Aug 17, 2014 why silent hill 2 is still the most disturbing game ever made. I went to wikipedia to get a better sense of what id seen. Finally added translations for the missing sections 11 of part 2 religion of silent hill. Elements of silent hill 2, such as some of the monsters, have also. For those who have not played a silent hill game, the series may simply come across as a survival horror game with creepy monsters. Bear in mind, im not talking about that abomination they released as a sequel to this movie. After attempting to gain the film rights to silent hill for five years, gans sent a video interview to them explaining his plans for adapting silent hill and how important the games are to him.
The motivation of the cult in this film a dark entity trying to birth their demonic god is completely different from the cult of the original film, which was portrayed as fanatical christian witchburners. Its rather flat and repetitive in places, highlights a little too clearly some of the games more. With that out of the way, silent hill homecoming is the sixth main entry in the sh series, a psychological survivalhorror series that has come to be known best for its atmosphere, story, surrealism, and creepy monster designs. The film is a sequel to the first silent hill film and a loose adaptation of silent. Homecoming is the strange mutant love child of the movie and silent hill 2, with hardcore aping of sh2s most important plot point. What is an explanation for the ending of the movie silent hill. Finally added translations for the missing sections 11. Compared to silent hill 1 and 2, the ones ive played, the storyline is lacking. That movie was truly terrible in every sense of the word and was an affront to the silent hill creators. Mediocre effort even by the standards of video game adaptations, silent hill.
Revelation 3d features weak characters and an incomprehensible plot with a. Silent hill 2 is the second installment in the silent hill survival horror series and the first game of the series to be released for sony playstation 2. Usually the main character in a thirdperson game is one of two stereotypes. No satisfactory explanation is given in the film to explain this and in fact the film explicitly implies they are the same cult on several occasions. Lots of scenes of the main character going around calling out someones name in silent hill.
It must be said i bought the playstation 2 just because of silent hill 2 in the same way i bought xbox 360 just for ace combat 6. Jan 20, 2014 picking up right where we left off with part one we will start with guccis entrance at the half an hour mark in the movie. Silent hill 2 plot guide playstation 2 by president. Since silent hill 2 pyramid head has become an icon in horror video games and has made other appearances in other silent hill games and media.
The silent hill movies three layers of reality explained. Revelation 3d 2012 a lthough i have not played the game on which this film is based nor would i care to, i have to say that as a film it works from an artistic standpoint, but falls slightly flat in storyline, oddly enough making it a little hard to follow the plot starts out with a run of the mill my child is missing storyline e. This video tells the story of silent hill 2, hope you guys enjoy. The excuse for why the gameplay is more actiony is incredibly dumb when the game reveals its cards. Browse other questions tagged plotexplanation ending silenthill. Adelaide clemens, kit harington, radha mitchell, sean bean, deborah kara unger director. Heather meets fellow student vincent cooper kit harington, but is haunted by hallucinations of silent hill. Unable to accept the fact that her daughter is dying, rose radha mitchell decides to take the girl to a faith healer. The film, particularly its emotional and aesthetic content as well as its creature design, includes elements from silent hill, silent hill 2 and silent hill 3. The four special items all have to do with silent hills longstanding religious tradition. The four special items all have to do with silent hill s longstanding religious tradition. Silent hill the movie is an adaptation of a video game series also known as silent hill by the tokyobased konami corporation. 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.
Silent hill 2 features the option to use both the old and new voices. The silent hill plot guide is as complete a source as i am willing to collect on that particular game. Book of lost memories silent hill 2 ending analysis. The film follows rose as she brings her adopted daughter sharon to the. 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. After leaving the towns observation deck and walking towards silent hill, james briefly meets angela orosco, a teenage girl who came to the town to search for her mother. Here are 20 of silent hills most disturbing facts you had no idea about, warning, you may need to leave the light on after this one. It was released on october 26, 2012 by open road films as its alternate subtitle implies, the film was produced in 3d. Revelation 2012, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. Homecoming is a survival horror video game, the sixth installment in the silent hill series, developed by double helix games. Given that this is essentially a retelling of said story theres little way in which it could actually be bad and thankfully, for the most part, it isnt. It is based on the survival horror video game silent hill 3 by konami. Another explanation is that they are hallucinations. Silent hill follows the nightmarish story of rose radha mitchell, whose daughter sharon jodelle ferland is a longtime sleepwalker pulled by a mysterious force.
