Silent Hill2006

So I’m going to preface this by saying that I watched the Restless Dreams fan edit of the film which tries to restore the film to the directors original vision as best as possible.  This version removes all of the Sean Bean stuff and tightens everything else as well as it can. And it’s honestly pretty good.  I’ve never played a silent hill game but I’ve watched let’s plays and heard people talk about them enough that I have a pretty ok understanding of the first few games. I love the aesthetic and atmosphere of the games but horror games scare me too much so I’ve never been willing to make the plunge.  That being said I think this movie and especially this version does a great job of capturing the atmosphere of the games. Dark and mysterious and creepy. It’s not jump out at you horror. It’s just about being in the world of silent hill.  I think I’ll definitely want to give this another watch to help everything sink in a little better but I think if the movie was going for the feeling of a video game cutscene it nailed it.  Seeing this version definitely has me genuinely curious and excited about the new return to silent hill. Can’t wait to see it this weekend.