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Silent Hill

Silent Hill

Horror · Mystery · 2006

Rose, a desperate mother, 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 embarks on a horrific journey to get her back and begins to uncover the truth behind the apocalyptic disaster that burned the town 30 years earlier.

Movie details

Silent Hill

“We've been expecting you.”

2006 Horror · Mystery 2h 5m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.6 / 10

Community rating

Rose, a desperate mother, 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 embarks on a horrific journey to get her back and begins to uncover the truth behind the apocalyptic disaster that burned the town 30 years earlier.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Silent Hill?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Christophe Gans

Written by

Roger Avary

Radha Mitchell

Radha Mitchell

Rose Da Silva

Sean Bean

Sean Bean

Christopher Da Silva

Jodelle Ferland

Jodelle Ferland

Sharon / Alessa

Laurie Holden

Laurie Holden

Cybil Bennett

Deborah Kara Unger

Deborah Kara Unger

Dahlia Gillespie

Kim Coates

Kim Coates

Officer Thomas Gucci

Tanya Allen

Tanya Allen

Anna

Court is in session

Put Silent Hill on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.