In a scene earlier in the movie, Alessa's real mother says "Into the fire she swallowed their hate." and I knew from then on that something really bad happened to the little girl, so I was prepared for this scene.
i swear i give a lot of props to whoever played the little girl. She is so good at playing an innocent scared sad little girl n that scream was so chilling when she was getting burned.
To add to this, even though it’s been 2 years! That’s the reason that the cop, who was revealed to be the cop who helps Sharon’s dad later on in the movie, didn’t end up being in the Otherworld.
I felt sick to my stomach watching this scene as a child, and I still do. Child rape is the vilest and most cruel acts. As a man that I am now, I still am filled with rage.
Then she was burned alive. This little girl suffered a lot of pain in her short little life. She didn't deserve it what so ever. I can't blame her for the hatred that grew inside of her. I also know it's fiction, but it still is heartbreaking.
Shizz Bizz I missed the part where she was raped, was that the extremely short scene before they burned her? I played the game when I was younger on PlayStation and I've watched this movie many times.
Dahlia wasn't the worst mother of all time but you have a point. She failed at the most important task for a mother. But Christabella manipulated her. Dahlia thought that Christabella would help Alessa but she never realized that her own sister could hurt her only daughter. At the hotel when Dahlia realized she was tricked what could she do? Fight with the cultists? She was alone and outnumbered. They could easily beat her if she tried to do stop them by herself. And who helps people in trouble if not the police? She run quickly as she could to get help but I doubt that the officers believed her when she told them about the situation at the first place. That's why she arrived too late to the scene. Look at her. She just crumpled on the floor and was devastated at the sight of burned Alessa. Also, at the end of the film, Dahlia survives the massacre in the church. Rose tells her that Dahlia is still mother of Alessa and even after all suffering she experienced, Alessa still loves her mother and doesn't blame her.
Remember when rose was in the bathroom? And then it transform into a hellish place? Well that person coming out of the bathroom stall room was Colin. Alessa punished Colin for raping her, he's not the pyramid head. The pyramid head was created as a executioner ( I think that's how you spell it) and a guardian for alessa.
Surviving burn trauma to the extent that Alessa had is rare, though plausible. Septicaemia and disseminated intravascular coagulation are the primary causes of fatality in a majority of cases. Dark Alessa has to be one of the coolest characters ever conjured.
This scene makes me a little sick to watch. The insinuations of rape is bad, but what really makes me uneasy is the part where they're burning her. It's very satisfying to see what happens to the cult leader at the end.
@@aaron75fy it doesn't exactly do that. It presents Alessa as a innocent child that was corrupted by other evil people, like Colin and Christabella. The evil from them replicates and goes to Alessa, she was absolutely fused with hate after that. And the hate in her changed the world, because a demon helped her (Dark Alessa).
@@karinano1stan and that's why Christoph Gans should not have touched this game. he doesn't understand the town and he certainly doesn't understand Alessa
After watching this movie almost 10 years ago I think I finally understand alessa’s backstory. What I gathered (and some of this is assumed) is alessa’s mother had an affair with a married man, wishing to keep his identity secret she does not name him. Bc of this people in the occult kept rumors about alessa and her mother, speaking of those rumors around their children, which would explain why she was bullied at school for it, the kids heard the adults speak in metaphors (I presume) of alessa being the sin of her mother, and heard it as literal, which would also explain why she was bullied for being a witch or the spawn of evil. Being as alessa’s mother is the sister of the the headmistress of the occult, christabella wanted to eradicate of dahlia’s sin to hide shame of the family, and to my understanding explains why dahlia was not punished for committing adultery but instead her 9 year old daughter. So far this is what I think, but it doesn’t quite explain why dahlia followed them with alessa to the place where they “restore innocence”. But I think this also means dahlia knows what christabella has been doing, bc she knew what was going to happen to alessa hence her getting help. Dahlia’s mistakes, being coerced by her sister, and also the guilt she felt for conceiving alessa, makes sense to her hesitation. And also describes why dahlia is in purgatory. (This excludes any info from the game, just this film, and definitely not revelation)
I think Dahlia didn't fully understand was they were going to do. After Alessa got assaulted Christabella said they will restore her purity which sounds like they were trying to help. It wasn't until Christabella told Dahlia to leave Alessa with them saying "we fight the sin not there sinner". That made Dahlia realize that they see her as the sinner and Alessa as the sin. That's when it dawned on Dahlia on what they were really doing. Unfortunately it was too late
This makes me wanna cry... I'm actually a strong person, but seeing that makes me angry and sad... She was so sweet and innocent... She didn't deserve that! Its just wrong... Fuck those cultists judging her, calling her a "Witch"... Its people like that, thay makes this world so fucking horrible! I smiled when Alessa got her sweet revenge at the end of the movie
I still think this is the best adaptation of a video game. It kept the core of the first game, but changed it for a casual audience to understand. The second film was dogshit in comparison.
@@rickmurphy4831 Not really. This is one of the better adaptations. Super Mario Brothers, Street Fighter, Dead or Alive, Both Hitman movies, most of those live action Resident Evil films are worse.
The second film had some interesting elements, but it looked cheaper, and it retconned most of the first film as though it essentially didn't happen, which I found confusing and frustrating. I thought Adelaide Clemens was pretty good though. She was clearly trying her best with material that was not great
@@thegreenmanofnorwich That's because the writer of Silent Hill 1 Roger Avery was arrested for vehicular manslaughter due to DUI. That's why the story of part 2 was messed up. Also for some reason the original director Christopher Gans didn't want to direct because of "other projects". It's a shame because this could've been a franchise.
This was an actually pretty good way to get casual people interested in Silent Hill. But damn... this story is already dark and creepy, and the story of the original game is way darker and creepier by far. It's amazing.
The first time I had watched this movie the one question that kept running though my head was: 'whatever is controlling the creatures and environmental shifts is really PISSED, what happened to cause such animosity and vindictivness?' Then Alessa's backstory was presented; what that child was put through was horrible, how she was treated in such cruel fashion, Alessa had every justifiable right to be resentful.
