{"id":31548,"date":"2019-07-09T00:40:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T04:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=31548"},"modified":"2019-07-09T00:48:23","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T04:48:23","slug":"silent-hill-2006-collectors-edition-blu-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/09\/silent-hill-2006-collectors-edition-blu-ray\/","title":{"rendered":"Silent Hill (2006): Collector\u2019s Edition [Blu-Ray]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>There aren\u2019t many very good video game-to-movie adaptations out there, but \u201cSilent Hill\u201d manages to stray from the video game to movie curse by embracing what makes the classic games so entertaining while also telling its own tale. It\u2019s a shame that \u201cSilent Hill\u201d never became a full fledged horror movie franchise, as Christophe Gans\u2019 adaptation of the classic video game allows for a visually stunning horror thriller that spooks in all of the right places.<\/p>\n

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Unable to accept the fact that her daughter Sharon (Jodelle Ferland) is dying, Rose (Radha Mitchell) decides to take the girl to a faith healer. On the way there, the pair drive through a portal in reality, leading to an eerie mist soaked town called Silent Hill. The town is surrounded by a potent darkness, and there the human survivors fight a losing battle against it as it begins to evoke horrific supernatural enemies.<\/p>\n

\u201cSilent Hill\u201d is by no means a masterpiece, but it benefits by the wonderful cinematic prowess of Christophe Gans who injects the atmosphere with a sense of mystique. \u201cSilent Hill\u201d thrives on being horror, mystery, and noir and from beginning to end it evokes so much of those sub-genres. Everything about the film feels like an extraordinary pulp mystery with Sharon having to do everything she can to save her daughter from the clutches of death, all the while trying to solve the mystery of Silent Hill. Gans creates a visually beautiful film that looks like a moving painting. Rose and Sharon are stuck within this canvas, as the supernatural constantly manifest horrific demons, ghosts, and even iconic phantoms like Pyramid Head, and the Dark Nurses.<\/p>\n

Gans injects mystery in place of pure horror more times than not, giving character Rose a chance to rest the moment she\u2019s dropped in to Silent Hill. At its core, \u201cSilent Hill\u201d is a supernatural neo-noir revolving around Rose\u2019s quest to decode the mystery of the town. There\u2019s a great cast with Jodelle Ferland and Radha Mitchell, along with Sean Bean as the suffering spouse of Rose. There\u2019s also a great supporting turn from Laurie Holden, as well as Kim Coates, and Deborah Kara Unger. \u201cSilent Hill\u201d is about as close to great as a video game movie can get, as it stays true to the video game\u2019s vision and brings the compelling thriller to life for a broader audience. It\u2019s too bad we never saw another film of this ilk.<\/p>\n

The new edition from Shout Factory contains two discs with one including mainly the film, while disc two is primarily special features. Disc One includes an audio commentary with cinematographer Dan Laustsen<\/strong>, along with the original theatrical trailer<\/strong>. There\u2019s an extensive twenty six interview with director Christophe Gans<\/strong> who discusses his personal touches toward the film, and his attempt to keep the game\u2019s feel and atmosphere. There\u2019s a fonder appreciation that comes with Gans speaking in so much detail. There\u2019s the twenty six minute \u201cThe Origin of Silence,\u201d<\/strong> and the twenty one minute \u201cAdapting a True Work of Art.\u201d<\/strong> There\u2019s the twenty four minute \u201cDelivering a Nightmare,\u201d<\/strong> and the twenty six minute \u201cA Tale of Two Jodelles,\u201d<\/strong> an interview with actress Jodelle Ferland who discusses in depth her career and her work on commercials. She\u2019s very engaging to watch. \u201cDance of the Pyramid\u201d<\/strong> is a thirty six minute interview with actor Roberto Campanella who discusses how Gans influenced his work on the film, and how he incorporated his career in dance in to his work.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a great Interview With Makeup-Effects Artist Paul Jones <\/strong>who discusses his history with effects, how he came in to the profession, his original work, and his work on the film going from scene to scene and monster to monster. There\u2019s the thirty minute \u201cMonster Man,\u201d <\/strong>and the twenty five minute peek in to the movie called \u201cSilent Hill.\u201d <\/strong>There\u2019s \u201cPaths of Darkness: The Making of Silent Hill\u201d <\/strong>which was not included in the Blu-Ray edition from 2006. Among the many short segments is the nine minutes Origins<\/strong>, <\/strong>the ten minute long Casting<\/strong>, <\/strong>the ten minute long Set Design<\/strong>, <\/strong>the eight minutes Stars And Stunts<\/strong>, <\/strong>the twelve minutes Creatures Unleashed<\/strong>, <\/strong>and the eleven minutes Creature Choreography.<\/strong> The fourteen minutes On the Set Vintage Featurette <\/strong>is an older EPK with interviews not yet seen on previous releases. The five minute Around the Film Vintage Featurette<\/strong> is another EPK that discusses the town, the setting, and the character motivations. Finally there are two HD photo galleries.<\/strong><\/p>\n