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Silent Hill
- Review Date: August 20, 2006
- R
- Genre: Horror
- 2006
Common Sense Media says
Grim horror film about missing girl. Not for kids.
Parents say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this film is too violent for children. The storyline takes the form of a nightmare, so connections between scenes and events are sometimes hard to follow. The town is ostensibly located over an ongoing coalmine fire, and the general mythos has to do with a cult that accuses and burns witches in order to maintain the group's "purity." Characters burn, stab, shoot, and throw rocks at each other; the film includes a couple of vehicle crashes, frequent scenes where the mother and/or her daughter scream in terror. Men in miners' gear appear to threaten Rose, mainly because they look scary in goggles and overalls. Various monsters are misshapen and zombie-like human-types, able to shape-shift in bad-dreamy fashion. The monsters attack with swords, the cop shoots until she's out of ammo and then submits to a dire beating. Characters are burned to death, with skin melting, bubbling, and charring.
What's the story?
SILENT HILL follows the nightmarish story of Rose (Radha Mitchell), whose daughter Sharon (Jodelle Ferland) is a longtime sleepwalker pulled by a mysterious force. Rose takes Sharon to Silent Hill, a coal mining town that appears to be haunting the girl. On the way, they encounter motorcycle cop Cybil (Laurie Holden), who follows Rose and Sharon to Silent Hill. Once there, they confront many misshapen, nightmarish creatures. At last Rose finds the head mistress in town, Christabella (Alice Krige). A self-identified witch-burner, she decides that Rose, Sharon, and anyone else from out of town needs to be burned at the stake. Hordes of folks recite and grab at Rose and Cybil as Christabella chants "We fight the demon," and "We drew a line in the sand." All the while, Rose keeps telling Sharon, "It'll be okay, baby." But it won't.
Is it any good?
Silent Hill is creepy and mostly incoherent. At times the film cuts away to Rose's husband Chris, who's doing his own investigating, in archives and with the help of a police inspector, Gucci (Kim Coates), who has found the wife's Jeep. Gucci tells some spastic story about the town's coal fire, the "hellish" day in 1974, when "people were dying and disappearing." It sounds creepy, but doesn't quite explain how come they're reappearing in the present.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about the popularity of horror movies, especially among teens. Why do so many people enjoy being scared? Does a movie need to be gory to be scary?
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Violent, not scary
I thought this movie was great. I saw it with my aunt and uncle at night when I stayed at their house. I did not think it was all that scary, maybe just a little too violent. I think 12+ can see this.
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Sielnt Hill Movie
The movie wasn't that bad. If you are watching the movie, as in fan you with think it is really bad. I am a huge fan of Silent Hill, i like it, but it could be better. For people that are movie people, it is a neat film to watch. don't knock-it-before-you-try-it. Thats what i always say.
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Be careful
I prefer some people not to be shocked about it , i watched it when i was 9 or 10 , the movie is real pathetic , though there is a lot of blood in some parts.
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Silent Hill = Best Horror Movie Ever
This is the best horror movie ever. I loved the monsters, The acting was great, and I loved everything about this film. Check out the making of Silent Hill on YouTube.
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Kid, 11 years old
March 7, 2011
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perfect for big kids
I think this is a great movie and it could be very confusing and violent but my parents let me watch stuff like this and play games like this but the images can be very scary for young kids.
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Disturbing, but pretty good.
I'm actually an 11 year old girl, but in 2006 when I was about 7 I was in love this film! It's kind of strange, but I total understand the whole story. Why is it off for kids? Because there is one nudity scene where a strange man rips a girls body to shred, language is really strong, and pretty violent.
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Amazing.
This movie is Amazing, but violent. I think if you can handle violence, you can watch it. There is a little sexuality in it, a girl gets her clothes ripped off and she gets her skin ripped off.
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This movie is pretty awesome, and it definitley has a very good story, as well as it's really creepy and scary at parts. Although the violence isn't constant, when there is violence, it's very gruesome and gory! A lady (a very evil lady, so you'll think she deserves this) gets her limbs spread out in the air by barbed wire (you see other people being killed in the background as you see this), and the barbed wire shoots straight up her dress and you see all of this blood and gore fall out of the dress. Then, you see barbed wire literaly slicing in and out of every square inch of her body, and blood sprays everywhere. Then finally, you see it rip her in half, and a black haired girl on the ground seems to enjoy all of the blood, gore, and guts falling onto the floor. Also has some implied sexual abuse, and a few F-words.
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Movie is amazing!
This movie was VERY VERY good! Although, it was VERY VERY graphic. Kids under 13 should not watch this. It is one of the most graphic movies i have ever seen.
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KEEP KIDS AWAY!!!!!!!!!
Silent Hill is a somewhat okay film, but extremely violent
The violence includes a little girl being burned (we see her skin completely charred and black), a woman with blood streaming from her eyes, people being ripped apart by barbed wire including a woman getting ripped in half and a girl dancing in the blood rain, and a monster getting shot and the bullets go straight through him and we see flesh and blood
There is also a part where a woman has her clothes ripped off and we briefly see her nude, but then her skin is ripped off
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| Studio: | Columbia Tristar |
| Director: | Christophe Gans |
| Cast: | Laurie Holden, Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean |
| Genre: | Horror |
| Run time: | 127 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | April 21, 2006 |
| DVD release date: | August 22, 2006 |
| MPAA rating: | R |
| MPAA explanation: | strong horror violence and gore, disturbing images, and some language. |
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