People watch this film as a horror film but the theme is child abuse and in this case extremely dark sociological results! The film director said the dark world and it's 'occupants' is how things became known to Allessa
As a big sister, a godmother, a baby sitter, a nanny, and hopefully one day a mother (as well as a hardcore empath), this scene is SUPER freaking painful to watch 😢 This movie has two of my biggest triggers and fears in it...death/torture by fire, and hurting an innocent child in one of the most cruel, painful manners possible. Absolutely sadistic...I know it’s just a movie and that it’s different from the games...but it’s still hard to stomach when you realize that there were and still are people out there in the world who lack conviction and compassion, and have used terrible methods like these to hurt other people. Yet despite all of that, I still think this movie was so well done and is strangely bewitching. I can’t stop thinking about it; kinda weird huh? Something with terrifying and disturbing scenes also happens to be strangely enchanting. I love the music and the overall aesthetic, and oh my gosh I want to rescue and protect Alessa from anymore harm. The first time I saw this film, my friend didn’t warn me about my two biggest triggers being in here, and I actually threw up during this scene and had to run out of the room during Cybil’s demise, Ugh...sorry, I know this is a novel and not necessarily super important 😅 but I felt like I needed to process my thoughts and feelings about this scene somewhere. It’s weighed heavily on my heart for a loooong time. It definitely helps make the movie easier to stomach, when watching the behind the scenes footage with all the wonderful actors and people involved. Sounds like they all had a fun time making it and enjoyed being together ☺️❤️ Wonderful acting! Awesome job 👏🏻🎶
I watched it back in 2011 when I was 8 years old and I was in my second year of school, this scene resonated a lot with the 8 year old kid that I was because I was getting bullied at school too and it was hellish, worst part about it is that even the teachers bullied me and I suffered from domestic violence at home it was horrible and I vividly remember those days, I remember when I saw the movie I knew just how Alessa must have felt.
Psychopathic mother obssessed with God's rebirth through her daughter's teenage womb was probably too much for American audience so they flipped the story to less bizzare one. Still good though.
Sincere Thomas I mean that original story written by Japanese writers for original trilogy was "slightly" different and much more interesting than the one presented in the movies. It was altered probably for the fact it would be too much controverse for western audience.
Can I share my interpretation? When I first saw this in high school (before I knew the games existed and long before I had played any of them), I always thought Christibella wanted to kill Allessa because she was born out of wedlock, not because she thought she was a witch or demon. I think Christibella felt letting her live would allow others to believe sex outside of marriage to be acceptable, that Allessa's very existence would convince others that impure actions were acceptable, i.e., Allessa was an icon (product) of sin (adultery) and would invite others, and the "demon" she referred to was sin itself. I know this likely isn't the case, but that's art. It practically demands different interpretations.
naa yee you're right man the interpretation is solid, and i think is supposed to go alongside the supernatural elements of a story. Take away the dark part of Alessa, the evil force that gave Alessa the power to create silent hill and cut everyone off from the world in her own little hell, and then what were the reasons for burning her? Women used to get burnt in the Salem Witch Trials for simply speaking up, hearsay, and things that we now deem normal like dancing, or any extravagant luxury outside of the necessities that the bible had laid out for puritan colonizers. So what did Alessa do besides exist? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. The absence of a father was one thing, a mistake not on the child but on the parent. Alessa is a product of that sin, so therefore (similar to puritan beliefs on children as nothing but sin that needs to be molded into the form that god designed) she is inherently sinful. Then Alessa is sexually assaulted by the Janitor, further defiling her in the eyes of this church. She is burnt not for the evil that was in her destiny, but rather because the churches beliefs had abused and destroyed a little girls sense of self. She was picked on at school, not because the kids hated her, but because their parents who attended church knew that the girl was born out of wedlock, so the kids believe what their parents believe and act on that. There was a very real community centered reason why Alessa was burnt, the evil that visited her was not the same evil that the church feared, but it came to represent itself that way.
I think it's about stigma. Alessa was treated like she was "contaminated", because she reminds people of something that they didn't want to think about or deal with. They wanted to "silence" her, hence silent hill. She was of course innocent - being born out of wedlock wasn't her choice, she did nothing wrong and there was nothing wrong with her. The bullying and the stigma led to her isolation, which led to her being unprotected and predated upon/assaulted, and this only added to the stigma she already suffers. They also completely failed to provide the support she needed after the traumas she has suffered. Society often cannot face its own failures and need to blame the victim, so they called her the "sinner", laying all the fault on her. She was powerless to fight back. They burned her to cleanse their own conscience of the fact that they caused something horrible to happen to an innocent person - burying the case ("silent hill"). The movie reflects the trauma, rage, and revenge of an innocent person severely let down by the society that she lives in. It also reflects the psychology of the abused and traumatized -- there is an innocent aspect of yourself that you try to preserve, and there is a dark side that desires revenge. It's a little bit like dissociation. The abused child who is silenced will often try to tell their story, "the truth" among all the lies that others say. Dark Alessa left clues for Rose to follow, telling her story, and eventually telling Rose what really happened from her perspective. The imagery of the film reflects the inner torture, the brokenness, horror and incredible pain and violence that the abused child feels. It is why the movie is so relatable -- this is exactly what happens in the real world to real people. People may not burn witches anymore, but stigma, bullying, silencing and shutting away the innocent happens with, as Rose said, "anything that [society is] afraid of, ... anything [they] cannot control".
ShaDHP23 wow, thank you for bringing this marvelous "out of box" thinking and interpretation. I too, always thought that Christabella wants to kill Allessa just for sacrifice or because she's a witch, etc.
Very spot on interpretation. The fact that people still look down on children born to parents aren't married is fucking disgusting. They're people just like you and I. Sometimes, pregnancy just happens. My hair dresser is a single mother and her kid is one of the smartest little girls I've ever met. She loves animals and would do anything to make you smile.
Very nicely stated :) Alessa had been subjected to a pelethora of abuses since infancy. At the burning ritual the most sicking, saddest, and contemptious aspect (aside from Alessa's agony) is how none of the cultist questioned the morality of their actions or displayed any empathy towards this child. Instead, they held steadfast to beliefs concerning Alessa based on ignorance. Me, I would crash their party instead. "Good evening ladies and gentlemen. We are - tonights'- entertainment!"
@@fi6795 I've seen that. He has all the traits with the exception of the narcissistic component. This lacking his want for self preservation. The conclusion is that he has PTSD.
@@karinano1stan SHE! WAS! NOT! EVIL! Alessa in game wanted to seal the evil god within the town so it couldn't harm anyone. a fact anyone can understand by JUST COMPLETING THE ORIGINAL SERIES! not only that but she IS the devil in the fucking movies. Christoph Gans deliberately said so you dumb fuck
@@s66s46 I am not an idiot and I will not chill however asshat YOU are an idiot since you don't care if the information in a character story video is factually accurate think about THAT next time you throw insults around
All ways remember, there are this in this life.....dark things that feed on desperation and rage!! Beware the harm you bring to others...you can suffer a fate infinitely worst!
@@mibukdesjarlais534 the second movie was more closer to the source material, if Gans the sexist didn't change the story from the birth of a demon god to witch burning then Basset wouldn't have done what he did in his entry and it would have been more consistent
@@aaron75fy "Closer to the source material." Really? Because as far as I know many hardcore Silent Hill fans hated the second movie and thought it was horseshit. 😕
What always made me sick about this scene, is the fact they are not burning her through direct contact to the fire, but like a fucking BBQ. She's lying there on that grill with damn hot coal below her. That surely makes it even more painful and agonizing.
