Silent Hill (2006)
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Silent Hill is psychological horror film directed by Christophe Gans and written by Roger Avary, Gans, and Nicolas Boukhrief. The film is an adaptation of Konami’s 1999 video game Silent Hill. It stars Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger, Kim Coates, Tanya Allen, Alice Krige, and Jodelle Ferland. The film follows Rose, who takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill, for which Sharon cries while sleepwalking. Arriving at Silent Hill, Rose is involved in a car accident and awakens to find Sharon missing; while searching for her daughter, she fights a local cult while uncovering Sharon’s connection to the town’s dark past.
Development of Silent Hill began in the early 2000s. After attempting to gain the film rights to Silent Hill for five years, Gans sent a video interview to them explaining his plans for adapting Silent Hill and how important the games are to him. Konami awarded him the film rights as a result. Gans and Avary began working on the script in 2004. Avary used Centralia, Pennsylvania as an inspiration for the town. Filming began in February 2005 with an estimated $50 million budget and was shot on sound sets and on location in Canada.
Rose Da Silva and her husband Christopher are deeply disturbed by their adopted daughter Sharon’s constant sleepwalking and nightmares about Silent Hill, a town in West Virginia that was abandoned 30 years ago due to a massive coal seam fire. Against Christopher’s wishes, Rose takes Sharon on a trip to Silent Hill to find answers. Her erratic behaviour concerns police officer, Cybil Bennett. Rose flees from Cybil, but when a girl steps out into the road, Rose crashes and blacks out. Waking up some time later, Rose finds herself in the foggy dimension of Silent Hill and realizes that Sharon is missing.
Director: Christophe Gans
Writer: Roger Avary
Stars: Radha Mitchell, Laurie Holden, Sean Bean, Deborah Kara Unger, Kim Coates, Tanya Allen, Alice Krige
Cast:
| Radha Mitchell | … | Rose Da Silva |
| Sean Bean | … | Christopher Da Silva |
| Laurie Holden | … | Cybil Bennett |
| Deborah Kara Unger | … | Dahlia Gillespie |
| Kim Coates | … | Officer Thomas Gucci |
| Tanya Allen | … | Anna |
| Alice Krige | … | Christabella |
| 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 |
| Nadia Barosso | … | Dark Nurse |
| Noelle Boggio | … | Dark Nurse |
| Victoria Boland | … | Dark Nurse |
| Rhoslynne Bugay | … | Dark Nurse |
| Alicia Bundy | … | Dark Nurse |
| Carrie Eklund | … | Dark Nurse (as Carrie Clayton) |
| Rachel Crowther | … | Dark Nurse |
| Zsuzsanna Cseh | … | Dark Nurse (as Zsuzzana Cseh) |
| Judit Kovacs | … | Dark Nurse |
| Stephanie Lauder | … | Dark Nurse |
| Chantelle Leonardo | … | Dark Nurse |
| Onika Ndukwe | … | Dark Nurse (as Onika Nduke) |
| Kat Olsen | … | Dark Nurse |
| Melissa Panton | … | Dark Nurse |
| Sylwia Pluta | … | Dark Nurse |
| Lisa Shaw | … | Dark Nurse |
| Tamara Smeaton | … | Dark Nurse |
| Nicole Ann St. Hill | … | Dark Nurse (as Nicole-Ann St. Hill) |
| Samantha Hayes | … | School Girl (uncredited) |
| Victor Sutton | … | Undead man (uncredited) |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia