Return to Silent Hill

[rewak]

Teaser Trailer, only posted on Twitter for some reason.

[seamus11]

Originally Posted by rewak

Teaser Trailer, only posted on Twitter for some reason.

God, I'm so excited!

[joshsquash729]

Torn on this one. Watched the teaser trailer and the little first look thing the other day during the Silent Hill Transmission; been seeing a lot of comments that it looks like a big budget fan film, and I kiiiinda agree? At least in those beginning bathroom/outside scenes, it looks a little too bright and clean? Not sure if it's just the way they shot it or what, but it's missing that grit and grunge that the game had.

I quite liked the first Silent Hill film- I think it's still one of the better video game movie adaptations. You can tell Christophe Gans has a deep love for the series, and I hope it translates into this one as well. His interview in the SH Transmission has me hopeful- he mentioned that all the monsters are still practical and played by dancers. Didn't show them in costume, of course, but there were some really cool shots of the dancers doing some monster-y moves. If this can deliver what that first movie did- sorta B-level cheesy horror with some decent atmosphere, then I'll be happy. I just hope they feature more of the monsters this time around, and not the "greatest hits" version of the first movie, where you only see each one (apart from Pyramid Head) for a single scene.

[Zivouhr]

SILENT HILL 2 | Gameplay Trailer (4K:EN/ESRB) | KONAMI - YouTube

New trailer for Silent Hill 2.

Originally Posted by joshsquash729

Torn on this one. Watched the teaser trailer and the little first look thing the other day during the Silent Hill Transmission; been seeing a lot of comments that it looks like a big budget fan film, and I kiiiinda agree? At least in those beginning bathroom/outside scenes, it looks a little too bright and clean? Not sure if it's just the way they shot it or what, but it's missing that grit and grunge that the game had.

I quite liked the first Silent Hill film- I think it's still one of the better video game movie adaptations. You can tell Christophe Gans has a deep love for the series, and I hope it translates into this one as well. His interview in the SH Transmission has me hopeful- he mentioned that all the monsters are still practical and played by dancers. Didn't show them in costume, of course, but there were some really cool shots of the dancers doing some monster-y moves. If this can deliver what that first movie did- sorta B-level cheesy horror with some decent atmosphere, then I'll be happy. I just hope they feature more of the monsters this time around, and not the "greatest hits" version of the first movie, where you only see each one (apart from Pyramid Head) for a single scene.

The films, for some reasons, aren't scary at all IMO. They look really good and accurate to the game mostly, but the approach seems a bit too sanitized to be scary enough.

For example, in the first game, the opening with the demon babies hunting down the player in the caged area was alarming, with that brilliant horror soundscape playing. In the first movie by Gans, the demon babies which are apparently people in costumes and not CGI, aren't scary at all as they grab for Rahda Mitchell's dress and do no harm at all, then turn to cinders. How is that scary if they can't really hurt her and she just screams?

Then we get the Pyramid Head in the 2nd one, but he isn't a threat to the hero at all, and actually helps her. That's not scary. That's reassuring.

What was interesting was the scene with the evil guy in the bathroom stall crawling on the floor in the first film, and then in the 2nd, the Spider-Doll lady had some elements of horror, along with the demon attacking on the elevator.

I'll wait till they show the new trailer to see it (that twitter link above is gone already). But I'll be surprised if Gans can make this scary. The first two look creepy, but not scary IMO. I think the horror needs more time to build or something. Be more threatening for the main hero.

[Mikezilla3k]

Originally Posted by rewak

Teaser Trailer, only posted on Twitter for some reason.

It's impressive how not only it lacks the atmosphere of the game but also looks way cheaper than Revelations.

Seriously, people have been whining about SH2R botching the game yet the same people said this was gonna be good?

[Foggy]

Looks like a fan film.

[Zivouhr]

SILENT HILL 2 | Cast Interview | KONAMI - YouTube

Return to SILENT HILL Teaser Trailer (4K:EN) | KONAMI - YouTube

That xtwitter page says the content was removed and no longer exists.

[darkness2918]

Can’t wait for this.

[RandomMovieFan]

Why did they give Maria a shitty party city looking wig ew

[Mikezilla3k]

Originally Posted by RandomMovieFan

Why did they give Maria a shitty party city looking wig ew

I'd say the budget was 200 bucks but I know cosplayers who would look better even on a lower budget lol.

[rewak]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

That xtwitter page says the content was removed and no longer exists.

Here's a re-upload from YouTube

Return to Silent Hill | Teaser oficial – IGN Latinoamérica - YouTube

[RandomMovieFan]

Originally Posted by rewak

Here's a re-upload from YouTube

Return to Silent Hill | Teaser oficial – IGN Latinoamérica - YouTube

I love the original 2006 Silent hill but this looks horrible.

[AllOuttaBubbleGum]

Hopefully, some of the chintzier looking footage with get some additional grading, filtering or effects work. Some shots are more in keeping with Silent '06, so we'll see...

[Modren]

I expect this is a much lower budget production than the first film, maybe even in comparison to Revelation, which probably accounts for the cheaper look. I also don't think this has a distributor lined up yet?

[White Dang]

I'm sure console generation had something to do with it, but crystal clear digital was never a look of the first games. In fact, there was an option in the menu to turn the film grain off.

I don't know who to blame, the DP or the director. Definitely needs grimed up a bit.

[HipsterTrash]

I think it looks fine. Gans is obviously still going for a more dreamlike look.

[storythecorgi]

I think the teaser looks pretty good

[badfingerboogie]

Originally Posted by Mikezilla3k

It's impressive how not only it lacks the atmosphere of the game but also looks way cheaper than Revelations.

Seriously, people have been whining about SH2R botching the game yet the same people said this was gonna be good?

To be fair, both those things can also be true. If you ask me, they both look like pretty poor approximations of the source material, and are just further nails in the existant franchise coffin.

The least Konami could have done is announce a Silent Hill Master Collection so that we could get the older titles on new systems, but it looks like that's not on the radar.

[Modren]

Originally Posted by badfingerboogie

The least Konami could have done is announce a Silent Hill Master Collection so that we could get the older titles on new systems, but it looks like that's not on the radar.

The MGS Master Collection is basically just a repackaging of Bluepoint's old HD Collection on the 360/PS3. A Silent Hill equivalent would be based on the SH HD Collection from 2012, which... yeah, I wouldn't want that either. At least there's a good fan patch for SH2 on PC and emulation for SH1, 3&4.

[Resident Evil Labs]

Very excited for this, loved the first movie