Her ability to to forgive Dalia for her gullibility (especially, through Dark Alessa) illustrates a well advanced and diplomatic persona. So too, is the internal fruision of internal resolve and strength. Alessa did not draw on external sources other than books, illustrations, ect. Her view of the world, society, had become so perverted as rammification to which she was treated that it is better to materialize internal will. This inner will-power can also be applied to life occurances also.
@@aaron75fy adaptions are NEVER identical. If it was identical I wouldn't like it. But altering the story is interesting, and I like this witch-burning more.
Dark Alessa was the figure representing Alessa's feelings of hurt, anger, fear, anguish, ect...she's emotion personified which illicit reaction from Alessa through external stimuli. Analogy: without provocation someone verbally assualts you (Alessa) which, envokes hurt, injustice and anger (Dark Alessa) those emotions serve as a catylist for your reaction (Alessa). Also, Alessa had been hurt to such a degree that she did not always have control of her subsequent actions. Hope this helps :)
Alessa was being held on a circular rod iron grill that was suspended from the ceiling by 3 chains. The grill was placed about 2 feet above the cauldron itself.
Three. They are, in no particular order: Rose Da Silva, Dahlia Gillespie, and Lisa Garland. Dark Alessa did say that Alessa hurt someone who was only curious. Alessa wasn't entirely without regret or remorse for it.
Religious cults just piss me off. I think the ending was the best because Alessa finally got her revenge. She had such a horrible life; everyone at school hated her and made fun of her; she was raped by that jackass janitor; her own aunt hated her guts, etc. And, of course, they burned her ALIVE. The cult people deserved their fate, and in my opinion, should've gotten something more cruel. I like how the dark side of alessa protects her, though I'm confused about the ending?
That religious lady, Christabella, who was Alessa's aunt and Dalia's sister clearly had issues. She was suppost to have Alessa's back, to be supportive of her niece...instead she spread fallicies resulting in Alessa's turmoil both mentally and physically. As I said 'Christabella had issues!'
My heart hurts for her. She was an illegitimate child and made fun of for it. Then she was raped by a sick creep and instead of her getting help, she was made to suffer because the cultists thought she was evil? I'm so glad the leader got hers in the end.
Many people assume that the other girl is a demon or the devil; however, in interviews with dir. Christophe Gans, actor Jodelle Ferland and Silent Hills' creators at Kunami, the other girl (Dark Alessa) is a doppleganger (double walker). You see, Alessa went through such an abundance of trauma both physically and emotionally that her negative feelings had externalized and personified themselves into a seperate entity.
During the backstory scene a line which illicited the greatest provocation of thought for me the first time I had seen Silent Hill was, 'when you're hurt and scared for so long, your fear and pain turn to hate and the hate starts to change the world.' What was most profound about this statement was how much I, as well as others can sypathize in its context. Hate is merely a subsequent by-product of fear derived from pain (both physical and emotional)....
@@karinano1stan The story is very Jungian as it too provides a allegorical element of what can happen if the dark aspect of the psyche is suppressed. Alessa most likely suppressed hers out of fear of persecution.
The game counterpart was far more tragic and held more depth. Although she went through hell and was treated like crap by her peers and mother, she retained her good intentions and tried her best to overcome the odds. That is far more interesting than a girl being mistreated and retaliates through evil means. That has been done to death in horror movies these days. The movie version seems generic and cliched and the emotional response seems forced. We get no information prior to her bullying, yet we're supposed to feel sorry simply because she is young and bullied. And why was she sexually assaulted? They never give a reason beyond some asinine creature origin.
Hell yeah, the movie is awesome and I recollect someone mentioning 'how can a horror based game have such beautiful music?' since the music in the movie was derived from the games.
Their is no limit to what religious fanatics will do to fight what they consider evil, the depth to which they won't sink. Their cruelty and religious fanaticism brought them to where they are now. All of the pain, hate and suffering that alessa felt is what caught the attention of a dark angel (demon). Hence the promise that everyone responsible will suffer for what they did to her.
That does remind me of a friend who stated that when she was 22 she started having episodes with claustraphobia. This had'nt been an issue before or since. A visit to a past life transgressionalist revealed that she had died as a result of a mine cave-in in a previous life at the age of 22.
If Alessa did not have a father there is a plausiblity of parthenogenesis. In extreamely rare instances the chromosome set can become diploid (46 instead of 23) with the extra chromosomes being mutated resulting in 2 distinct sets of DNA. High calcium levels can prepare the egg for cellular division with the mutated DNA performing as a catylist for cell division by fertilizing the egg; all with-out male DNA . Cells multiply, divide and 9 months later you have a miracle birth.
Yes, Alessa was still able to think and feel dispite her soul being split 3 ways (ego:Alessa, id: Dark Alessa, superego: Sharon) Though, these aspects of her persona are seperate physically, they're still connected on a conscious and subconscious level.
True, the dispachment of the cultist during Alessa's retribution sequence, although graphic, it was rather quick and efficient when the alternatives are considered; she could have killed them in a slower, more sadistic method. However, the revenge itself and the method in which it was carried was opposite to Alessa's true benevolent nature. I found the death of Christabella to have a great symbolic significance.
On the account of Alessa's backstory the death sequences and character state subscribes to an eye for an eye motif, for they are quite symbolic to Alessa's own experiance. Barbed and razor wire are particuarly used with both Colin (janitor) and Christabella and her followers. The symbolism of barb wire, in conjunction with razor wire, is that of boundries of which are not to be crossed or violated.
Before the burning ritual, Alessa was an ordinary child. During the flashback sequence Dark Alessa clearly states 'She did not have a father like the rest of them' implicating illegitamacy as the source reason for her to be called a witch. The burning catylized those powers by both the 'hydraulic theory: psychology' and paranormal activity derived from high levels of emotional duress, such as poltergiest activity; a rare, but more common phenominon with pre-adolecent and adolecent girls.
The other day a friend of mine who is a huge fan of the Silent Hill games had seen this movie for the first time. During the part were Alessa was being burned he asked, "they shackled her to that grill-type thing with the symbol on it?" "Yeah," I replied. "That is FUCKED up." He then asked to borrow the movie for a few days. "Dude, this movie rules! I'm going to watch it again and again and again....."
Cool, thanks. I heard that alot of people like the story of the second installment in the Silent Hill series, from what I've read of the synopsis it deals w/ guilt which alot can relate. From vids I've seen, the 3rd game looks sweet. Still need to read up on the 4th. Sweet, thanks agian dude.
The janitors punishment is, in fact, a visual allegory. The first thing is the barbed wire (a perimiter which should'nt be crossed), the rape of Alessa violated that rule. The wire being wrapped around his eyes (being blind of concience). The inhibition of his legs by being tied to the back of his head forcing him to crawl on his groin exibited (the choice of immoral action). The futher decay of the walls with his hands (how dirty and violated Alessa felt due to her ordeal).
