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:

Famous Opening Theme | Multiple Ending Game | 1980s | Good Versus Evil | Acid

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)

Directed by
Keiichiro Toyama

Produced by
Gozo Kitao	....	producer
Makoto Yano	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Akira Yamaoka

Art Department
Masahiro Ito	....	monster designer
Naoko Sato	....	monster designer

Sound Department
AKT	....	sound programmer
Scott Greiner	....	sound engineer
Akira Yamaoka	....	sound director

Visual Effects by
Takayoshi Sato	....	CGI creator

Animation Department
Takayuki Ando	....	background designer
Masahiro Ito	....	background designer
Kazuyuki Kaihou	....	background designer (as Kazuyuki Kaiho)
Mihoko Kimura	....	background designer
Soichiro Kitai	....	background designer
Tomohisa Koike	....	background designer
Takamitsu Nemoto	....	background designer
Takayoshi Sato	....	character designer
Isao Takahashi	....	background designer
Keiichiro Toyama	....	background designer
Masashi Tsuboyama	....	background designer
Tatsuto Yabe	....	background designer

Music Department
Daniel Monteverdo	....	song translator: "Esperandote"
Rika Muranaka	....	music arranger: "Esperandote"
Rika Muranaka	....	song producer: "Esperandote"
Omar Valente	....	music arranger: "Esperandote"

Other crew
Takayuki Ando	....	motion and story demo designer
Kenichiro Imaizumi	....	digital technician
Akihiro Imamura	....	programmer: game system
Harry Inaba	....	English voice recording director
Harry Inaba	....	senior product coordinator
Taro Miyake	....	publicist
Yuki Mizouchi	....	character system programmer
Kanako Nakahara	....	publicist
Daisuke Nakayama	....	package designer
Kazumasa Ogiso	....	programmer: enemy
Naoto Ohshima	....	programmer: graphic system (as Naoto Oshima)
Hiroyuki Owaku	....	event programmer
Hiroyuki Owaku	....	programmer: enemy
Aki Saito	....	product coordinator
Naoko Sato	....	motion and story demo designer
Kazutoshi Sugai	....	programmer: enemy
Shigeyuki Tamura	....	publicist
Masashi Tsuboyama	....	motion and story demo designer
Tatsuhiko Urushibara	....	play checker

Production Companies

• Konami Computer Entertainment

Distributors

• Konami Corporation (1999) (Japan) (all media) (PlayStation)
• Konami of America (1999) (USA) (all media) (PlayStation)
• Konami of Europe (1999) (UK) (all media) (PlayStation)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:M

Company:

Konami Computer Entertainment

Trivia:

The names on the school's faculty list - K. Gordon, T. Moore and L. Ranaldo - are Sonic Youth members 'Kim Gordon' , Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo.

Quotes:

Harry Mason: Huh? Radio? What's going on with that radio?

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Silent Horror (2005) (V)

Scariest Game I've Ever Played!

Silent Hill is a cross between King's "The Mist" and Barker's "Hellraiser". And it makes excellent use of both. From the very first moments of the game, you are truly scared. There were so many parts where I was like, "Oh no, I don't want to go out there." There was into the foggy streets, on foot, all alone, and there are monsters out there. EEEEK! I've been into horror my whole life and this game totally freaked me out. I think the Hospital area was one of the scariest. Just wait till you have to go into the hospital basement. And you just know you have to go in the morgue, too. Really scary. This is the best horror game I have ever played. It beats Resident Evil hands down. If you love horror games, this one is the best.