PopHorror Let's Get Scared
Silent Hill. I am proudly a fan. So much that I honor it always with ink in my skin. The games speak volumes; however, the films speak to me much more. As big a fan as I am, the movies get me the most. Why is that?
Let’s find out.
Synopsis
Rose is a desperate mother who takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon disappears and Rose begins her desperate search to get her back. She descends into a fog of smoldering ash and into the center of the twisted reality of a town’s terrible secret. Pursued by grotesquely deformed creatures and a townspeople stuck in permanent purgatory,
Rose begins to uncover the truth behind the apocalyptic disaster that burned the town 30 years back. Dare to step inside the horrific town of Silent Hill, where darkness preys on every soul and Hell’s creations await around every corner. But know that once you enter… there is no turning back.
The Rundown
The long synopsis should be enough to make you want to watch, out of fear and curiosity. This is the way horror movies go. Sure, the genre is turning in a different direction. Silent Hill is a film that, even though it’s not reality, can eventually drive you mad. In today’s world, it may seem uninteresting. However, it was long before we saw CGI at its worst. The story goes a long way because there is so much going on. It really does keep you interested. It is not like the Resident Evil films; they were a little much. People ate these films up while better movies collect dust.
Silent Hill will have you on the edge of your seat the entire time. Not because it’s not a shooter, it’s because it’s uncomfortable. You will try to think about it logically, and then it takes a whole different level of fear, watching the mom and her daughter can only survive in one way. They must travel through a haunted ghost town. What would you think of doing in a harsh snowstorm of ash? Especially when you know the town has been abandoned,
In The End
I know this story very well, long before I had seen the movies or games. Silent Hill is loosely based on a local tale called Centria, where a mine fire and it still burns today; there are only two residents who refused to leave. Though things are much different today, the movie still gives us goosebumps. It feeds off fear and puts you through a little hazing at its worst. We have become snobs these days, where there are movies for gore hounds, movies about girls having sex with scarecrows.
I’ll stick with the gore, and Silent Hill has a horrifying end scene, but at the same time, they hid the good stuff, and Silent Hill was one of those movies.