The good thing is that now Alessa has a second chance at life with the DaSilva's, vindicated from her fears and the prejudices' of others. Hopefully, she has gained adequate confidence to rejoin this world, if not, then that is understandable. If there is one thing I would like to tell Alessa, it is this,'in that other life you had no friends, but that is in the past, now you have an army of friends.'
@ZeeyyDarling The name of that song is 'Final Battle'. It is track # 23 on disk 2 of Silent Hill 4: The room' the complete soundtrack. Song is also referred to as the 'final boss.'
This movie is ahead of its time. It's prophetic. The story of how hate driven a person to unleash the lurking monsters that has been waiting to be awaken and reveal the true power darkness.
How did people think Alessa was evil in the first place? What made them think? Were they like “Omg, that little girl is too nice, how very suspicious. She’s definitely a demon.”?
I believe that Silent Hills' ending leaves the audience with many unanswered questions. Are they dead? Stuck in a parallel dimention? The latter makes the most sense to me, personally. Without that there would be nothing to base Silent Hill 3 off if a film adaptation is made; for, Alessa is Heather. I believe what causes frustration is our society is used to having absolution in rapid succession. Why write a letter when you can send an e-mail? Same message, only one arrives faster.
The cuts are actually from damaged epidermal layers partitioning from undamaged tissue benieth. Since the scar tissue is not as pliable as the sub layers of undamaged tissue it is liable to cracks, cuts, ect..But,she was not on the coals.
Also, Alessa's thoughts' were relayed through Dark Alessa by concious and subconcious means. An accumen being that she could tell her doppleganger what to do (concious), how it might be carried out Alessa could recieve only limited insight (subconcious). But, when all said, Dark Alessa, is Alessa's primary representative.
I like movies like this..full of mystery,creepyness factor,chills,sad,dark,innocent, and immerses me into the movie...makes me wanna know the story and how it develops..hoped it had more sequels though except that second movie
Cont.. The danger associated with hate is the negative bias which can distort our perception/s of the world. As for Alessa, I am very hopefull that, with her 2nd chance at life, she'll experiance the world agian with-out the injustices placed onto her that resulted in both her fear and animosity; hopefully, she'll learn to find happiness.
@TamaranEmpress One of the morals that I really like about Silent Hill is about trust and respect. In the film Rose has to prove to Alessa (ego) that she's worthy of these attributes; the same also holds true in life as both trust and respect are never to be vouchsaffed liberally, but are to be earned. I recall a punker friend back in high school once saying 'so many people seem to demand respect, it should never be demanded, it should be earned.'
"When you're hurt and scared for so long, your fear and pain turn to hate and the hate starts to change the world." that's deep
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But it's the truth
In a scene earlier in the movie, Alessa's real mother says "Into the fire she swallowed their hate." and I knew from then on that something really bad happened to the little girl, so I was prepared for this scene.
She's in war with the world just as I am...... Despite the fact that I have friends....
that’s me right there
"... and the hate starts to change the world."
I love this line. Love this scene I could watch it over and over again...
It's scary how true that is.
Oh yesss.....
Dark Alessa also said that Alessa even hurt someone who was only curious.
Alessa wasn't entirely without remorse or regret for it.
Even as a teenager watching this scene, it hurt. Now as a dad of two little girls, it hurts more.
i swear i give a lot of props to whoever played the little girl. She is so good at playing an innocent scared sad little girl n that scream was so chilling when she was getting burned.
deathpearl360 that would be jodelle ferland my friend and shes amazing ^^
yeah. those screams o_O
@@ThePokemonBeader thats jodelle ferland she is great i remember when she played in the twilight saga and in the movie case 39 she deserves award
imagine the reasl screasm comming under epstean island :(
@@zariamcdonald7914 She also played a young Celine Dion in the movie Celine.
That little girl had a set of pipes on her
I like how the cop tries to free her but burns his hands, but doesn't stop and burns his hands even more to get her loose
Me too. Plus his face of utter distraught and empathy for her when he's carrying her.
It's because he was the father 😒
@@bintalmulla1975 what the fuck no
To add to this, even though it’s been 2 years! That’s the reason that the cop, who was revealed to be the cop who helps Sharon’s dad later on in the movie, didn’t end up being in the Otherworld.
@@karinano1stan thats what it seems to be
I don't think I've ever hated humans more than when I first saw this scene.
not all humans, generalizing is wrong :)
@@Alcor151 theyre making a point of, ive never hated humand more cos they never realised what kind of evil acts humans are capable of to others.
@@Alcor151 Who said that? no one is generalizing them. But sadly nowadays ppl are more bad and evil than good.
I felt sick to my stomach watching this scene as a child, and I still do. Child rape is the vilest and most cruel acts. As a man that I am now, I still am filled with rage.
Then she was burned alive.
This little girl suffered a lot of pain in her short little life. She didn't deserve it what so ever.
I can't blame her for the hatred that grew inside of her.
I also know it's fiction, but it still is heartbreaking.
apparently Gans thought this was a better story than the original
thank goodness at least one reply filled with anger. let's the word that someone is not desensitized and cares smh
Shizz Bizz I missed the part where she was raped, was that the extremely short scene before they burned her? I played the game when I was younger on PlayStation and I've watched this movie many times.
Dahlia wasn't the worst mother of all time but you have a point. She failed at the most important task for a mother. But Christabella manipulated her. Dahlia thought that Christabella would help Alessa but she never realized that her own sister could hurt her only daughter. At the hotel when Dahlia realized she was tricked what could she do? Fight with the cultists? She was alone and outnumbered. They could easily beat her if she tried to do stop them by herself. And who helps people in trouble if not the police? She run quickly as she could to get help but I doubt that the officers believed her when she told them about the situation at the first place. That's why she arrived too late to the scene. Look at her. She just crumpled on the floor and was devastated at the sight of burned Alessa. Also, at the end of the film, Dahlia survives the massacre in the church. Rose tells her that Dahlia is still mother of Alessa and even after all suffering she experienced, Alessa still loves her mother and doesn't blame her.
Remember when rose was in the bathroom? And then it transform into a hellish place? Well that person coming out of the bathroom stall room was Colin. Alessa punished Colin for raping her, he's not the pyramid head. The pyramid head was created as a executioner ( I think that's how you spell it) and a guardian for alessa.
No, but is the same guy LOL
:)
***** I know it .-.
It's implied. But for all we know, he was like, "Hey, sweetie! want to see how I mop the floor using old toilet water?!" EEEEEEEEEEK! lol
That's also deserving of eternity in Silent Hill...
I love when the supposed "bad guy" of a movie is actually a tragic figure, it makes the story more interesting. :)
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Surviving burn trauma to the extent that Alessa had is rare, though plausible. Septicaemia and disseminated intravascular coagulation are the primary causes of fatality in a majority of cases.
