Silent Hill: Restless Dreams

There isn’t much to add what MonsterCow said. He hit the nail on the head. This is a far superior version to the original release. While still not a scary film it is much more fluid and intelligible.

With that said my only gripe is the “blue ending”. Without trying to spoil anything I didn’t much care for it. Aztek mentions this is for those who are familiar with the game, and that it’s open for interpretation, but this sort of ending in any movie (or book, or television show, or game) is a cop-out. But thankfully there is the “grey ending” which, to me, is more satisfying.

Entertainment: 9
Picture: 8
Sound:10
Overall: 9

Mostly really solid. I'm more familiar with SH2 but regardless this edit tells a pretty simple but effective story. I think it adds more Yamaoka score but I could be wrong. Only real issue with the edit is one kinda jarring cut to Cybil looking at a hotel key and saying "a hotel". Also the flashback stuff is a bit jarring but yeah it's still well done. The quality is a bit compressed, there's some audio peaking and the video is fuzzy but it's not a dealbreaker. Overall this is a great edit and was even enjoyed by someone I showed it to who'd never played the games, so mission accomplished.

This is the first fanedit I have watched before seeing the original film. I am vaguely familiar with the Silent Hill franchise, but even though I am a horror fan, I missed this when it came out. So...seeing this edit blind, I can say I really enjoyed this film experience. It was like Fantasia, but in the horror genre. There is a lot of really weird, unexplainable stuff that goes on. This is good. It almost never happens that one can sit back and just let their draw drop. I'll have to watch my DVD of the original now; I hope I will not be disappointed.