The computer game, released on the old playstation, was a masterpiece of horror, a chilling, atmospheric, heart-wrenchingly terrifying experience. Obvious attempts to recreate this mood are apparent, but simply don't work. Perhaps the main problem is that it's too dark to see what we're supposed to be scared of - we know something nasty is approaching because there's screaming & evil music, but we can't see it and the scene cuts are too numerous to even try. This ties in with another problem of adapting a computer game to the screen - the sense of personal interaction is completely lost, so Silent Hill becomes just another horror film. The Witch Burning scene is too reminiscent of Monty Python to be anything other than funny, and that the climax turns into Hellraiser is unforgiveable.
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