It was released for the sony playstation in north america on january 31, 1999. 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. Genesis focuses on young college graduate harry mason as he investigates a string of mysterious, grisly murders in the sleepy little town of silent hill, maine. Silent hill story explanation alessa timeline my silent hill. Most of the creatures in the film are straight from the game, and the films nonlinear storyline is of the same spirit as the game. He tries to enter silent hill during the day, so when he does get there he arrives in silent hill s normal dimension. The darkness recedes and heather wakes up in messy motel room no 10 in silent hill. Jul 18, 2012 the first silent hill movie is a really artistically superbly executed film, he said. That summary doesnt sound good, harry wrote about politics, not ghost stories, and it wasnt what brought him to silent hill, if it was a different character who was a journalist looking for material and its what brings him to silent hill to be punished it could work, it seems like the resident evil movies where it just uses the name and look of the character to make you go. Feb 14, 2005 silent hill the movie has been revealed. Alessa could transform the town of silent hill into a world of nightmares. Silent hills for playstation 4 by hideo kojima and guillermo del toro. Book of lost memories is an official and large source of information for silent hill, including the stories for all the games, lore explanations, charactermonster descriptions, and some explanation of symbolism.
The bluray version was released in bluray 3d, a usable feature with 3dcompatible. Revelation is a decent timekiller, but its riddled with flaws. Like the game series the silent hill movie features three layers of reality. Silent hill movie complete soundtrack aethryix xylor. This movie was kind of like a nightmare brought to film and explained somewhat. The town that inspired the silent hill movie has a real and tragic story. I cant make a damn bit of sense out of the plots because in the case of the original it is under explained and in this one it is over explained. Silent hill is a much beloved franchise, both in game and now in movie format. Revelation character suki claims that she became entrapped in the otherworld after getting lost in silent hill, suggesting that any person can become entrenched in the alternate reality. Silent hill the movie is an adaptation of a video game series also known as silent hill by the tokyobased konami corporation.
On the way, the pair drive through a portal in reality, leading to an eerie. Desperate to help her child, rose takes sharon to silent hill where she and a concerned police officer become trapped in an alternate reality of ash, monsters, and cultists. Silent hill follows the nightmarish story of rose radha mitchell, whose daughter sharon jodelle ferland is a longtime sleepwalker pulled by a mysterious force. Although i did not understand the story, i would have appreciated a great deal less explanation. Rose and chris adopted daughter, sharon, suffers from dangerous sleepwalking episodes, during which she often speaks about the ghost town, silent hill. It doesnt exactly follow the story in silent hill 3, but does use some of its elements and characters. Silent hill is quite a visually stunning picture, full of fantastical images and imaginative production design. This bluray release had its work cut out for it, and despite some rough spots does justice to the movies considerable aesthetic strengths. Silent hill movie soundtrack track 1 winged horse by aethryix xylor. Producer don carmody has finally shed some light on the details here. Personally the 2006 film is a stunning masterclass in how to make a visually beautiful and atmospheric film that not only stuns the audience with dark and gory imagery but haunts us with its story and chilling symbolism.
They said, youre supposed to be a movie critic, arent you. Revelations plot follows adult heather mason who, discovering on the eve of her eighteenth birthda. Officially, these two movies mentioned in the other answers silent hill 2006, based on the first and the second games, and silent hill. Whenever shes in one of her trances, she mumbles the name of a strange town, silent hill. The ending of the movie shows that even though they apparently left silent hill the town, they never left silent hill the alternate dimension. The silent hill franchise began in 1999, and even though it experienced a minor setback with the recent cancellation of silent hills, the previous installments still have secrets to explore.
Heres the tragic backstory of supporting character angela explained. Unofficially, there is another movie that is not related to the original plot of the series. Contrary to popular belief, silent hill is not just about alessa gillespie, although she is the main focus the first game and movie. The cult in the film has different motivations than that in the game series. Nov 18, 2015 underneath the streets a massive fire burns.
Nov 20, 2019 silent hill has scared and horrified millions through the series, seeing the pyramid head and some of the other horrifying monsters. In the end, this is a silent hill movie and i did like the story it told, i wish it was. It sounds like the opening of the popular konami video game series silent hill which was inspired by the town, but for the people of centralia, pennsylvania, this is a reality. That summary doesnt sound good, harry wrote about politics, not ghost stories, and it wasnt what brought him to silent hill, if it was a different character who was a journalist looking for material and its what brings him to silent hill to be punished it could work, it seems like the resident evil movies where it just uses the name and look of the character to make you go, hey, its harry. Silent hill is a 2006 psychological horror film directed by christophe gans and written by roger. This is the 1st time i played a game of silent hill. For those of you who are curious about the movie but have never played the games, this might be helpful. Revelation 3d, is a 2012 horror thriller film written and directed by m. Plot henry townshend is living in south ashfield, a town that is a half a days drive away from silent hill. Silent hill 2 is a major step up from silent hill 1 which lets you run round an even larger area of silent hill than in any of the other games.
