10 Video Game Franchises That Deserve Their Own Netflix Series

10. Silent Hill

The first Silent Hill movie drew numerous complaints, including the use of Pyramid Head in a story completely unrelated to James Sunderland. This alone marked a huge departure from the games, in which the most prominent monsters and symbols typically represent some aspect of the protagonist's life or psyche.

Silent Hill: Revelation attempted to make up for its predecessor's lack of faith regarding the source material, but the result was even worse.

Unpopular opinion: the first Silent Hill movie got it right. Departure from the source isn't necessarily a bad thing, and the film had some refreshing ideas. A great series could create new imagery while adapting and reusing the old, giving those adaptations enough backstory to not only justify their presence, but perhaps even add to the lore of the games.

If the showrunners feel like taking a small risk, they might even try something the movies never dared to try. In a style similar to Darin Morgan's off-the-wall scripts for The X-Files, a Silent Hill series could dedicate one episode per season to the type of humour the games have always offered fans in the form of secret endings.

Finally, if Netflix wants to draw in some of the more disenchanted members of the games' fanbase, they can start by finding a key role for Norman Reedus. Putting Guillermo del Toro in the director's chair might be a loftier feat, but getting a Silent Hills TV show would still be closer to a dream than getting no Silent Hills at all.