Dark Alessa has to be one of the coolest characters ever conjured.
This scene makes me a little sick to watch. The insinuations of rape is bad, but what really makes me uneasy is the part where they're burning her. It's very satisfying to see what happens to the cult leader at the end.
And democrats want shared bathrooms, which means more rape cases,
@@Joshua.670 fr like what they thinking
Easily my favorite scene from the movie. Beautifully shot and narrated
actually this scene is annoying because it paints Alessa as a vengeful demon and she wasn't like that
@@aaron75fy it doesn't exactly do that. It presents Alessa as a innocent child that was corrupted by other evil people, like Colin and Christabella. The evil from them replicates and goes to Alessa, she was absolutely fused with hate after that. And the hate in her changed the world, because a demon helped her (Dark Alessa).
@@karinano1stan and that's why Christoph Gans should not have touched this game. he doesn't understand the town and he certainly doesn't understand Alessa
@@aaron75fy he improvised pretty well. Adaptions are best when improvised.
@@karinano1stan firstly no he didn't. secondly there's a difference between improvising and fucking with source material
After watching this movie almost 10 years ago I think I finally understand alessa’s backstory. What I gathered (and some of this is assumed) is alessa’s mother had an affair with a married man, wishing to keep his identity secret she does not name him. Bc of this people in the occult kept rumors about alessa and her mother, speaking of those rumors around their children, which would explain why she was bullied at school for it, the kids heard the adults speak in metaphors (I presume) of alessa being the sin of her mother, and heard it as literal, which would also explain why she was bullied for being a witch or the spawn of evil. Being as alessa’s mother is the sister of the the headmistress of the occult, christabella wanted to eradicate of dahlia’s sin to hide shame of the family, and to my understanding explains why dahlia was not punished for committing adultery but instead her 9 year old daughter. So far this is what I think, but it doesn’t quite explain why dahlia followed them with alessa to the place where they “restore innocence”. But I think this also means dahlia knows what christabella has been doing, bc she knew what was going to happen to alessa hence her getting help. Dahlia’s mistakes, being coerced by her sister, and also the guilt she felt for conceiving alessa, makes sense to her hesitation. And also describes why dahlia is in purgatory. (This excludes any info from the game, just this film, and definitely not revelation)
I think Dahlia didn't fully understand was they were going to do. After Alessa got assaulted Christabella said they will restore her purity which sounds like they were trying to help. It wasn't until Christabella told Dahlia to leave Alessa with them saying "we fight the sin not there sinner". That made Dahlia realize that they see her as the sinner and Alessa as the sin. That's when it dawned on Dahlia on what they were really doing. Unfortunately it was too late
Alessa also has powers.
This makes me wanna cry... I'm actually a strong person, but seeing that makes me angry and sad... She was so sweet and innocent... She didn't deserve that! Its just wrong... Fuck those cultists judging her, calling her a "Witch"... Its people like that, thay makes this world so fucking horrible! I smiled when Alessa got her sweet revenge at the end of the movie
Casey Hudson so she was the one who killed christabella at the end?
I still think this is the best adaptation of a video game. It kept the core of the first game, but changed it for a casual audience to understand. The second film was dogshit in comparison.
Not really. This is one of the worse adaptations ever.
@@rickmurphy4831 Not really. This is one of the better adaptations. Super Mario Brothers, Street Fighter, Dead or Alive, Both Hitman movies, most of those live action Resident Evil films are worse.
@@rickmurphy4831 Yes really.
The second film had some interesting elements, but it looked cheaper, and it retconned most of the first film as though it essentially didn't happen, which I found confusing and frustrating. I thought Adelaide Clemens was pretty good though. She was clearly trying her best with material that was not great
@@thegreenmanofnorwich That's because the writer of Silent Hill 1 Roger Avery was arrested for vehicular manslaughter due to DUI. That's why the story of part 2 was messed up. Also for some reason the original director Christopher Gans didn't want to direct because of "other projects". It's a shame because this could've been a franchise.
This was an actually pretty good way to get casual people interested in Silent Hill. But damn... this story is already dark and creepy, and the story of the original game is way darker and creepier by far. It's amazing.
The first time I had watched this movie the one question that kept running though my head was: 'whatever is controlling the creatures and environmental shifts is really PISSED, what happened to cause such animosity and vindictivness?' Then Alessa's backstory was presented; what that child was put through was horrible, how she was treated in such cruel fashion, Alessa had every justifiable right to be resentful.
Alessa's mother is beautiful. I wish she was in more movies, she was great as Dahlia. :[
The woman who played Dahlia Gillespie in the movie is named Deborah Kara Unger.
People watch this film as a horror film but the theme is child abuse and in this case extremely dark sociological results! The film director said the dark world and it's 'occupants' is how things became known to Allessa
As a big sister, a godmother, a baby sitter, a nanny, and hopefully one day a mother (as well as a hardcore empath), this scene is SUPER freaking painful to watch 😢 This movie has two of my biggest triggers and fears in it...death/torture by fire, and hurting an innocent child in one of the most cruel, painful manners possible. Absolutely sadistic...I know it’s just a movie and that it’s different from the games...but it’s still hard to stomach when you realize that there were and still are people out there in the world who lack conviction and compassion, and have used terrible methods like these to hurt other people.
Yet despite all of that, I still think this movie was so well done and is strangely bewitching. I can’t stop thinking about it; kinda weird huh? Something with terrifying and disturbing scenes also happens to be strangely enchanting.
I love the music and the overall aesthetic, and oh my gosh I want to rescue and protect Alessa from anymore harm. The first time I saw this film, my friend didn’t warn me about my two biggest triggers being in here, and I actually threw up during this scene and had to run out of the room during Cybil’s demise, Ugh...sorry, I know this is a novel and not necessarily super important 😅 but I felt like I needed to process my thoughts and feelings about this scene somewhere. It’s weighed heavily on my heart for a loooong time.
It definitely helps make the movie easier to stomach, when watching the behind the scenes footage with all the wonderful actors and people involved. Sounds like they all had a fun time making it and enjoyed being together ☺️❤️ Wonderful acting! Awesome job 👏🏻🎶
I watched it back in 2011 when I was 8 years old and I was in my second year of school, this scene resonated a lot with the 8 year old kid that I was because I was getting bullied at school too and it was hellish, worst part about it is that even the teachers bullied me and I suffered from domestic violence at home it was horrible and I vividly remember those days, I remember when I saw the movie I knew just how Alessa must have felt.
You are such a good person, hope that everything will be great for you!
Psychopathic mother obssessed with God's rebirth through her daughter's teenage womb was probably too much for American audience so they flipped the story to less bizzare one. Still good though.