As a teenage girl named heather, players must explore and u. The silent hill game series timeline the leaderboard youtube. Rose takes sharon to silent hill, a coal mining town that appears to be haunting the girl. He sent a video interview to them explaining his plans for adapting silent hill and how important the games are to him. The silent hill game series timeline the leaderboard. As the world awaits the next installation in capcoms flagship resident evil series, konami has stepped forth with silent hill, a horror concoction all their own. Silent hill was the first game that had a very complicated and complex story with in depth characters that left gamers in a state of disbelief as the credits rolled. Here are the different levels of silent hill explained. Umbrella is the source of the promblem for the tvirus that caused everything. The story is that the british built a colony prison in a hill which used to be a cemetery for native americans, called the place of silent spiritis. By far the best psychological horror game of all time.
Revelation is a 2012 psychological horror film, directed and written by m. This explanation is based on information gathered throughout the game, multiple endings and my own personal theories. People stare at heather from behind closed windows. The town is surrounded by a potent darkness, and the human survivors fight a losing battle against it. But i know a few details about silent hill because of my brothers.
Exploring the movie adaption of silent hill, based on the popular horror video game series. Does anyone know the base story behind silent hill. The arcade 2007, a japanandeuropeonly rail shooter, very limited release in north america silent hill the escape 2008, a shooter cellphone game released in japan and on. 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. Silent hill movie, storyline revealed home theater forum. Vincent tells her not to do, because she belongs to the order. 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 factorylike location of uncertain purpose which generates a lot of smoke and. Revelation follows heather mason as her father is kidnapped and used as bait to lure her into the nightmarish town of silent hill. Silent hill 2 is considered the best in the series among fans.
Silent hill is visually impressive, but as with many video game adaptations, its plagued by inane dialogue, a muddled plot, and an overlong runtime. Jul 12, 2008 its a bit tedious to try to explain it all in detail youd pretty much have to explain the first silent hill game in its entirety, but in short, the land that would later become silent hill always possessed a mysterious power. As its alternate subtitle implies, the film was produced in 3d. The film itself is largely based on the plot of the first silent hill game, with several important differences. Silent hill town based on the real life story of centralia. I feel good for having completed the first mark in the series, but i cant say i had a lot of fun doing it. The game was developed by team silent and published by konami.
Shattered memories is a radical reimagining alternateuniverse echo of 1 that merely reuses certain characters names, traits, a. Note that there are 4 silent hill games now, and the second installment is a bit. Disturbing silent hill facts you had no idea about thegamer. Silent hill is the greatest film adaptation of a video game ever made.
Only pick this game up if youre interested in learning more about the silent hill storyline, otherwise pass it up and begin the series with silent hill 2. Revelation was released in canada on october 26, 2012 by open road films and on november 28, 2012 by metropolitan filmexport. Silent hill 3 continues the series trademark brand of psychological horror and terrifying gameplay. Everything actually wrong with the silent hill movie duration. The town that inspired the silent hill movie has a real. Silent hill storyline details keep in mind that for some reason the final resolution to the story is mostly revealed in that link so if you want to stay spoiler free youll want to skip the link. When she wakes up, she insists on going to silent hill. Jul 28, 2006 unable to accept the fact that her daughter is dying, rose radha mitchell decides to take the girl to a faith healer.
It was released on october 26, 2012 by open road films as its alternate subtitle implies, the film was produced in 3d. Revelations 2012, based on the third game, primarily. Silent hill storyline details keep in mind that for some reason the final resolution to the story is mostly revealed in that link so if you want. 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. Smog and fallen ashes surround the road leading to silent hill. I had a nice conversation with seven or eight people coming down on the escalator after we all saw silent hill. After explaining that the churchs protection from the otherworld prevents her. Jul 02, 2014 silent hill movie complete soundtrack aethryix xylor. Determined to get to the bottom of her daughters troubles, rose dasilva decides to take the girl to the only silent hill she can find, an abandoned town in west virginia. Dec 30, 2011 this video tells the story of silent hill 2, hope you guys enjoy. The film follows rose, who takes her adopted daughter, sharon, to the town of silent hill, for which sharon cries while sleepwalking.
