The darkness recedes and heather wakes up in messy motel room no 10 in silent hill. Silent hill 3 takes place in the fictional universe of the silent hill series. 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. The letter states that mary is waiting for james in their special place, but this confuses james as the whole town of silent hill was their special place. It was released in theaters on april 21, 2006 by tristar pictures. On the way, they encounter motorcycle cop cybil laurie holden, who follows rose and sharon to silent hill.
A typical plot of silent moviemelodrama is a hero and a herowin are having a lovely romatic outing together when, a vilain will trick the hero into running away by saying something like the. This is about the much older videogame, silent hill 2. Silent hill is a 2006 horror film directed by christophe gans and written by roger avary in conjunction with christophe gans and nicolas boukhrief. Rose takes sharon to silent hill, a coal mining town that appears to be haunting the girl. Konamis 1999 psychological thriller silent hill is presented as a movie with minimal gameplay, for continuity purposes, and all cutscenes. Revelations plot follows adult heather mason who, discovering on the eve of her eighteenth birthda. Movie groups silent hill synopsis plot silent hill no escape is a 2005 fanmade cgi film based on the silent hill series by konami. For those of you who are curious about the movie but have never played the games, this might be helpful. But what makes the silent hill movie unique, along with its story, is the. If youre looking for a pure adaptation of the silent hill video game, that is where this movie begins to lack.
Revelations plot follows adult heather mason clemens who, discovering on. As she steps away again, a faint voice calls her real name sharon da silva. Written and directed by mj bassett solomon kane, it is influenced by the third game in the series. 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. Browse other questions tagged plotexplanation ending silenthill. 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.
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. She steps away to look into another window, the children turn around to look at her. Despite its oftenoverwhelming nonsensicality, theres ultimately something irresistibly fiendish about silent hill, which not only condemns holierthanthou religious zealots, but alsoif i. 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. After leaving the towns observation deck and walking towards silent hill, james briefly meets angela orosco, a. Sometime in the mid 70s, the town of silent hill was a. A monster takes vincent but leaves heather untouched heather needs to enter silent hill by her own volition. Unable to accept the fact that her daughter is dying, rose radha mitchell decides to take the girl to a faith healer.
Revelation is a 2012 psychological horror film, directed and written by. At the towns edge, he swerves to avoid hitting a girl in the road, and as a result, he crashes and loses consciousness. Director christophe gans wanted to use the original soundtrack recordings of akira yamaokas scores from the various silent hill video games in the film. Ash and smoke erupt from the earth, people flee their homes, and a once vibrant township is now a ghost town. 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. 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. 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.
Silent hill movie director would love to explore graphic novels, create new. Therefore, another plot document for the silent hill series exists, in addition to dan birlews guides. 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. 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. The film follows rose, who takes her adopted daughter, sharon, to the town of silent hill, for which sharon cries while sleepwalking. A woman, rose, goes in search for her adopted daughter within the confines of a strange, desolate town called silent hill.
Finally added translations for the missing sections 11 of part 2 religion of silent hill. However, due to a legality issue necessitating the hiring of a canadian composer for the film, jeff danna was selected to. On the way, the pair drive through a portal in reality, leading to an eerie town called silent hill. Christophe gans announced he would be making another silent hill movie. Minus pyramid head, the antagonist switch, and some minor plot details, the movie keeps pretty strongly to that of the first game. It opens with heathers heather morris nightmare of being trapped in a derelict amusement park and killed by the roller coaster. On the way, she ends up driving through a portal in reality, which takes her to the eerie and deserted town of silent. Six years after the first movie, 18yearold sharon da silva, now calling herself heather mason adelaide clemens is forced to go to the infernal. Added translations of part 2 religion of silent hill added translations of part 6 silent hill the movie analysis 20. Everything you need to know about silent hill movie 2006. Silent hill is a 2006 horror film directed by christophe gans and written by roger.
Overall, i actually thought the silent hill movie was a pretty strong adaptation. They said, youre supposed to be a movie critic, arent you. Silent hill 3 release date, cast, trailer premiere. The film is written, directed and animated by nick greenlee. The movie was filmed in the super 35 film format, except the scenes with the darkness, which were filmed in. Although silent hill and silent hill 2 are very different games in terms of themes and story, they can be analyzed in the same document because of their. 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 film also takes elements from silent hill 2 and silent hill 3, and includes the soundtracks from 1, 2, 3, and silent hill 4. Silent house is a 2012 american independent psychological horror film directed by chris kentis and laura lau, and starring elizabeth olsen. So please enjoy this guide, and decide what views work best for you. Their high priestesss daughter alessa was discovered to have humongous psychic powers and so they. The plot focuses on a young woman who is terrorized in her family vacation home while cleaning the property with her father and uncle. It is a completely original story, not based on any preexisting silent hill media. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies.
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. Please leave feedback if you watched silent hill 3. The silent hill movies three layers of reality explained. People stare at heather from behind closed windows.
Silent hill 2006 captures the atmosphere and aesthetic of the silent hill franchise, while falling short on accurately adapting the storyline of the video game silent hill 1999. Exploring the movie adaption of silent hill, based on the popular horror video game series. Purgatory the fog world, biblical quotes are used to highlight alessas story. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing silent hill. Arriving at silent hill, rose is involved in a car accident and awakens to find sharon missing.
The movie leaves things very open, but below is my own take on it. Revelation is a 2012 psychological horror film, directed and written by m. Silent hill is visually impressive, but as with many video game adaptations, its plagued by inane dialogue, a muddled plot, and an overlong runtime. Origins, silent hill, and silent hill 3 in order to really understand the movie. Like the game series the silent hill movie features three layers of reality. The silent hill 1 plot synopsis has also been altered to fit with silent hill 3. Silent hill town based on the real life story of centralia. With radha mitchell, laurie holden, sean bean, deborah kara unger. Not only can i not describe the plot of this movie, but i have a feeling the last scene reverses half of what i thought i knew or didnt know. The film follows rose da silva, a loving mother who takes her adopted daughter to silent hill, west virginia, the only clue to her daughters sleepwalking condition. I do not really think that the video game series is vital to the understanding of the movie silent hill.
Over the protests of her husband, she flees with her child, intending to take the girl to a faith healer. Rose and chris adopted daughter, sharon, suffers from dangerous sleepwalking episodes, during which she often speaks about the ghost town, silent hill. Silent hill is a 2006 psychological horror film directed by christophe gans and written by roger. Upon arriving in town rose is knocked unconscious in a car crash, from which she awakens to find her daughter is missing in the fog engulfed town. I had a nice conversation with seven or eight people coming down on the escalator after we all saw silent hill. Cristoph gans does a good job of making the scene in the childrens playground at the start look just like in the game. Silent hill opens with harry masons drive to the titular town with his adopted daughter cheryl for a vacation. Note that there are 4 silent hill games now, and the second installment is a bit. Most any horror movie will resemble silent hill in one respect or another, but. The hallway turns into a hellish silent hill hallway. What was the typical plot of a silent movie answers. It is based on the survival horror video game silent hill 3 by konami.