+Mictlantecuhtli a lot of Americans are christian, seeing this would've added "insult" to their faith. They're crazy.
what do you mean?
Sincere Thomas
I mean that original story written by Japanese writers for original trilogy was "slightly" different and much more interesting than the one presented in the movies. It was altered probably for the fact it would be too much controverse for western audience.
+Mictlantecuhtli Oh my godd.....please tell me ....please please tell me the original story
+Diego Reddevil why did they try to summon it?
Hell is empty and all the demons are here.
Carl John wow
that's dark
It is dark, and I love it, so true, but there are angels among us as well.
+darren pat angels in service to a God that let the snake in the garden to begin with.
God didn't let the snake in, the devil did, and the world isn't totally shadows, even now, there is goodness, so God hasn't given up
Can I share my interpretation?
When I first saw this in high school (before I knew the games existed and long before I had played any of them), I always thought Christibella wanted to kill Allessa because she was born out of wedlock, not because she thought she was a witch or demon. I think Christibella felt letting her live would allow others to believe sex outside of marriage to be acceptable, that Allessa's very existence would convince others that impure actions were acceptable, i.e., Allessa was an icon (product) of sin (adultery) and would invite others, and the "demon" she referred to was sin itself. I know this likely isn't the case, but that's art. It practically demands different interpretations.
Hence the term "bastard" which wasn't the significance of this story.
naa yee you're right man the interpretation is solid, and i think is supposed to go alongside the supernatural elements of a story.
Take away the dark part of Alessa, the evil force that gave Alessa the power to create silent hill and cut everyone off from the world in her own little hell, and then what were the reasons for burning her? Women used to get burnt in the Salem Witch Trials for simply speaking up, hearsay, and things that we now deem normal like dancing, or any extravagant luxury outside of the necessities that the bible had laid out for puritan colonizers.
So what did Alessa do besides exist? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. The absence of a father was one thing, a mistake not on the child but on the parent. Alessa is a product of that sin, so therefore (similar to puritan beliefs on children as nothing but sin that needs to be molded into the form that god designed) she is inherently sinful. Then Alessa is sexually assaulted by the Janitor, further defiling her in the eyes of this church. She is burnt not for the evil that was in her destiny, but rather because the churches beliefs had abused and destroyed a little girls sense of self. She was picked on at school, not because the kids hated her, but because their parents who attended church knew that the girl was born out of wedlock, so the kids believe what their parents believe and act on that.
There was a very real community centered reason why Alessa was burnt, the evil that visited her was not the same evil that the church feared, but it came to represent itself that way.
I think it's about stigma. Alessa was treated like she was "contaminated", because she reminds people of something that they didn't want to think about or deal with. They wanted to "silence" her, hence silent hill. She was of course innocent - being born out of wedlock wasn't her choice, she did nothing wrong and there was nothing wrong with her.
The bullying and the stigma led to her isolation, which led to her being unprotected and predated upon/assaulted, and this only added to the stigma she already suffers. They also completely failed to provide the support she needed after the traumas she has suffered.
Society often cannot face its own failures and need to blame the victim, so they called her the "sinner", laying all the fault on her. She was powerless to fight back.
They burned her to cleanse their own conscience of the fact that they caused something horrible to happen to an innocent person - burying the case ("silent hill").
The movie reflects the trauma, rage, and revenge of an innocent person severely let down by the society that she lives in.
It also reflects the psychology of the abused and traumatized -- there is an innocent aspect of yourself that you try to preserve, and there is a dark side that desires revenge. It's a little bit like dissociation. The abused child who is silenced will often try to tell their story, "the truth" among all the lies that others say. Dark Alessa left clues for Rose to follow, telling her story, and eventually telling Rose what really happened from her perspective.
The imagery of the film reflects the inner torture, the brokenness, horror and incredible pain and violence that the abused child feels.
It is why the movie is so relatable -- this is exactly what happens in the real world to real people. People may not burn witches anymore, but stigma, bullying, silencing and shutting away the innocent happens with, as Rose said, "anything that [society is] afraid of, ... anything [they] cannot control".
ShaDHP23 wow, thank you for bringing this marvelous "out of box" thinking and interpretation. I too, always thought that Christabella wants to kill Allessa just for sacrifice or because she's a witch, etc.
Very spot on interpretation. The fact that people still look down on children born to parents aren't married is fucking disgusting. They're people just like you and I. Sometimes, pregnancy just happens. My hair dresser is a single mother and her kid is one of the smartest little girls I've ever met. She loves animals and would do anything to make you smile.
Very nicely stated :) Alessa had been subjected to a pelethora of abuses since infancy. At the burning ritual the most sicking, saddest, and contemptious aspect (aside from Alessa's agony) is how none of the cultist questioned the morality of their actions or displayed any empathy towards this child. Instead, they held steadfast to beliefs concerning Alessa based on ignorance.
Me, I would crash their party instead.
"Good evening ladies and gentlemen. We are - tonights'- entertainment!"
Dark Knight joker 4k "he is not psychopathic".
@@fi6795 I've seen that. He has all the traits with the exception of the narcissistic component. This lacking his want for self preservation. The conclusion is that he has PTSD.
Big SH fan, loved the movie.
ALESSA DOES NOT DESERVE THIS
Dark Alessa Is My Favorite Character From Both Silent Hill Movies
"dark" Alessa was the devil
@@aaron75fy she was not a devil... Dark Alessa was the pieces of evil in Alessa.
@@karinano1stan SHE! WAS! NOT! EVIL! Alessa in game wanted to seal the evil god within the town so it couldn't harm anyone. a fact anyone can understand by JUST COMPLETING THE ORIGINAL SERIES! not only that but she IS the devil in the fucking movies. Christoph Gans deliberately said so you dumb fuck
@@aaron75fy Chill idiot
@@s66s46 I am not an idiot and I will not chill
however asshat YOU are an idiot since you don't care if the information in a character story video is factually accurate
think about THAT next time you throw insults around
All ways remember, there are this in this life.....dark things that feed on desperation and rage!! Beware the harm you bring to others...you can suffer a fate infinitely worst!
Fear becomes anger, anger becomes hate, hate becomes suffering
It' such a harsh story if a person sees it as more than another horror film. The theme is child abuse.
the theme is "change the story so it's nothing like the source material"
I agree, but the more interesting part is that within the first hour of the movie it's doesn't even hint to child abuse.
@@aaron75fy That's the second movie actually.
@@mibukdesjarlais534 the second movie was more closer to the source material, if Gans the sexist didn't change the story from the birth of a demon god to witch burning then Basset wouldn't have done what he did in his entry and it would have been more consistent
@@aaron75fy "Closer to the source material." Really? Because as far as I know many hardcore Silent Hill fans hated the second movie and thought it was horseshit. 😕
What always made me sick about this scene, is the fact they are not burning her through direct contact to the fire, but like a fucking BBQ. She's lying there on that grill with damn hot coal below her. That surely makes it even more painful and agonizing.
