. The game catapulted psychological horror into the mainstream and showed that the horror genre doesnt have to be defined by jump scares. Silent hill 3 is far more up front than silent hill or silent hill 2 is about its plot, and thus is less deep overall. After this production called silent hill, another movie named silent hill. A silent hill movie was released for the first time in 2006. Enter the grate debate, a youtube channel covering silent hill analysis and discussion, with answers and compelling speculation. Welcome back to the scariest town in west virginia in silent hill. For instance, the 1st game silent hill deals with a guy named harry mason who searches his adoptive daughter cheryl after a car accident, while the game silent hill 2 talks about james sunderland who decides to go to silent hill town. Unable to accept the fact that her daughter is dying, rose radha mitchell decides to take the girl to a faith healer.
What is an explanation for the ending of the movie silent. Lisa garland is a character in the silent hill series, appearing in silent hill, silent hill 3, and silent hill. I was literally in hysterics during a scene almost halfway in the game when suddenly you get a sassy black sidekick comic relief character and escape a police station being invaded dawn of the dead style by giant. Just like the games that inspired it the silent hill movie features three different layers of reality heres how it works. The silent hill game franchise is a must play for horror fans and the first movie adaptation silent hill 2006 did not win over many critics we got silent hill. Revelation was released in canada on october 26, 2012 by open road films and on november 28, 2012 by metropolitan filmexport.
Like the game series the silent hill movie features three layers of reality. Silent hill 2 is a pinnacle point in the series because it doesnt try too hard and become convoluted, yet it is littered with symbolism and allusion that makes the narrative interesting to analyze. Rose takes sharon to silent hill, a coal mining town that appears to be haunting the girl. So does silent house, which is closely based on a 2010 argentinian thriller. Rose and sharon seem to be forever trapped within the foggy. Their high priestesss daughter alessa was discovered to have humongous psychic powers and so they decided to try and use her to give birth to the. It stars radha mitchell, sean bean, laurie holden, deborah kara unger, kim coates, tanya allen, alice krige, and jodelle ferland. They said, youre supposed to be a movie critic, arent you. This version, being the full version of the movie that was filmed contains longer. While much of her life outside of being a nurse is a mystery, it can be inferred that lisa is generally kind and usually gives good affections towards others.
The film follows rose, who takes her adopted daughter, sharon, to the. Silent hill the movie is an adaptation of a video game series also known as silent hill by the tokyobased konami corporation. As for the overarching plot of silent hill the location there was more or less a monstrous cult who used to run the place and did terrible things in order to appease their lovecraftian god. After they broke into her house and see come to silent hill, its obvious thats where they go next. I dont know what that thing was, but i did just crap my pants. Jun 30, 2018 welcome back to the scariest town in west virginia in silent hill. Silent hill arrived in 1999 and followed the main character searching the titular town to find his missing. The movie silent hill 3 special edition sh cutscenes collection. As a new playstation 4 owner, one of the first games i knew i had to download was p. Jun 15, 2018 exploring the movie adaption of silent hill, based on the popular horror video game series.
Tanya allen at an event for silent hill 2006 laurie holden and radha mitchell. 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. He tries to enter silent hill during the day, so when he does get there he arrives in silent hill s normal dimension. It follows roses daughter, sharon, as the main character. Here are the different levels of silent hill explained. The ending of the movie shows that even though they apparently left silent hill the town, they never left silent hill the alternate dimension. Silent hill 4s deeper meaning gamers hangout neowin. The bluray version was released in bluray 3d, a usable feature with 3dcompatible. Silent hill story explanation alessa timeline my silent hill. On the way, they encounter motorcycle cop cybil laurie holden, who follows rose and sharon to silent hill. Revelation 2012 which erased some of the events from silent hill 2006 hoping the horror fans would not notice. Revelation trivia in a later interview, bassett admitted to secondguessing many of the creative choices in the film, often altering her vision to try and make the movie more broad and appealing for the producers, instead of fighting to make a more personal film with a clear vision. The screenplay was written by roger avary, christope gans, and nicolas boukhrief.
Note that there are 4 silent hill games now, and the second installment is a bit. Revelation 3d is the sequel to 2006s silent hill and that both films are based on popular video games. I have recently watched silent hill again, but i couldnt really. Dahlia burned alyssa alive in the house because alyssa didnt. The 2006 silent hill movie deviates considerably from this timeline and is considered an alternate universe in the franchise. I get why people who didnt play the game may not understand why this tiny town is home to some seriously messed up occultists and a ripped dude with an obtuse triangle on his head and. Contrary to popular belief, silent hill is not just about alessa gillespie, although she is the main focus the first game and movie. The easiest and most basic explanation of course is that the monsters are victims of the vengeance of alessa. So ive always wondered why was rose still stuck in the fog world at then end of the film and after. Revelation 3d 2012 a lthough i have not played the game on which this film is based nor would i care to, i have to say that as a film it works from an artistic standpoint, but falls slightly flat in storyline, oddly enough making it a little hard to follow the plot starts out with a run of the mill my child is missing storyline e. Alessa could transform the town of silent hill into a world of. He tries to enter silent hill during the day, so when he does get there he.
This is about the much older videogame, silent hill 2. On the way, the pair drive through a portal in reality, leading to an eerie town called silent hill. Sharon da silva wakes up every night screaming about silent hill. With radha mitchell, laurie holden, sean bean, deborah kara unger. Silent hill, known for its plenty of games and two films, still has a considerable fan base.
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. It essentially is an extension to the silent hill movie in game form, honestly. Revelation 2012 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. The silent hill from the homonymous and renowned videogame franchise of psychological survival horrors, is described as an holiday resort on the toluca lake, divided into various areas, amongst which stand the residential district and the old part of the town. Click here for an explanation of the silent hill movie and here for silent hill revelation 3d. The explanation that the cult of the original film is some sort of offshoot or different. Rose and sharon are trapped in the the city, and the explanation boils down to because reasons. 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.
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. Silent hill is a 2006 psychological horror film directed by christophe gans and written by roger. Including breaking down the films story and ending, as well as references and connections to the games. In fact, concerning the silent hill games, there are several of them, but they all deal with different stories. Following the success of capcoms resident evil games in the late 1990s that was a sudden rush of survival horror titles, including dino crisis and parasite eve. The town is surrounded by a potent darkness, and the human survivors fight a losing battle against it. As its alternate subtitle implies, the film was produced in 3d.
It was released on october 26, 2012 by open road films. So why do people who played the game hate this movie. Jan 29, 2018 i think playing the game could help with understanding this film. Although i did not understand the story, i would have appreciated a great deal less explanation. Buried beneath silent hills hyperstylized stupidity the film looks like a collaboration between david fincher, trent reznor and music video director mark romanek is the hollow effort to bottle something of the zeitgeist unease surrounding religious fundamentalism. Silent hill is a 2006 psychological horror film directed by christophe gans and written by roger avary, gans, and nicolas boukhrief. So ive always wondered why was rose still stuck in the fog world at then end of the film and after six years why was she still trapped there. Revelation 3d october 10, 2012 heather mason and her father have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesnt fully understand, now on the eve of her 18th birthday, plagued by horrific nightmares and the disappearance of her father, heather discovers shes not who she thinks she is. I went to wikipedia to get a better sense of what id seen. The silent hill movies three layers of reality explained. The original dealt with the disturbing disappearance of a young girl. Silent hill is visually impressive, but as with many video game adaptations, its plagued by inane dialogue, a muddled plot, and an overlong runtime. I think playing the game could help with understanding this film.