Silent Hill (2006)

Silent Hill is a 2006 psychological horror film directed by Christophe Gans and written by Roger Avary, Gans, and Nicolas Boukhrief. The film is an adaptation of Konami's 1999 video game Silent Hill. It stars Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger, Kim Coates, Tanya Allen, Alice Krige, and Jodelle Ferland.

Plot
A woman, Rose, goes in search for her adopted daughter within the confines of a strange, desolate town called Silent Hill.

Why It's Great

 * 1) It is very faithful to both the tone and mythology of the Silent Hill games and adapts the story of the first game with some differences.
 * 2) Splendid cinematography by Dan Laustein.
 * 3) The special effects and designs for all the creatures are top-notch. In particular the visual effect of normal Silent Hill transforming into the dark version with all surfaces flaking away to reveal rusted metal was something the games copied afterwards.
 * 4) * Pyramid Head's deign in this film is also very accurate to his game appearance.
 * 5) The film has an exciting cast that puts in great performances.
 * 6) The music and sound effects are nearly perfect like in the games.
 * 7) Very effective moments of gore and violence, especially the scene where Pyramid Head flays a woman with his bare hands.
 * 8) Ominous atmosphere and mood, much like the games.
 * 9) While only having two scenes in the whole film (See BQ#5), Pyramid Head is still absolutely scary here like he is in the games.
 * 10) The ending is very haunting.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Its sequel, Silent Hill: Revelation, was terrible.
 * 2) Some parts can be drawn out at times due to the long runtime.
 * 3) Some lines can be quite cheesy too.
 * 4) Anna is the only known resident of Silent Hill that was born in the Dark World and is also the only known offspring of the cultists, plus she knows virtually nothing of the outside world. Yet this unique perspective is barely explored, as Anna is unceremoniously killed off ten minutes after her introduction, and is never mentioned again.
 * 5) As mentioned in WIG#8, Pyramid Head is very underutilized, only appearing twice in the entire film.
 * 6) * However, he at least still manages to be as terrifying as he is in the games when he is onscreen.

Reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 31% based on 101 reviews, with an average rating of 4.70/10.

Box Office
Silent Hill grossed over $46 million domestically and $100 million total worldwide.