I just realized the actress who plays Christabella is the same one who plays the Borg Queen in Star Trek the Next Generation.
How can they cast out evil when they pure evil themselves.
Her ability to to forgive Dalia for her gullibility (especially, through Dark Alessa) illustrates a well advanced and diplomatic persona. So too, is the internal fruision of internal resolve and strength. Alessa did not draw on external sources other than books, illustrations, ect. Her view of the world, society, had become so perverted as rammification to which she was treated that it is better to materialize internal will. This inner will-power can also be applied to life occurances also.
this scene makes me angry
Me to Raine.' Fear and pain turn to hate' How many people have gone 'bad' because of bad treatment by those around them?
the fact that the original story had nothing to do with witch burning or raping janitors makes me angry
@@aaron75fy why does it have to be identical?
@@aaron75fy adaptions are NEVER identical. If it was identical I wouldn't like it. But altering the story is interesting, and I like this witch-burning more.
@@aaron75fy I mean yeah, summoning a demon is interesting, but this is a great twist
Dark Alessa was the figure representing Alessa's feelings of hurt, anger, fear, anguish, ect...she's emotion personified which illicit reaction from Alessa through external stimuli. Analogy: without provocation someone verbally assualts you (Alessa) which, envokes hurt, injustice and anger (Dark Alessa) those emotions serve as a catylist for your reaction (Alessa). Also, Alessa had been hurt to such a degree that she did not always have control of her subsequent actions. Hope this helps :)
poor, poor little Alessa it just proved that a lot of the people in Silent Hill got what they rightfully deserve.
Alessa was being held on a circular rod iron grill that was suspended from the ceiling by 3 chains. The grill was placed about 2 feet above the cauldron itself.
Poor girl
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we can easily say that there's only 2 people from silent hill that Alessa wont kill.
Three.
They are, in no particular order: Rose Da Silva, Dahlia Gillespie, and Lisa Garland.
Dark Alessa did say that Alessa hurt someone who was only curious.
Alessa wasn't entirely without regret or remorse for it.
I still can't believe that me and that girl have the same name. Thats pretty cool!
Religious cults just piss me off. I think the ending was the best because Alessa finally got her revenge. She had such a horrible life; everyone at school hated her and made fun of her; she was raped by that jackass janitor; her own aunt hated her guts, etc. And, of course, they burned her ALIVE. The cult people deserved their fate, and in my opinion, should've gotten something more cruel. I like how the dark side of alessa protects her, though I'm confused about the ending?
That religious lady, Christabella, who was Alessa's aunt and Dalia's sister clearly had issues. She was suppost to have Alessa's back, to be supportive of her niece...instead she spread fallicies resulting in Alessa's turmoil both mentally and physically. As I said 'Christabella had issues!'
Poor allesa all she needed was a friend.
My heart hurts for her. She was an illegitimate child and made fun of for it. Then she was raped by a sick creep and instead of her getting help, she was made to suffer because the cultists thought she was evil? I'm so glad the leader got hers in the end.
Actually they believed she was a witch but it was still cruel to burn a little girl alive, people like that make me sick.
God doesn't create monsters. But people do
How anybody survives with full-body fourth-degree burns is beyond me.
and in the game is worse, there they were keeping her purposely alive...
"The Darkness is in the Dark Society"
-Ilesk
i don't cry, but i feel bad for alessa, sad scene, yet one of my favorite out of any movie
Well that was disturbing.
the moment when dahlia saw her baby burned it's so painful :((( ... as for alessa it's too much for a child, even for adult
Therefore, Silent Hill became a ghost town of nightmares.
The mother is quite stunning.
Many people assume that the other girl is a demon or the devil; however, in interviews with dir. Christophe Gans, actor Jodelle Ferland and Silent Hills' creators at Kunami, the other girl (Dark Alessa) is a doppleganger (double walker). You see, Alessa went through such an abundance of trauma both physically and emotionally that her negative feelings had externalized and personified themselves into a seperate entity.
This is one of the few things that manages to make me cry.
The revenge scene was dark AF but i was rooting for Alessa because of the Hell she went through
During the backstory scene a line which illicited the greatest provocation of thought for me the first time I had seen Silent Hill was, 'when you're hurt and scared for so long, your fear and pain turn to hate and the hate starts to change the world.' What was most profound about this statement was how much I, as well as others can sypathize in its context. Hate is merely a subsequent by-product of fear derived from pain (both physical and emotional)....
Restore innocence? Ha! My innocence was taken at the age of 6....
*slowly crying*
bruh all my friends are like "this movie is so scary"
and I'm here just "Awww this is scary she isn't bad she's just..... angry **sobs**"
The Mistress Of Random Yeah, the movie is more sad than fear inspiring.
@@bossshun9 it's both, as it discomforts you while playing with your psych. The story is really sad too.
@@karinano1stan The story is very Jungian as it too provides a allegorical element of what can happen if the dark aspect of the psyche is suppressed. Alessa most likely suppressed hers out of fear of persecution.
Can I give her a hug? I feel like she needs a hug.
What happened to Alessa was cruel and tragic. A victum of an ignorant belief. For what had happened to the poor child I'm glad she achieved vengence.
literally one of my favorite movies since i was 4 ❤️ i still don’t 100% understand but i love it
i always liked Alessa...
I dont think she was evil, just everyone around her either hated her for no real reason or just wanted to use her
She ain’t evil, the towns people were too obsessive with bringing back their god
It's sad for alessa 😢😭😢😭
The game counterpart was far more tragic and held more depth. Although she went through hell and was treated like crap by her peers and mother, she retained her good intentions and tried her best to overcome the odds. That is far more interesting than a girl being mistreated and retaliates through evil means. That has been done to death in horror movies these days.
The movie version seems generic and cliched and the emotional response seems forced. We get no information prior to her bullying, yet we're supposed to feel sorry simply because she is young and bullied. And why was she sexually assaulted? They never give a reason beyond some asinine creature origin.
Hell yeah, the movie is awesome and I recollect someone mentioning 'how can a horror based game have such beautiful music?' since the music in the movie was derived from the games.
Their is no limit to what religious fanatics will do to fight what they consider evil, the depth to which they won't sink. Their cruelty and religious fanaticism brought them to where they are now. All of the pain, hate and suffering that alessa felt is what caught the attention of a dark angel (demon). Hence the promise that everyone responsible will suffer for what they did to her.
I honestly think they deserved what they got in the end
+Angelique Dougan what did they got?
Royal Scythia They where all torn apart by the same person they tried to kill.
Lucifers Apprentice seems fair
Royal Scythia Revenge when justly called for is fair.
That does remind me of a friend who stated that when she was 22 she started having episodes with claustraphobia. This had'nt been an issue before or since. A visit to a past life transgressionalist revealed that she had died as a result of a mine cave-in
in a previous life at the age of 22.
