I chose this movie, as I consider it to be one of the best adaptations of a video game in cinema, I invite you to the terrifying town of Silent Hill:
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The film begins when Rose and her husband, Christopher, leave the house in anguish to look for Sharon, they find her on the edge of a cliff, screaming, "I want to go home", "Silent Hill". Her parents calm her down and hope to find a solution to their daughter's nightmares.
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Rose explains to Sharon that when she sleeps she goes for a walk and tells her about a place called Silent Hill but the girl doesn't remember it, Rose is determined to find this town.
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She stops at a gas station to ask for directions to the town, Cybil Bennet (police officer) finds Rose's behavior strange.
She gets a call from her husband, who disagrees with her decision, he believes that medical treatment will improve their daughter's health, she replies that she is getting worse every day, I have to take her to that place.
The policeman follows Rose but she speeds up to get out of the road, they start to hear an interference on the radio, Sharon screams and a figure appears, in order not to run her over she swerves but crashes her car and loses consciousness.
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When she wakes up she realizes that her daughter is not there, she calls for help, she has reached Silent Hill.
He finds a ghost town with abandoned streets and covered by a strange fog, he sees Sharon running, he follows her to an alley, the alarm sounds, everything goes dark, but she continues on her way, illuminating herself with a tinderbox.
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When entering the Dark World Rose is attacked by the grey children. Then she meets Dahlia (she was expelled from the cult and now lives in the fog world) and tells her that Sharon is her daughter Alessa.
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In the Real World Cristofer is looking for his wife, he learns about the car accident and about the Silent Hill fire and finds the picture of Alessa who looks just like his daughter.
Rose is taken into custody by the police officer, but they run into a Monster with no arms. Rose escapes and arrives at Midwich School, members of the cult discover her. The alarm sounds and we enter the Dark World where there is the monster of the Janitor Colin, Dark Alessa and Pyramid Head.
The police officer saves Rose and they head to the Grand Hotel where they see Anna she tells her that Christabella keeps them protected and the ancestors burned witches to maintain purity.
Rose discovers Dark Alessa who looks just like her daughter, she asks her where Sharon is, but she disappears, they run to the church, the alarm sounds and we enter the Other World.Pyramid Head appears and kills Anna.
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Christabella is now the leader of the Sect, she tells Rose that only the demon knows where her daughter is, and no one has come out of there alive, she takes them to the hospital and when she sees Sharon's picture she tells them: Witches. They catch Cibyl while Rose continues on her way.
She walks through the basement, trying to annoy the Nurses, who are creatures that react with light, when she arrives Alessa congratulates her and tells her Story:
Alessa was condemned by her family and classmates for being born out of wedlock, she was raped by the school janitor, to purify her the cult burned her alive, but the fire got out of control and generated a fire in the village, she was rescued and taken to the hospital.
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When you are hurt and scared for so long...your fear turns to hate...and hate begins to change the world Alessa's hate grew and the Dark part of Alessa was born and the goodness of Alessa that is Sharon
Dark Alessa makes a deal with Rose to help her get revenge on the Sect, in exchange she will return Sharon to her.
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Rose enters the church to explain to the believers the truth, but Christabella stabs her as the blood falls on the floor a hole opens up and Alessa exits killing everyone in the cult.
Rose goes home with her daughter only to discover that she is trapped in the world of Niebla.
The director Christophe Gans, a fan of the Silent Hill games, prepared for several years to bring to the cinema this very special video game.
The plot is about the first video game Silent Hill, when I saw the movie for the first time I was amazed because you find a striking resemblance in the scenes, with the game.
He wanted to give the fans another ending, but the budget did not allow it.
Final Good:
Pyramid Head entering the church and killing everyone in the cult.
We are facing one of the best adaptations of a video game in the cinema. The photography is brilliant, the atmosphere is of terror both in the other world and in the world of fog. The music is excellent.
My moments of terror: When the siren sounds, the Monster of the janitor Conlin, the cockroaches, Pyramid Head when he takes anna's skin off and of course the nurses.
A woman, Rose, goes in search for her adopted daughter within the confines of a strange, desolate town called Silent Hill. IDMb
Directed by Christophe Gans
Writing Roger Avary
Radha Mitchell - Rose Da Silva
Jodelle Ferland ... Sharon / Alessa
Sean Bean - Christopher Da Silva
Laurie Holden - Cybil Bennettg
Deborah Kara Unger - Dahlia Gillespie
Music by Jeff Danna - Akira Yamaoka
I like this movie, because it has a solid plot, it's not only to generate fear through imaginary monsters, many times the terror comes from human beings like you and me.
The Silent Hill video game caused me panic, I was addicted to solve its puzzles, and to get into its story. When I saw the movie I was fascinated because its director created it for us fans, a delight for horror lovers.
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Worlds in Silent Hill
Real World - normality
Fog World:
A thick fog (ash) that covers the town abandoned houses , roads blocked or cut with chasms. Some monsters inhabit here, It is a world that directs towards their destination visitors.
Another World - Dark World:
It is a manifestation of the Psyche of the person, it transports you to a parallel dimension, (your deepest fears are represented in the form of horrible creatures, ) sometimes it is the hell lived by another person.
What is The Order
A religious cult of Silent Hill that worships various native deities.
Postulates: To initiate the apocalypse so that the faithful ascend to paradise.
The order is divided into several sects:
Sect of the Sacred Woman
Led by Dahlia Gillespie They believed that by ritually immolating a woman with supernatural powers, this woman would give birth to God. Once this happened, she would cause the apocalypse and all the faithful would ascend to Paradise.
Sect of the Sacred Mother . Sect of Valtiel and Schism in Shepherd's Glen belong to the Video Games.
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