Rose (Radha Mitchell) and her husband Christopher (Sean Bean) have a newly-adopted daughter named Sharon (Jodelle Ferland) who is having nightmares about a place called Silent Hill, which she calls out in her sleep but can’t remember upon awakening. Going against her husband’s wishes, Rose drives Sharon to this mysterious place in the hope of ridding her of the nightmares once and for all. After a car accident, Rose wakes up to find Sharon missing and pursues her into the fog-laden town of Silent Hill, followed closely by a concerned police officer (Laurie Holden). Soon they discover a dead town, covered in ash and full of monsters who come out after nightfall, as well as a cult with a sinister past, lead by a pious woman (Alice Krige). As for extras, this release comes loaded with a mix of old and new material, covering the making of the film from many members of the cast and crew. Disc One features a new audio commentary with cinematographer Dan Laustsen, moderated by Justin Beahm, and the film’s theatrical trailer, presented in HD. Disc Two features a series of new interviews by Reverend Entertainment, including a 72-minute interview with director Christophe Gans split into 3 parts: The Origin of Silence, Adapting a True Work of Art, and Delivering a Nightmare; A Tale of Two Jodelles, a 26-minute interview with actress Jodelle Ferland; Dance of the Pyramid, a 37-minute interview with actor Roberto Campanella; and a 57-minute interview with makeup effects artist Paul Jones split into 2 parts: Monster Man and Silent Hill. Also included is Path of Darkness: Making Silent Hill, a vintage 62-minute documentary in 6 separate parts ( Origins, Casting, Set Design, Stars and Stunts, Creatures Unleashed, Creature Choreography); the 15-minute On Set vintage featurette; the 5-minute Around the Film vintage featurette; an animated photo gallery featuring 92 promotional stills and behind-the-scenes photos; and an animated poster gallery featuring 43 posters from around the world. For you completists, it’s worth noting that several overseas DVD and Blu-ray releases have additional bonus materials that are not included here, including additional audio commentaries, interviews, trailers, and TV spots. For more about Silent Hill and the Silent Hill Blu-ray release, see Silent Hill Blu-ray Review published by Brian Orndorf on June 30, 2019 where this Blu-ray release scored 4.5 out of 5. Depth: This film has its moments with some deep establishing shots and wide camera movements. Most of the time though its pretty solid with smooth movements and no distortion issues with rapid action scenes. Two photo galleries provide a look at the marketing campaign. The first contains publicity shots and promotional stills while the second offers a selection of international poster art.

Dance of the Pyramid" (36:34, HD) chats with movement coordinator Roberto Campanella, who recounts his troubled there's never any doubt that the director's sense of visual storytelling is a tremendous benefit to performance, getting into the business with help from her mother at the tender age of two. Commercial work helped her with experience, also using Path to Darkness" (SD) is the original 2006 making-of for "Silent Hill," divided into "Origins" (8:53), "Casting" (10:15),

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Art" (21:21), Gans discusses his mission to interact with the fan base, working very hard to make a proper adaptation, but also remaining Path of Darkness: Making Silent Hill is a vintage documentary in six parts, which was created for the film’s original DVD release in 2006. The interviews are made up mostly of EPK material, but there’s plenty of interviews with the film’s cast and crew, as well as behind-the-scenes footage. The Making of Silent Hill (labeled as On Set on all releases, including this one) was produced for the French DVD release and covers much of the same ground. Around the Film is similar, but much, much shorter. Last, but not least, is the US theatrical trailer. Silent Hill." Gans recalls his first interactions with the Playstation and "Silent Hill" the game, with the self-proclaimed "pop culture freak" delighted Another vintage EPK titled Around the Film (5 minutes) provides a behind-the-scenes look at the set design and includes interviews with the producers and cinematographer.

turned to surrealist paintings to define the look of the feature. In "Delivering a Nightmare" (24:50), the director admits he went out of his

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her Canadian upbringing to secure jobs in Vancouver. Ferland discusses her delight with scary movie role, while her casting in "Silent Hill" wasn't Silent Hill Blu-ray delivers great video and reference-quality audio in this exceptional Blu-ray release permission to make "Silent Hill," beating the Weinsteins and Tom Cruise by using his fandom to charm the rights holder. In "Adapting a True his cameo (as a miner), first impressions of the film, time on the sequel, and advice to his younger self are also included.

Silent Hill is a strong piece of filmmaking from a visually-driven director that, while not containing the most interesting story, excels aesthetically. Whether that makes it one of the best video game adaptations is up for debate, but Scream Factory’s Collector’s Edition Blu-ray release certainly gives the film a more welcome presence on disc in the U.S.