The people who were sleeping next to the room that this was happening were WHAT THE FRUCK IS GOING ON
In the real world, the bad guys don't always lose
If Alessa did not have a father there is a plausiblity of parthenogenesis.
In extreamely rare instances the chromosome set can become diploid
(46 instead of 23) with the extra chromosomes being mutated resulting in 2 distinct sets of DNA. High calcium levels can prepare the egg for cellular division with the mutated DNA performing as a catylist for cell division by fertilizing the egg; all with-out male DNA . Cells multiply, divide and 9 months later you have a miracle birth.
She's powerful she can manipulate reality
She was abused by that man? 0:25
She Was Sexual Assaulted By Colin The Janitor
That must be why he has his tongue out like a lizard when Rose meets the zombie Colin in the restroom
Eduardo N is that why Alessa got pregnant and had Sharon?
Glitz Garcia no
@@glitzgarcia8281 Do you seriously think a heavily burnt human can even get a child? All of her skin and probably organs were destroyed
Since first watching Silent Hill in theaters' I've always found Dark Alessa a very diplomatic and just character.
How can people say a little girl is a witch, she looks normal.......
Yes, Alessa was still able to think and feel dispite her soul being split 3 ways (ego:Alessa, id: Dark Alessa, superego: Sharon) Though, these aspects of her persona are seperate physically, they're still connected on a conscious and subconscious level.
This is such a good horror movie (and game).
True, the dispachment of the cultist during Alessa's retribution sequence, although graphic, it was rather quick and efficient when the alternatives are considered; she could have killed them in a slower, more sadistic method. However, the revenge itself and the method in which it was carried was opposite to Alessa's true benevolent nature. I found the death of Christabella to have a great symbolic significance.
On the account of Alessa's backstory the death sequences and character state subscribes to an eye for an eye motif, for they are quite symbolic to Alessa's own experiance. Barbed and razor wire are particuarly used with both Colin (janitor) and Christabella and her followers. The symbolism of barb wire, in conjunction with razor wire, is that of boundries of which are not to be crossed or violated.
Before the burning ritual, Alessa was an ordinary child. During the flashback sequence Dark Alessa clearly states 'She did not have a father like the rest of them' implicating illegitamacy as the source reason for her to be called a witch. The burning catylized those powers by both the 'hydraulic theory: psychology' and paranormal activity derived from high levels of emotional duress, such as poltergiest activity; a rare, but more common phenominon with pre-adolecent and adolecent girls.
The other day a friend of mine who is a huge fan of the Silent Hill games had seen this movie for the first time. During the part were Alessa was being burned he asked, "they shackled her to that grill-type thing with the symbol on it?"
"Yeah," I replied.
"That is FUCKED up."
He then asked to borrow the movie for a few days. "Dude, this movie rules! I'm going to watch it again and again and again....."
Cool, thanks. I heard that alot of people like the story of the second installment in the Silent Hill series, from what I've read of the synopsis it deals w/ guilt which alot can relate. From vids I've seen, the 3rd game looks sweet. Still need to read up on the
4th. Sweet, thanks agian dude.
Alessa Gillespie
The janitors punishment is, in fact, a visual allegory. The first thing is the barbed wire (a perimiter which should'nt be crossed), the rape of Alessa violated that rule. The wire being wrapped around his eyes (being blind of concience). The inhibition of his legs by being tied to the back of his head forcing him to crawl on his groin exibited (the choice of immoral action). The futher decay of the walls with his hands (how dirty and violated Alessa felt due to her ordeal).
The good thing is that now Alessa has a second chance at life with the DaSilva's, vindicated from her fears and the prejudices' of others. Hopefully, she has gained adequate confidence to rejoin this world, if not, then that is understandable. If there is one thing I would like to tell Alessa, it is this,'in that other life you had no friends, but that is in the past, now you have an army of friends.'
Actually, the reason why Alessa survived her burns in the original Silent HIll because of the God that was inside of her.
@ZeeyyDarling The name of that song is 'Final Battle'. It is track # 23 on disk 2 of Silent Hill 4: The room' the complete soundtrack.
Song is also referred to as the 'final boss.'
This movie is ahead of its time. It's prophetic. The story of how hate driven a person to unleash the lurking monsters that has been waiting to be awaken and reveal the true power darkness.
How did people think Alessa was evil in the first place? What made them think? Were they like “Omg, that little girl is too nice, how very suspicious. She’s definitely a demon.”?
She had psychic powers . Thats also how she survived being burnt
I like the narration the best. its important and a bit creepy
i also like the fact, like you, that it gives her justification
I believe that Silent Hills' ending leaves the audience with many unanswered questions. Are they dead? Stuck in a parallel dimention? The latter makes the most sense to me, personally. Without that there would be nothing to base Silent Hill 3 off if a film adaptation is made; for, Alessa is Heather. I believe what causes frustration is our society is used to having absolution in rapid succession. Why write a letter when you can send an e-mail? Same message, only one arrives faster.
I myself am of the belief that Rose and Sharon Da Silva are still alive and trapped in the parallel dimension.
The sequel to this movie is proof.
The cuts are actually from damaged epidermal layers partitioning from undamaged tissue benieth. Since the scar tissue is not as pliable as the sub layers of undamaged tissue it is liable to cracks, cuts, ect..But,she was not on the coals.
Silent Hill trivia question: What date and time did Dark Alessa become a separate personage from Alessa Gillespie/ when was Dark Alessa born?
Also, Alessa's thoughts' were relayed through Dark Alessa by concious and subconcious means. An accumen being that she could tell her doppleganger what to do (concious), how it might be carried out Alessa could recieve only limited insight (subconcious). But, when all said, Dark Alessa, is Alessa's primary representative.
I like movies like this..full of mystery,creepyness factor,chills,sad,dark,innocent, and immerses me into the movie...makes me wanna know the story and how it develops..hoped it had more sequels though except that second movie
I feel so bad for Dahlia and Alessa
I feel so bad for Dahlia and Alessa :(
Cont..
The danger associated with hate is the negative bias which can distort our perception/s of the world. As for Alessa, I am very hopefull that, with her 2nd chance at life, she'll experiance the world agian with-out the injustices placed onto her that resulted in both her fear and animosity; hopefully, she'll learn to find happiness.
@TamaranEmpress One of the morals that I really like about Silent Hill is about trust and respect. In the film Rose has to prove to Alessa (ego) that she's worthy of these attributes; the same also holds true in life as both trust and respect are never to be vouchsaffed liberally, but are to be earned. I recall a punker friend back in high school once saying 'so many people seem to demand respect, it should never be demanded, it should be earned.'
das ist die schrecklichste szene im ganzen film....bin immer fast am weinen wenn ich die seh.....