# Is any one else excited about the Silent Hill Movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-any-one-else-excited-about-the-silent-hill-movie/346701 "2006-03-02T00:46:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-any-one-else-excited-about-the-silent-hill-movie/346701/21 "2006-03-04T06:48:56Z")
An enormous “whoosh” is heard over Scott’s head. He hops backwards, hopping it is not one of those flying creatures. :smack: It’s been a while. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-any-one-else-excited-about-the-silent-hill-movie/346701/22 "2006-03-04T09:55:46Z")
I wonder if there’s going to be elements from SH3 in it. It would be really cool to see the lead character hiss, “Sexy!” and blast the monsters with killer eye beams. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-any-one-else-excited-about-the-silent-hill-movie/346701/23 "2006-03-04T23:05:30Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > Indeed I did. I actually bought a Playstation just to play it (since the PSX + game cost $40 at the time, it was like buying a game at regular price). Scariest game I’ve ever played. Enough that I nearly didn’t finish it. > > I was just quoting Harry’s line. Speaking of which, I really hope that at least once someone says, “Have you seen a little girl around here? Short, black hair, around seven years old?” Nono. I’m really hoping for Daliah at her best… “It was foretold… By _gyromancy_!” ---
**Author:** ![St\_Ides](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@St\_Ides](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St_Ides)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-any-one-else-excited-about-the-silent-hill-movie/346701/24 "2006-03-04T23:36:49Z")
I rented Silent Hill. Once. I must’ve been… 15 maybe? Played it at night. Alone. In the basement. I made it to the school(?) and went in to some… Parallel place… Where the phone rang and the daughter’s voice was on the other side. That scared me enough that I put down the controller and walked away… Something I’ve never, ever done before (or afteR) I don’t think any movie, book or video game has induced the same fear that Silent Hill did. ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-any-one-else-excited-about-the-silent-hill-movie/346701/25 "2006-03-05T03:16:09Z")
I can’t wait to see this movie. The trailer looks awesome… you forgot to mention **grates** and I could’ve sworn I heard some radio static in there. > [@Akira Yamaoka in the interview](#): > > I never dreamed in my wildest dreams that Silent Hill would ever become a feature film, so I must say that I’m extremely grateful for the chance to work on this incredible project. Never? Good god, some of us have been expecting this for years! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-any-one-else-excited-about-the-silent-hill-movie/346701/26 "2006-03-05T03:26:31Z")
How much of the dialog consists of “Have you seen my little girl? Short, black hair. Just turned seven.” I don’t know if it’s possible for a movie to be as scary as the game. I refused to play it if I was alone at home at night. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-any-one-else-excited-about-the-silent-hill-movie/346701/27 "2006-03-05T03:32:09Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > Indeed I did. I actually bought a Playstation just to play it (since the PSX + game cost $40 at the time, it was like buying a game at regular price). Scariest game I’ve ever played. Enough that I nearly didn’t finish it. > > I was just quoting Harry’s line. Speaking of which, I really hope that at least once someone says, “Have you seen a little girl around here? Short, black hair, around seven years old?” I swear I read the thread before I posted. Just not as closely as I thought. ---
**Author:** ![Azadeh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cab0a1/32.png) [@Azadeh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azadeh)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-any-one-else-excited-about-the-silent-hill-movie/346701/28 "2006-03-05T12:11:20Z")
Since it’s the “mother” in this case, then they can’t have the Good+ ending in which Harry and Cybil “adopt” the infant, who will then become Heather of SH3 I don’t like how they’ve altered the plot - a mother/daughter relationship is very different from father/daughter, or at least I thought that to be a specific point of the first game. It puts a whole different take on the protagonist. More griping: Also, is it just me or does Pyramid Head have an apron made of human skin for some reason? And there’s too. many. freaking. people. Dahlia looks a little too… wild. But that said, I still think there’s a lot of potential (particularly with the visuals, which look spot on) and I hope it turns out that I’m just nitpicking. I have the Halo of the Sun tattooed quite prominently on my body, if that tells you anything about how deeply I feel about SH. I wonder if they’ll keep in the street name references? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2006, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-any-one-else-excited-about-the-silent-hill-movie/346701/29 "2006-03-12T04:50:28Z")
I’m looking forward to it. It looks light it might be reasonably eerie, and it’s the type of game I’d play if I could maneuver through the levels (I’m crap at it, sadly). It doesn’t hurt that the daughter is one of my favorite child stars too, one who has already established herself as being able to play “that sort of creepy kid” in both Kingdom Hospital and Smallville. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-any-one-else-excited-about-the-silent-hill-movie/346701.md?page=1)