Silent Hill (1999) (VG)

Director:

Keiichiro Toyama

Release Date:

2 February 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Silent Hill-Welcome to Hell.

Plot:

Writer Harry Mason finds that the sleepy seaside resort town he is trapped in is literally hell on Earth.

Plot Keywords:

Writer | Silent Hill | Hell On Earth | The Devil | Numeral Key Pad

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Michael Gough	...	Harry Mason (voice) (as Michael G)
Susan Papa	...	Cybil Bennett (voice)
Liz Mamorsky	...	Dahlia Gillespie (voice)
Jarion Monroe	...	Dr. Michael Kaufmann (voice)
Sandra Wane	...	Cheryl Mason / Alessa Gillespie (voice)
Thessaly Lerner	...	Lisa Garland (voice)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Germany:18 | USA:M

Company:

Konami Computer Entertainment

Trivia:

The streets in Silent Hill are named after famous science-fiction and horror authors: Richard Bachman (Stephen King) Robert Bloch Ray Bradbury Michael Crichton James Ellroy 'Jack Finney' Dean R. Koontz Ira Levin Richard Matheson Carl Sagan 'John Sandford' Dan Simmons F. Paul Wilson

Goofs:

Factual errors: The type of shotgun Harry gets is a double barrel shotgun, meaning that it can only hold 2 shells. Yet, once the shotgun is fully loaded, it can hold 6 shells.

Quotes:

Cybil Bennett: [passing Harry a handgun] Take this, and hope you don't have to use it.

Movie Connections:

Remade as Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (2009) (VG)

Good old-fashioned horror

What a kicker of a game, Silent Hill takes ideas from Rosemary's Baby, The Shining, and even a little Jacob's Ladder, and runs with it, making it the most horrifying game ever released, even topping Resident Evil 1. Harry Mason, the main character, decides to take his daughter Cheryl on a vacation. Harry is a writer and has just lost his wife to an unknown disease, and decides to take a break. While driving to Silent Hill, Harry is passed by a motorcycle cop in quite a hurry. The cop looks at him, and zooms off. Harry pays no mind until he sees the motorcycle wrecked a couple miles up the road, he quickly takes his eyes off the road to check out the wreck and spots someone walking across the road. Harry slams on the brakes and ends up wrecking... He wakes up in Silent Hill, his head is bashed a little bit, but other than that he's fine, except for the fact that Cheryl is missing... The game sends you on a hellish mission to find your daughter, with the help of Cybil, the motorcycle cop. Silent Hill turns out to be a nightmare town, full of evil creatures. This game screws with your head as Harry undergoes several sequences that makes it seem like he's trapped in hell. You fight several different creatures during this period like evil devil children and hellhounds. But it's all just a dream... isn't it? The music doesn't make the playing experience any easier on you, evil and ominous industrial music adds to the tension of yours and Harry's quest. Great graphics and great music, and great gameplay. Instead of screwing with your nerves like Resident Evil does, Silent Hill screws up your brain. Is this real? What is that creature? Who do I trust? The only beefs I have with this game is that it's short, and when you find out how to solve every puzzle, you can breeze through the game when you play it a second time. In my opinion, Hollywood should quit trying to come up with the right script for Resident Evil and should put their attention into Silent Hill. It's a much smarter and much more frightening game with a better script and a better plot... what's the main plot? Beats me, there is never an exact plot to begin with...