The game tells the story of harry mason, a 32yearold writer who is taking his adopted daughter, cheryl mason, to a vacation in the resort area of silent hill. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. The film is a loose adaptation of the first silent hill video game, which was developed by team silent and published by konami. 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. As rose enters the town, we see how a gray ashy sky. Actually, the plot doesnt feel the need to tell you much at all.
The story was an adaptation of the silent hill series of survival horror games created by konami. Revelations plot follows adult heather mason who, discovering on the eve of her eighteenth birthda. Click here for an explanation of the silent hill movie and here for silent hill revelation 3d. He finds lisa, and she bleeds from every orifice in front of a horrified harry, who flees when she approaches him, though he is clearly sympathetic. Silent hill 2 is a rare instance of show dont tell storytelling in gaming. Silent hill the socalled horror picture that was shown a few years earlier. Rose cannot accept the knowledge that her daughter sharon is dying of a fatal disease.
Silent hill s not about romance, even silent hill 2 did not put emphasis on the sexual or emotional tension between james and his lady friend that much. Silent hill is a 2006 horror film, directed by christophe gans and written by christophe gans, roger avary and nicolas boukhrief. Unable to accept the fact that her daughter is dying, rose radha mitchell decides to take the girl to a faith healer. Silent hills not about romance, even silent hill 2 did not put emphasis on the sexual or emotional tension between james and his lady friend that much. Before you start watching, please note that this is a special sort of walkthrough. Oct 26, 2012 ohm, this movie is based on silent hill 3 and takes a lot of its plot with some changes to adept the already changed story from sh1 movie. The addition of an enemy turned ally in vincent was also a nice twist. More specifically, as an adaptation it is a bit of a failure, simply because of how much it changes in the story and the characters. There are seven silent hill games in the main series and a movie.
A woman, rose, goes in search for her adopted daughter within the confines of a strange, desolate town called silent hill. Silent hill is a 2006 horror film directed by christophe gans and written by roger. 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. The loud game audio is fixed in part 2, dont worry. The ending theme in the japanese version of the movie is anna tsuchiyas lovin you. Pyramid head is one of the movies biggest and most obvious departures from the outline of silent hill 1. Heather mason adelaide clemens and her father sean bean have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesnt fully understand. Exploring the movie adaption of silent hill, based on the popular horror video game series. Silent hill 1 walkthrough part 1 introduction and plot. Contrary to popular belief, silent hill is not just about alessa gillespie, although she is the main focus the first game and movie. The films peculiar rhythms%u2014action, exposition, action. The silent hill 1 plot synopsis has also been altered to fit with silent hill 3. But what makes the silent hill movie unique, along with its story, is the environment. Silent hill 3 release date, cast, trailer premiere.
Everything you need to know about silent hill movie 2006. Mediocre effort even by the standards of video game adaptations, silent hill. Sh1 makes no sense even when you play it, is the most confusing game in the series so. Revelation is a 2012 psychological horror film, directed and written by m. There is an upcoming game in 2011, silent hill 8, which is all about the prisoner murphy, who escaped from a prison truck and gone wandering in silent hill. Not to spoil the game, but to help the protagonist of 1 along, alessa uses her massive powers to tear silent hill into an alternate world and cover it with fog, and the town gets warped around her personal experiences and trauma. August 22nd, 2006 r 1 hr 59 min follow the movie on facebook. The eerie and deserted ghost town of silent hill draws a young mother desperate to find a cure for her only childs illness. This explanation is based on information gathered throughout the game, multiple endings and my own personal theories. Heather is bent on saving her father and knows that she must.
It also is even more distant from the game than the first film was to silent hill 1. This version, being the full version of the movie that was filmed contains longer. One can assume she survived her burning but eventually died, perhaps in the same fire that killed the townsfolk i cant remember if the movie. Silent hill 1 in summary part1 by zarla on deviantart. Chapter 2 darkness1 harry took finney street to the east and crossed a bridge into central silent hill, searching for a hospital at the mysterious womans behest. It is based on the survival horror video game silent hill 3 by konami. Before you start watching, please note that this is. In fact, concerning the silent hill games, there are several of them, but they all deal with different stories. Silent hill is a film adaptation of silent hill, from the french director christophe gans and canadian writer roger avary, which also draws inspiration from several other silent hill games notably silent hill 2, due to the films usage of pyramid head rose da silvas radha mitchell adopted daughter sharon jodelle ferland is plagued by nightmares in which she repeatedly shrieks about a.
Silent hill is visually impressive, but as with many video game adaptations, its plagued by inane dialogue, a muddled plot, and an overlong runtime. Sep 24, 2019 actually, the plot doesnt feel the need to tell you much at all. The world of silent hill is unlike any other, full of despair and sorrow. Sep 15, 2018 the complete metal gear timeline definitive edition ft. 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. Mega mario news, even more animal crossing, and dogs. Silent hill is a survival horror video game for the playstation published by konami and developed by team silent, a group in konami computer entertainment tokyo. Laurie holden and radha mitchell in silent hill 2006 radha mitchell in silent. Silent hill is the first installment in the silent hill series of psychological survival horror video games. There are so many ways to analyze this series, and the authors feel this document is an adequate alternative, not substitute, to other plot guides on the silent hill series.
