Scream Factory is releasing a Collector’s Edition Blu-ray on July 9, 2019. New artwork by Devon Whitehead adorns the front cover, while the original artwork will be on the other side.
Special features:
Disc One:
- HD Master Approved By Director Christophe Gans
- New Audio Commentary With Cinematographer Dan Laustsen
- Theatrical Trailer
Disc Two:
- New Interview With Director Christophe Gans
- New A Tale Of Two Jodelles – An Interview With Actress Jodelle Ferland
- New Dance Of The Pyramid – An Interview With Actor Roberto Campanella
- New Interview With Makeup-Effects Artist Paul Jones
- Path Of Darkness: The Making of Silent Hill – A Six-Part Documentary
- The Making Of Silent Hill Vintage Featurette
- On Set Interviews And Behind-The-Scenes Footage
- Photo Galleries – Still Photos And Posters
‘We’ve been expecting you.’
Silent Hill is a 2006 French-Canadian horror feature film directed by Christophe Gans (Brotherhood of the Wolf; Necronomicon ‘Part #1: The Drawned’) from a screenplay written by Roger Avary (Mr. Stitch), adapted from Konami’s 1999 video game of the same name. The Davis Films-Konami production stars Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden and Deborah Kara Unger.
Plot:
Following Sharon’s continuous sleepwalking episodes, Rose Da Silva (Radha Mitchell) takes her young daughter to the place only mentioned in her restless dreams: Silent Hill. However, Rose creates a high-speed chase between herself and a female cop that ends in a crash for them both.
When she wakes up, Sharon has disappeared and Rose is at the entrance to the deserted, dream-like town of Silent Hill. Rose is led on a blind search for her beloved daughter and begins to uncover the truth behind the apocalyptic disaster that burned the town thirty years earlier…
Reviews:
“A few of the images are startling, but as Radha Mitchell (a good actress) wanders through a ghost town, searching for her lost daughter as though she was touring an abandoned movie set, Silent Hill is mostly paralyzing in its vagueness.” Entertainment Weekly
” …this entire film is downright confusing and not in an intriguing way […] the best-looking bad film I’ve ever seen.” Film Threat
“It begins as a quest, develops into a ghost-town mystery, devolves into a preposterous cautionary tale about witchcraft and religious fundamentalism, and wraps up like the outrageously overwrought fantasy of a movie nerd obsessed with horror…” The New York Times
“With a running time 30 minutes shorter and a less baffling storyline, Silent Hill might have been a real winner. One can forgive the cheesy dialogue – this is, after all, not Shakespeare – and the predictably gory climax.” Reel Views
Cast and characters:
- Radha Mitchell … Rose Da Silva – The Darkness; Sacrifice; The Crazies; Rogue; Pitch Black
- Sean Bean … Christopher Da Silva – Feral; The Frankenstein Chronicles TV series; Silent Hill: Revelation; Black Death; The Hitcher 2007; The Dark 2005
- Laurie Holden … Cybil Bennett – Pyewacket; The Mist
- Deborah Kara Unger … Dahlia Gillespie – Jackals; The Hollow; Silent Hill: Revelation
- Kim Coates … Officer Thomas Gucci – Ghost Wars TV series; Skinwalkers; The Amityville Curse
- Tanya Allen … Anna
- Alice Krige … Christabella – The Little Vampire 3D; Sleepwalkers; Ghost Story
- Jodelle Ferland … Sharon / Alessa
- Colleen Williams … Archivist
- Ron Gabriel … Old Mechanic
- Eve Crawford … Sister Margaret
- Derek Ritschel … Young Police Officer
- Amanda Hiebert … Gas Attendant
- Nicky Guadagni … Distressed Woman
- Maxine Dumont … Christabella’s Aide
- Chris Britton … Adam
- Stephen R. Hart … Elder
- Simon Richards … Elder
- Ian White … Elder
- Elizabeth Harpur … Congregation
- Janet Land … Congregation
- Florence MacGregor … Congregation
- Lynn Woodman … Congregation
- Hannah Fleming … School Girl
- Holly Makarchuk … School Girl
- Tatiana Haas … School Girl
- Roberto Campanella … Red Pyramid / Janitor / Colin
- Michael Cota … Armless Man
- Yvonne Ng … Grey Child
- Lorry Ayers … Scarred Older Alessa
- Emily Lineham … Red Nurse / Dark Nurse
- Donna Milburn … Slashing Dark Nurse
Filming locations:
Shot from February 2005 on sound sets and on location in Brantford and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Technical details:
125 minutes
Release:
Silent Hill was released on April 21, 2006, and grossed $97.6 million worldwide on an estimated $50 million budget.
Sequel:
Silent Hill: Revelation was released on October 26, 2012.
