This week on Raziel's reviews, I was torn between reviewing Silent Hill and Knocked Up; considering my current condition, either one would have been fitting. Although, since I have a tendency to lean more towards the horror genre (not that watching Katherine Heigl be a pregnant b***h wasn't scary) I will be reviewing Silent Hill.
Silent Hill is a 2006 horror film. The story is an adaptation of the Silent Hill series of survival horror games created by Konami. The film follows a mother, Rose, who takes her troubled adopted daughter, Sharon, to Silent Hill, the town the girl cries out for while sleepwalking. After being knocked unconscious in a car crash outside the town, Rose awakens to find her daughter missing and the town engulfed in an alternate reality of fog and falling ash. While searching for her daughter, she faces surreal reality shifts and monstrous creatures while uncovering her daughter's connections to the town's dark secrets. While moving around the town trying to find her daughter with the help of a cop named Cybil. Rose keeps seeing her daughter everywhere even though it is not her, but a girl who looks just like Sharon though Rose has no idea why.
Now, I've been hearing mixed reviews about this movie - mostly from fans of the game series. I myself have never played any of the Silent Hill games and when I first watched this movie, I had completly forgotten it was based on a game. Can someone who is a fan of the games tell me why a lot of the other fans do not like this movie?
I certainly enjoyed the movie, even if I have never played the games. To me, that is a mark of a good game-based movie, that even people who have never played the games can enjoy it as well as understand it.
I did however recognize Pyramid Head right away and damn, he was one big, bad monster - he was like Jason Voorhees on steroids! Even his hockey mask and machete got an upgrade. I can see why he's the poster boy of an already terrifying game franchise.
But the most terrifying monster in the movie, I find, is this woman right here.
Alright, for those who haven't seen the movie already, major spoilers coming your way.
Christabella here is a cult leader, the leader of a cult that apparently burns little girls whose mothers had them out of wedlock... pardon my language, but that's ******** up, no?
Everyone knows I'm all for hating stupid, religious bigots like the Sarafan, and wow, I really hated this woman. There was a real grim satisfaction watching her getting raped by barbed wire while her followers were slaughtered like sheep all around her.
The ending was great, but at the same time, it left me a bit confused...
It took me a while to realize that Sharon, Rose, and Cybil probably all died on the road before they came to silent hill. I don't know if this is canon or if there are any other theories out there, but it seems to me that's what happened.
Before we go, my main would like to add that one thing she didn't like about the movie was seeing Cybil be burned alive... she really liked her.
R.I.P smexy police lady
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