Silent hill, maine, is a quiet american resort town known for its very peaceful ambiance, but the memories of a tragic house fire seven years ago, in which a girl named alessa gillespie died, still haunts the town and the townsfolk. Downpour, pyramid head makes a cameo in the joke ending, showing up to cut the cake at murphy pendletons surprise birthday party. Disturbing silent hill facts you had no idea about thegamer. Silent hill 3 still looks and plays very well 17 years later. Walking out after silent hill, i thought of that lonely pilot light, and i understood why i failed to understand the movie. This timeline of events covers silent hill, silent hill 3 and silent hill.
The ending of the movie shows that even though they apparently left silent hill the town, they never left silent hill the alternate dimension. Silent hill 2006 speaking of silent hill, this atmospheric video gamebased horror flick. Not only does the ending cut scene change, but the cut scene before the final boss battle and the credit song will change as. Harry sets out on a journey into the eerie town of silent hill to find her. Explain to me the ending of silent hill, the movie.
Here are the different levels of silent hill explained. Aug 27, 2006 silent hill is really purgatory and it sits on the outskirts of hell. While sh is one of the better executed attempts at making a gamebased movie, the ending comes across as if the writers havent learn. The first time through the game, four of these endings can be achieved, the fifth being a secret joke ending. The 2006 silent hill movie deviates considerably from this timeline and is considered an alternate universe in the. This is about the much older videogame, silent hill 2. Welcome back to the scariest town in west virginia in silent hill. The silent hill movie is widely considered to be the best video gameto movie adaptation as long as you dont consider it to be part of the sh canon. Lots of scenes of the main character going around calling out someones name in silent hill.
In fact, concerning the silent hill games, there are several of them, but they all deal with different stories. Rose and sharon escape the depths of hell but can not escape silent hill because they are dead. Now that she is free from the confines of silent hill, she can wreak havoc in the rest of the world. Hes in the living world,theyve crossed over into a different place. Silent hill movie soundtrack track 34 credits youtube. Silent hill follows the nightmarish story of rose radha mitchell, whose daughter sharon jodelle ferland is a longtime sleepwalker pulled by a mysterious force. The real meaning behind these confusing movie endings. Apr 20, 2006 at first, when they were figuring out the games, he said, the whole brain lit up. The silent hill movies three layers of reality explained. The movie leaves things very open, but below is my own take on it. I do not really think that the video game series is vital to the understanding of the movie silent hill. Everything actually wrong with the silent hill movie duration. Since he is never officially named in the game, only referred to by the characters as pyramidhead, the filmmakers were free to come up with their own reference for him.
I think playing the game could help with understanding this film. Players assume the role of james, who receives a cryptic letter from his wife who has been dead for 3 years beckoning him to meet her in silent hill, a place. I think silent hill town was still possess the power of alessa, when harry go to silent hill to find rose, i think the power or personification of the town use harrys memories, past, personality and desire to create monster like the situation of james sunderland. I went to wikipedia to get a better sense of what id seen. For those of you who are curious about the movie but have never played the games, this might be helpful. Rose and sharon are trapped in the the city, and the explanation boils down to because reasons. It now stands as one of the most iconic mob films of all time because of its exquisite storytelling and stark visual imagery. Silent hill is a 2006 psychological horror film directed by christophe gans and written by roger. What i know is that silent hill is a place where you go. Jul 02, 2014 sign in to like videos, comment, and subscribe. Aug 17, 2014 why silent hill 2 is still the most disturbing game ever made.
But i know a few details about silent hill because of my brothers. The fact that in the end, roses home is shrouded in mist means that the evilness of silent hill is starting to spread out into the real world now. It acts as a sequel to the first movie, while also dramatically changing many things about the story, and more. Track 30 of the complete silent hill movie soundtrack, ripped and arranged by me. You are not fully guaranteed to get the ending you want if you do all the requirements for a certain ending sometimes, so make sure you do everything you should do, and nothing you shouldnt do. At the end, why didnt rose and sharon return to the real world. There are five endings in silent hill that can be achieved, and their requirements are quite simple. He encourages christopher to end his futile search and go home.
