Silent Hill franchise
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We can’t include the Resident Evil franchise on this list without also including Silent Hill. It’s like an unspoken rule. While it’s easy to make fun of film adaptations of video games, some have serious grounds for being made. Say what you will about the Silent Hill movie released in 2006, at least it tried to be visually interesting.
Meanwhile, each of the games feel somewhat similar in that someone gets pulled into Silent Hill before discovering their true origin. We appreciate Silent Hill as a franchise because each character’s story feels interesting, with Silent Hill being the connecting force between each installment. Every game has its own merit, though the original batch of games are arguably better than the ones that came later.
Our personal favorite is Silent Hill 2, though we also recommend playing the original to get you in the mood. If you don’t feel like going back and playing the first Silent Hill game from 1999, the film isn’t all that bad. Maybe we’re alone in feeling this way, but it’s honestly not the worst film based off a video game (looking at you Assassin’s Creed), and it isn’t the worst thing you can watch to get you in the Halloween spirit either.
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