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Silent Hill

Horror. Fantasy. Mystery The eerie and deserted ghost town of SILENT HILL draws a young mother desperate to find a cure for her only child’s illness. Unable to accept the doctor’s diagnosis that her daughter should be permanently institutionalized for psychiatric care, Rose (Radha Mitchell) flees with her child, heading for the abandoned town in search of answers – and ignoring the protests of her husband (Sean Bean). It's soon clear this place is unlike ... [+]
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CanadaCanada The Globe and Mail "Though Silent Hill's shoddy dialogue and incoherent story constantly irritate, several sights and scenes possess a certain surreal grandeur...Sadly, that's not enough to compensate for 'Silent Hill's' utter lack of tension" NEG
United StatesUnited States
ReelViews
ReelViews
"It packs in a few scary moments and offers a nicely ambiguous conclusion" POS
United StatesUnited States
TV Guide
TV Guide
"Runs out of story a good half hour before it runs out of spooky images, but it comes to a quietly chilling conclusion far more haunting than any bloody mayhem" NEU
United StatesUnited States
Slant
Slant
"Despite its often-overwhelming nonsensicality, there’s ultimately something irresistibly fiendish about 'Silent Hill'"  POS
United StatesUnited States
Austin Chronicle
Austin Chronicle
"'Silent Hill's' main attraction, for genre fans, certainly, lies not in its plot nor in its characters, but in its relentlessly nightmarish imagery."  POS
United StatesUnited States
New York Daily News
New York Daily News
"The worst kind of horror movie: trash that takes itself seriously" NEG
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