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)

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 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.

Goofs:

Continuity: Both Dahlia and Kauffmann disappear completely during the final boss fight.

Quotes:

Dr. Kaufmann: What do you think you're doing? You want to get yourself killed, get out of here!
Harry Mason: Okay, Take it easy!
Dr. Kaufmann: Unless you want to die, keep your mind on business, Got It?

Movie Connections:

References The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

Every town has its secrets, some are just darker than others...

Silent Hill is by far the creepiest and most disturbing video game ever to grace a gaming consol. Taking you deep into the abandoned Town, the game uses amazing lighting effects and frightening sounds to play on the gamers nerve. Whether it be a sudden crashing noise, the quiet eerie sound of static, the ring of sirens, or the simple sounds of a creaking old house, Silent hill manages to find any way possible to scare the gamer... and it does it in a big way.

The story follows Harry Mason as he is driving to the resort town of Silent Hill with his daughter Cheryl for vacation. Late during a mysterious woman jumps out in front of the car, causing Harry to panic and veer offroad. His car slams into the side of a big tree, knocking him out in the process. When Harry awakens a thick fog lingers about him and his daughter Cheryl is missing. Scared and confused he stumbles about, entering the town of Silent Hill.

Everything about his game is brilliant. Instead of being a typical zombie blasting, monster smashing horror game, Silent Hill focuses on the little, more disturbing things. Take for example the most simplistic chill of the game. Harry is standing in the derelict school when a toy phone rings, picking it up he hears his daughter Cheryl crying and pleading to him on the other end of the phone. While it may sound dumb in writting, when actually viewing the sequence, you cant help but shudder at the thought of what may be happening to her. In your explorations you will come across six key lcations: the School, the Hospital, the Church, the Docks, the Amusement Park, and the Sewers, all of which have their own horrifing secrets. I myself got most creeped out in the Sewers. Imagine yourself trudging through a disgusting tunnels in pure darkness, when all around you hear is gurgling noise of a creature and your own heartbeat. And at any moment it may attack you. But from where? You can barely see anything. Belive me when I say I nearly jumped out of my skin every time a creature jumped out or sewer grating dropped out from beneath my feet.

If your looking for a REALLY good scare, rent Silent Hill, turn off all the lights, and cuddle your favorite teddy bear. It is THE best survival-horror game ever. Every town has its secrets, some are just darker than others...