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. I love resident evil in all its cheesy glory, but its a gloopy b movie, all savini gore and hammer melodrama. Mar 28, 2020 goodfellas is a rare movie that has a final scene thats as memorable as its first, which involves the brutal killing of a man in a car trunk. Can anyone tell me the meaning of the ending to silent hill. Here you will find all the endings and the requirements to get them. Sep 28, 2006 please explain the ending of silent hill the movie, i have watched it 3 times, and i think the ending means that the woman and girl died, but im not sure please help. So ive always wondered why was rose still stuck in the fog world at then end of the film and after six years why was she still trapped there. It is a reference to the red pointed hoods the executioners of silent hill wore in colonial times. In order to get the best ending, the player must generally be patient, curious, and explorative. Jun 20, 2006 for silent hill 2 on the playstation 2, endings faq by silvercross. Revelation was released in canada on october 26, 2012 by open road films and on november 28, 2012 by metropolitan filmexport.
This is also why the helmet is a pyramid in the game. 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. Why silent hill 2 is still the most disturbing game ever made. The movie wasnt my idea of a good time, but it certainly delivered the creeps. The silent hill movie is a shallow, uninteresting, and incredibly annoying excuse for a pathetic, brainless gore flick that could have come out of that miserable genres most disgusting peak in the 1990s, if it hadnt been for the special effects. Everything actually wrong with the silent hill movie youtube. Overall, the story keeps your interest and is wellpaced. Silent hill 2 endings silent hill collection wiki guide ign.
At the end of the movie, they try to return to their. Apr 19, 20 well, i think the true meaning behind the ending of shr wasnt really to convey any secret message behind why the fog returns at the last few seconds except for the fact that the prison bus being an homage from silent hill downpour and everyone on it, entered the the foggy hell themselves. For most thrillers, i think, the ending is the makeitorbreak it aspect of the story, and this one is pretty solid. Michaelidess debut novel is an easy, accessible and entertaining read, and it will undoubtedly make for a thrilling movie if and when that is released. Like the game series the silent hill movie features three layers of reality.
Thats also what the hd collection should have looked like. Silent hill is visually impressive, but as with many video game adaptations, its plagued by inane dialogue, a muddled plot, and an overlong runtime. This creates the horrible monster infested hellworld of silent hill as we know it. Silent hill 2 endings faq playstation 2 by silvercross. Silent hill was the first game that had a very complicated and complex story with in depth characters that left gamers in a state of disbelief as the credits rolled. Silent hill heaven view topic movie ending theories. Silent hill 2 endings silent hill collection wiki guide. After writer harry mason wakes up from being unconscious due to a car crash, his daughter cheryl is missing. Exploring the movie adaption of silent hill, based on the popular horror video game series. So does silent house, which is closely based on a 2010 argentinian thriller. Based on multiple playthroughs and research, weve compiled the following silent hill story explanation for you. Note that there are 4 silent hill games now, and the second installment is a bit. This is the 1st time i played a game of silent hill.
Rose takes sharon to silent hill, a coal mining town that appears to be haunting the girl. She needed sharon to possesed so she can have a greater influence in the real world. But by the time they knew how to play the games, the brain went dark, except for one little point. He tries to enter silent hill during the day, so when he does get there he arrives in silent hill s normal dimension. He slowly walks into the room, dragging his great knife behind him and slices the cake in two, but also cuts through. Rose and sharon died in the the car accident that sent them to silent hill. Not only does the ending cut scene change, but the cut scene before the final boss battle and the credit song will change as well. Silent hill the movie is an adaptation of a video game series also known as silent hill by the tokyobased konami corporation. Tracks originally composed by akira yamaoka and jeff danna. The survivors are not really survivors because they are already dead. The film s peculiar rhythms%u2014action, exposition, action, exposition%u2014betray its videogame roots, but audiences unfamiliar with the silent hill series can be forgiven for thinking that the. The screenplay was written by roger avary, christope gans, and nicolas boukhrief. The first half of the movie was actually slightly better than i expected. Alessa could transform the town of silent hill into a world of nightmares and.
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