Apr 20, 2006 the people who live in silent hill are dead, i guess. Silent hill has scared and horrified millions through the series, seeing the pyramid head and some of the other horrifying monsters. He tries to enter silent hill during the day, so when he does get there he arrives in silent hills normal dimension. It was released on october 26, 2012 by open road films. With meggie maddock, michael carey, michael nuccio, jamie stiles. Heather dreams about alessa invading the town with darkness. On the way, they encounter motorcycle cop cybil laurie holden, who follows rose and sharon to silent hill. Here are 20 of silent hills most disturbing facts you had no idea about, warning, you may need to leave the light on after this one. The fear of blood tends to create fear for the flesh. The order of valtial have been waiting for 100 years for a child to be born, who will be the vessel for their god, who in turn would create a new world.
A sequel to the 2006 film silent hill, it stars adelaide clemens, kit harington, martin donovan, malcolm mcdowell and carrieanne moss, along with sean bean, deborah kara unger and radha mitchell returning from the previous film. More disturbing than this film, then, is the thought that legions of young people have long been absorbing silent hills sick worldview as they try to master the various levels of four different games. It is based on the survival horror video game silent hill 3 by konami. It has, however, caught a lot of criticism from both fans and the original developers for changing the look, sound, and feel of the games too much and having many stability related bugs. Silent hill is a konami video game franchise in the survival horror genre consisting of the following. Some of them glow like old embers on a fire, which is not a sign of life. Ash and smoke erupt from the earth, people flee their homes, and a once vibrant township is now a ghost town. Silent hill is the first installment in the silent hill series of psychological survival horror video games. Her parents take her to this place that she only mentions in dreams yet in an attempt to get there they crash their car and loose their daughter. On the way, the pair drive through a portal in reality, leading to an eerie town called silent hill. Silent hill movie soundtrack track 2 nightmares of home. This directly conflicts with dahlias statement in the original film that only alessa can open and close the door to silent hill.
Silent hill is a 2006 horror film directed by christophe gans and written by roger. She was born and raised in silent hill, but he was sent to the world to make sure she would come back. So join us as we go through silent hill 1, silent hill 2. A woman, rose, goes in search for her adopted daughter within the confines of a strange, desolate town called silent hill. A monster takes vincent but leaves heather untouched heather needs to enter silent hill by her own volition. This season of drag race is missing more than sherry pie. Its hard to make a betterrealized version than that, just in terms of the art direction and. Unable to accept the fact that her daughter is dying, rose radha mitchell decides to take the girl to a faith healer. The silent hill movies three layers of reality explained.
The 2006 silent hill movie deviates considerably from this timeline and is considered an alternate universe in the franchise. Not even horror games nowadays such as manhunt or the suffering can compare to that brilliant game on psone. My favourite silent hill game so far 4 is already out the storyline, the atmosphere, the action, the horror the horror the horror. He is currently happy with his daily life, living in the south ashfield heights apartments. Arriving at silent hill, rose is involved in a car accident and awakens to find sharon missing. The gender of the main character has been switched. Roses husband chris sean bean, game of thrones comes to the real town looking for her and sharon with a police escort, and while they dont encounter any monsters in the ghost town, chris does sense his wife when they briefly share the same space in different dimensions. The movie leaves things very open, but below is my own take on it. The resolution of the storyline is also significantly different. Young sharon dasilva suffers from nightmares and sleepwalking. A girl has a bad case of sleep walking and while dreaming talks about a place called silent hill. Silent hill 2 is a major step up from silent hill 1 which lets you run round an even larger area. Sharon finds dark alessa there, and dark alessa tries to absorb sharon, but sharon fights back with her power, and she was finally able to absorb dark alessa. The young sharon was able to come out from silent hill and later when she is older, she was forced into silent hill, as in silent hill.
The silent hill hd collection for the playstation 3 and xbox 360 features ports of silent hill 2 and silent hill 3. This is about the much older videogame, silent hill 2. The real world town of silent hill in the film was abandoned years before due to a raging coal fire burning beneath it. Founded on sacred indian ground, pagan rituals and superstitions were the norm. This video tells the story of silent hill 2, hope you guys enjoy. Feb 25, 1999 with an emphasis on character and storyline, silent hill prefers to appeal to gamers imagination by limiting their vision to a small range of light surrounded by inpenetrable darkness or by. It was rereleased on the playstation store for playstation portable and playstation 3, but not for playstation vita however, it can be played.
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