and that all that you said means what? the dimension silent hill works around? first off noone really know that but the ppl who made the games. in almost all silent hills games with the exeption of 1 and 3 silent hill itself is changer new aspect to the story is added.and unlike you im not gonna say "im not gonna tell you go play the game." that a cheap answer. if we are wrong please tell us why.
part 1 and the movie.
Both the movie and the first game are grounded in the premise that a young girl (Alessa), was badly burned and her torment manifested by twisting the reality of Silent Hill into the nightmarish reality portrayed in the movie.
In the games, the reason behind her burning was that it was part of the ceremony used by the mysterious cult in Silent Hill to bring about the rebirth of their god, who Alessa would be the mother of. Dahlia is directly responsible for willfully burning her daughter. Alessa actually survives the burning and lives on in an unhealing state, induced by Dahlia and a fellow cult member who is a doctor. Though not stated outright, it's implied that the combination of her torment, the natural power she posesses as the 'mother of god' and some rare, powerful drug produced in Silent Hill combine to allow her nightmares to twist reality.
There are four possible endings in the orignal game, and my impression is that the movie has an ending that would be seen as the 'bad' ending from the game. Cybil is posessed and you're forced to kill her, and Alessa becomes posessed by the 'god' that she births and you're forced to kill her as well. Despaired over his loss, Harry does not esape the hell of Silent Hill, and the game ends on a shot of Harry dead behind the wheel of his car. The parallel I'd draw here is that Cybil is obviously killed, and Rose does not really save her daughter, but just helps Alessa get her revenge.
The best ending is Cybil survives, the 'god' that Alessa gives birth to is prevented from posessing her, and can be killed safely, letting Alessa 'reincarnate' one more time as a baby, which Harry and Cybil take with them away from Silent Hill. The best ending leads to the sequel, Silent Hill 3, where the daughter is now older and the cult is trying again to have her give birth to their god. The implication is that Harry definitely survived his experience in Silent Hill, and is back in the 'real world'.
Silent Hill 2 and 4 are set in or tied to Silent Hill, but are not directly tied to the story in 1 and 3. However, a lot of the monsters from 2 were used in the movie. In 2, the idea is that Silent Hill's power goes beyond Alessa's condition. The place has the power to manifest a person's inner demons, with a lot of the monsters being symbollic of the main character's guilt over his relationship with his wife. in part 2 new aspect of the game come into play, there no allyssan yet silent hill still has both the real the foggy and the outworld the 3 realms mention ealier.
then part 4 introduces a new aspect to the entire story line. the main character in silent hill 4 henry lives in South Ashfield, a town half a day's drive away from Silent Hill. in this game we get to see a diff spin on the entire allyssan thing with a serial killer name walter who he himself has the same dimension creating ability as allyssan. which once again give prove to the entire diff dimensions. in this game you also start to notice the influence of silent hill itself on the out side world. which now changes the entire concept of the game. in part 4 you dont even have to be in silent hill to be consume by it evil.The themes in the 4th game are very tightly tied to motherhood and birth, in the way that the 2nd is tied to masochism.
so saying go play atleats the first 1 is a dumb comment the movie itself is base on all aspect of silent hill. they involve alot of the demons and concepts from part 2 and when PH come out and touches the wall that red stuff thingy that spread about that taken diretly from part 4. the only game which doesnt really influnce the movie much is part 3.
like i said earlier what make silent hill story line so great is that silent hill itself is still a mystery. yes we do learn something about the town but then, it completly changes/new info is giving out which explain pass event but bring about lot of new possiblity's. the games are 1 of my fav because that fact it leave alot of room for your own interpretation of what going on and so forth.
