Silent Hill (1999) (VG)

User Rating:

9.4/10   

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)

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:

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:

Lisa Garland: I get it now. Why I'm still alive even though everyone else is dead. I'm not the only one who's still walking around. I'm the same as them! I just hadn't noticed it before.
Harry Mason: Lisa?
Lisa Garland: Stay by me Harry please! I'm so scared. Help me. Save me from them...

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#22.3)" (1999)

Awesome, even though I don't play many video games

With movie companies wanting to turn games into celluloid, why can't they do it for games that deserve such a distinction. Tomb Raider, Super Mario Brothers and what not were horrible. The industry finally got it right when they made Resident Evil. So now its time to give Silent Hill its due.

As for the game, it was one of the few that ever got my heart racing. The music added so much atmosphere to the game, and the never ending stream of bad guys made my skin crawl a few times. When I get the Playstation 2, I'm going to purchase Silent Hill 2. I highly recommend this game, and its best you get yourself the players guide.