Here are the movies three layers of reality broken down. There is no further explanation just a creditroll accompanied by. A more definitive version of the game, silent hill 2. Basset, has been unleashed online, watch it below if you dare. And that i played with a walkthrough available, as i wanted to discover the history almost like an interactive movie, and not spend too much time on combatpuzzles. To me, that makes silent hill the movie worse then other video game adaptations. Whether or not it was pivotal to the plot or it was worth slowing down the film for is another matter. Silent hill is a 2006 horror film directed by christophe gans and written by roger avary. This explanation is based on information gathered throughout the game, multiple endings and my own personal theories. The motivation of the cult in this film a dark entity trying to birth. The first official movie trailer of silent hill 2 aka silent hill revelation, the upcoming horror movie directed by michael j. A pinnacle in gaming symbolism silent hill 2 is a classic narrative in terms of video games. The film follows rose as she brings her adopted daughter sharon to the abandoned town of silent hill. 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.
Origins, but you really only need to play the original silent hill. The movie was too bright and polished, im sorry but a little. What is an explanation for the ending of the movie silent. The bluray version was released in bluray 3d, a usable feature with 3dcompatible. Disturbing silent hill facts you had no idea about thegamer. 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. The 2006 silent hill movie deviates considerably from this timeline and is considered an alternate universe in the.
Why silent hill 2 is still the most disturbing game ever. 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. Revelations plot follows adult heather mason clemens who. When the sirens would go off and the walls would go bloody, that was the hella. Akira alert song playing as chris and officer gucci explore the school. Revelation is a 2012 psychological horror film, directed and written by m. The game was developed by team silent and published by konami. Jan 29, 2018 i think playing the game could help with understanding this film. If its the first four youre referring to, they are ultimately about the unnamed cult some people think theyre called the order, but in fact this is a mistranslation residing in silent hill. On the way, they encounter motorcycle cop cybil laurie holden, who follows rose and sharon to silent hill. Silent hill from 2006 is considered one of the better adaptations and draws heavily from the first games story while cherrypicking elements from later games. 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. This creates the horrible monster infested hellworld of silent hill as we know it. Origins, silent hill, and silent hill 3 in order to really understand the movie.
This timeline of events covers silent hill, silent hill 3 and silent hill. Silent hill plot analysis playstation by silentpyramid. In fact, concerning the silent hill games, there are several of them, but they all deal with different stories. On the way, the pair drive through a portal in reality, leading to an eerie town called silent hill. It has a valid plot line for a sequel, which is the rescue of. After leaving the towns observation deck and walking towards silent hill, james briefly meets angela orosco, a. The explanation that the cult of the original film is some sort of offshoot or different sect of the cult from this film cannot explain this as it is pure fan speculation and conjecture thus noncanonical and in fact raises several more plot holes. Silent hill is set up in a parallel universe at the gateway to hell which rose never actually leaves. As its alternate subtitle implies, the film was produced in 3d. The ending of the movie shows that even though they apparently left silent hill the town, they never left silent hill the alternate dimension. So does silent house, which is closely based on a 2010 argentinian thriller.
As for my theory, interestingly enough, it actually. Walking out after silent hill, i thought of that lonely pilot light, and i understood why i failed to understand the movie. It launched in north america on september 24, 2001. They said, youre supposed to be a movie critic, arent you. This is about the much older videogame, silent hill 2. Apr 20, 2006 at first, when they were figuring out the games, he said, the whole brain lit up.
Based on multiple playthroughs and research, weve compiled the following silent hill story explanation for you. Like the game series the silent hill movie features three layers of reality. 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. Even pyramidhead makes an appearance with his giant machete sword. The explanation that the cult of the original film is some sort of offshoot or different sect of the cult. I do not really think that the video game series is vital to the understanding of the movie silent hill. Revelation 3d, is a 2012 horror thriller film written and directed by m. Everything actually wrong with the silent hill movie duration. When the sirens would go off and the walls would go bloody, that was the hellaverse switching over. The silent hill franchise began in 1999, and even though it experienced a minor setback with the recent cancellation of silent hills, the previous installments still have secrets to explore. Development of silent hill began in the early 2000s.
