Silent Hill (2006)
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A mother ventures into a fog-shrouded, haunted town to find her missing daughter.
The story
Rose Da Silva and her husband Christopher are troubled by their adopted daughter Sharon's constant sleepwalking and nightmares regarding the abandoned town of Silent Hill. Seeking answers, Rose takes Sharon to the town, where a mysterious accident leads to the girl's disappearance. Rose finds herself alone in a fog-shrouded dimension of the town, while her husband remains in the real world. As Rose navigates the eerie environment, she is pursued by both supernatural forces and a local police officer, Cybil Bennett, who is also trying to navigate the town's unsettling atmosphere.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Rose Da Silva and her husband Christopher are troubled by their adopted daughter Sharon's sleepwalking and nightmares about the abandoned town of Silent Hill. Rose takes Sharon to the town, but after a crash, Sharon goes missing. Rose enters a fog-shrouded dimension where she encounters monsters and the girl she saw before the crash, who is revealed to be an aspect of Alessa Gillespie. In the real world, Christopher searches the town with Officer Thomas Gucci, who sees only a dilapidated area. In the supernatural dimension, Rose and Officer Cybil Bennett are trapped together. Rose learns of the Brethren, a cult led by the high priestess Christabella. It is revealed that Alessa was a girl experimented on by the cult in 1974, and her soul split into two parts: her innocence (manifested as Sharon) and her rage (Dark Alessa). To find Sharon, Rose allows Dark Alessa's spirit into her body. In a final confrontation at a church, Christabella is defeated by the unleashed Alessa. Rose rescues Sharon, and the two girls merge back into one being. They escape the town, but find themselves still trapped in the fog-shrouded dimension while Christopher remains in the real world.
- First release year
- 2006
- Runtime (minutes)
- 126
- Production countries
- France
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Christophe Gans
- Writers
- Roger Avary · writer
- Cast and characters
- Radha Mitchell · Rose Da Silva; Sean Bean · Christopher Da Silva; Laurie Holden · Cybil Bennett; Deborah Kara Unger · Dahlia Gillespie; Kim Coates · Officer Thomas Gucci; Tanya Allen · Anna; Alice Krige · Christabella; Jodelle Ferland · Sharon Da Silva, Alessa Gillespie, Dark Alessa
- Genres
- supernatural; psychological horror
- Themes
- motherhood; sacrifice; religious fanaticism
- Tone and mood
- supernatural; psychological; eerie
- Setting
- The abandoned town of Silent Hill, West Virginia, and its fog-shrouded dimension.
- Premise and plot tags
- horror; mystery; supernatural
- Source material / true-story basis
- video game series published by Konami
- Franchise connections
- Silent Hill
- Reception
- The film received generally negative reviews from critics upon release, although retrospective reviews have been more favorable and it has garnered a cult following.
- Production trivia
- Most of the monsters were played by professional dancers.; The film's poster of a mouthless Alessa was subject to vandalism.
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