Arriving at silent hill, rose is involved in a car accident and awakens to find sharon missing. 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. With radha mitchell, laurie holden, sean bean, deborah kara unger. The people who live in silent hill are dead, i guess.
It was released for the sony playstation in north america on january 31, 1999. I keep forgetting what diddidnt happen in sh1 so this is a refresher course 4. Well to me, the silent hill movie is a mixture of both good and bad. Konami jumped on the survival horror bandwagon created by the success of resident evil with 1999s silent hill, the first game of konamis silent hill franchise and a far more psychological take on the survival horror genre. It has a valid plot line for a sequel, which is the rescue of heathers dad. Letter from silent heaven written by orca782, edited by cvxfreak james sunderlands wife died 3 years ago. Silent hill is a film adaptation of silent hill, from the french director christophe gans and canadian writer roger avary, which also draws inspiration from several other silent hill games notably silent hill 2, due to the films usage of pyramid head. The story is realitvly close to the sh3 game and far away. Silent hill plot analysis playstation by silentpyramid. Silent hill is a 2006 horror film directed by christophe gans and written by roger avary in conjunction with christophe gans and nicolas boukhrief. One thing i wanted to see used more was the radio static that signifies when a. The main elements to a silent hill world are minimalism, light, and the scoremusic. It was rereleased on the playstation store for playstation portable and playstation 3, but not for playstation vita however, it can be played. Fans of the game are going to be divided over the slight liberties taken with the plot, but more than likely they should be extremely pleased to see that silent hill the movie is the most faithful gametofilm adaptation ever seen up to now.
This story ball story is entirely based on the same game. Konami jumped on the survival horror bandwagon created by the success of resident evil with 1999s silent hill, the first game of konamis silent hill franchise and a far more psychological take on the survival horror genre single father harry mason and his young daughter cheryl are driving to the resort town of silent hill for a holiday vacation. Some of them glow like old embers on a fire, which is not a sign of life. Oct 26, 2012 demonic forces threaten to enfold a teenager. On the way, the pair drive through a portal in reality, leading to an eerie town called silent hill. The film, particularly its emotional and aesthetic content as well as its creature design included elements from silent hill, silent hill 2 and silent hill 3. The second part was accepted by the audience negatively, and critics attacked with accusations and harsh words to creators.
Fans of the game are going to be divided over the slight liberties taken with the. Main silent hill information versions promos merchandise credits guide characters creatures plot walkthrough endings weapons items memos maps trivia media screenshots wallpapers concept art videos articles. Movie based on sh1 recently came out, people react with much wtf 2. The film follows rose, who takes her adopted daughter, sharon, to the town of silent hill, for which sharon cries while sleepwalking. Not only can i not describe the plot of this movie, but i have a feeling the last scene. Silent hill on dvd august 22, 2006 starring radha mitchell, sean bean, laurie holden, deborah kara unger. Revelation 3d features weak characters and an incomprehensible plot with a shortage of scares. The settings were a little misused, they upgraded vincent from small character to male love interest. Gans announced he would be making another silent hill movie. In terms of reference books in silent hill 3, vincents doings in directing the organizing of the cults original beliefs into a revamped religion included that it recalled events of both before and after silent hill 1, hence a portrait portraying the ending events of the good ending of the first game. The complete metal gear timeline definitive edition ft.
The first installment in the silent hill series, the game was released in north america and europe in january 31, 1999 and in japan in march 4, 1999. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing silent hill. Therefore, another plot document for the silent hill series exists, in addition to dan birlews guides. Good ol ph was, for a long while, only seen or explored in silent hill 2.
Apr 20, 2006 the people who live in silent hill are dead, i guess. Added translations of part 2 religion of silent hill added translations of part 6 silent hill the movie analysis 20. Finally added translations for the missing sections 11 of part 2 religion of silent hill. It was released in theaters on april 21, 2006 by tristar pictures. Silent hill uses a thirdperson view, with realtime rendering of 3d environments. So please enjoy this guide, and decide what views work best for you.
The game was developed by team silent and published by konami. List of silent hill monsters codex gamicus humanitys. There are other silent hill games like silent hill origins and silent hill shattered memories. The 2006 silent hill movie deviates considerably from this timeline and is considered an alternate universe in the franchise. Sharon da silva wakes up every night screaming about silent hill. However, while there are strong similarities to the. The town is surrounded by a potent darkness, and the human survivors fight a losing battle against it.
When heather opens the box of silent hill stuff hidden by her father and she learns the truth. I never played both because i dont have wii andor psp. When a young woman adelaide clemens loses her father sean bean to mysterious supernatural forces, she must descend into the bowels of hell to find him and discover her true identity in this followup to the 2006 adaptation of konamis silent hill videogame franchise. Ohm, this movie is based on silent hill 3 and takes a lot of its plot with some changes to adept the already changed story from sh1 movie. 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. Rose and chris adopted daughter, sharon, suffers from dangerous sleepwalking episodes, during which she often speaks about the ghost town, silent hill. The fear of blood tends to create fear for the flesh. With alessas powers out of control, harry awakens to find himself back in the distorted world resembling the hospital, known merely as nowhere. I thought they completely nailed the tone and the monsters but kind of took a left turn with the plot. Over the protests of her husband, she flees with her. 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. Revelation was released on october 26, 2012 to critical failure, but modest commercial success. Enter at your own risk, subscribers here are known to be pulled into.
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