I had a nice conversation with seven or eight people coming down on the escalator after we all saw silent hill. It was released on october 26, 2012 by open road films. Why silent hill 2 is still the most disturbing game ever made. Silent hill 2 features both the main scenario and the born from a wish subscenario for maria seen in later rereleases, namely the directors cut. Dec 30, 2011 this video tells the story of silent hill 2, hope you guys enjoy. Jan 01, 2006 silent hill 2 is still considered by many to be a landmark game and a genuine contender for best ever, mostly due to its compelling story. The film follows rose, who takes her adopted daughter, sharon, to the town of silent hill, for which sharon cries while sleepwalking. Aug 06, 2008 silent hill is set up in a parallel universe at the gateway to hell which rose never actually leaves. Rose was able to free heather sharon from one of the alternate dimensions using one half of a talisman called the seal of metatron, but she herself remained trapped in silent hill. 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 after receiving a letter from his deceased wife mary. Added translations of part 2 religion of silent hill added translations of part 6 silent hill the movie analysis 20. Arriving at silent hill, rose is involved in a car accident and awakens to find sharon missing. The story is an adaptation of the silent hill series of survival horror games created by konami. These movies might have budgetpushing effects and plotlines that mimic the followtheclues narrative of most games, but they never succeed in.
There are two references made to previous games in the ending scene. But by the time they knew how to play the games, the brain went dark, except for one little point. The movie wasnt my idea of a good time, but it certainly delivered the creeps. Silent hill 2 is considered the series crowning achievement for both its. The eerie and deserted ghost town of silent hill draws a young mother desperate to find a cure for her only childs illness. Silent hill 2 features both the main scenario and the born from a wish subscenario for maria.
Silent hill 2 ending analysis of the four conclusions, there is no one correct interpretation. No satisfactory explanation is given in the film to explain this and. Rose takes sharon to silent hill, a coal mining town that appears to be haunting the girl. 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. Enter at your own risk, subscribers here are known to be pulled into. The 2006 silent hill movie deviates considerably from this timeline and is considered an alternate universe in the franchise. I may not have liked bloodrayne, but at least i understood what was going on without having to have prior. Here are 20 of silent hills most disturbing facts you had no idea. Restless dreams, was rereleased with new features on the playstation 2. Silent hill 2 is still considered by many to be a landmark game and a genuine contender for best ever, mostly due to its compelling story. The screenplay was written by roger avary, christope gans, and nicolas boukhrief. 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. Monsters are not only few and far between but they are, lots of plot holes, so many eyerolling moments one after another. I think playing the game could help with understanding this film.
Homecoming follows the journey of alex shepherd, a soldier returning from war, to his hometown of shepherds glen, where he finds the town in disarray, and his younger brother missing. Unable to accept the doctors diagnosis that her daughter should be. Silent hill is a limbo version of the normal silent hill, and that time is either 1. And now that ive played silent hill 2 nearly ten times, i cannot agree that these two games can even be analyzed in the same document. The movie was too bright and polished, im sorry but a little peeling paint on the walls does not make it silent hill. Depends which part of the series were talking about. May 06, 2019 there are many theories about who pyramid head is.
The good ending is that after the fight james appears at his wifes. Oct 12, 2017 the silent hill franchise began in 1999, and even though it experienced a minor setback with the recent cancellation of silent hills, the previous installments still have secrets to explore. Revelation 2012, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and. Apr 21, 2006 the more you love the game, then the more youll like this movie. Silent hill 2 has a much better developed story line than the first game did. Basically at the end rose and her daughter are caught in the parallel universe while chris is still in the real world. Its at this point about 20 minutes into the film after were explained how harry killed a man and how heather never makes friends from moving. This movie has almost no aspects that made the first movie enjoyable. I bought and explored the first silent hill before going to see the movie, and now im even more glad i did. Monsters coming from the psyche of the protagonists.
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