10 Movie Franchises That Ended Too Soon

8. Silent Hill

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Was 2006's take on Silent Hill perfect? Far from it. Was 2012's Silent Hill: Revelation decent? Not a chance.

Why should Silent Hill be viewed as a franchise that ended too soon, then? Well that's down to how much potential the movie franchise had.

In that first film, the aesthetic and atmosphere of the Silent Hill video game franchise was conjured up majestically. The simmering, haunting vacancy of that first movie was pitch-perfect for what was needed from a Silent Hill film. The problem, of course, was that the movie's story was only solid rather than spectacular.

As for Silent Hill: Revelation, the less said about that stinker the better.

Still, learning the lessons of what not to do from Revelation, combining that experience with the knowledge of what did work in the first Silent Hill film, and surely there's enough there to work with in order to create a third Silent Hill movie that could've been a genuine standout horror feature.

Christophe Gans, director of the '06 picture, has recently discussed how he'd like to return to the world of Silent Hill - and so maybe, just maybe, there's a chance that we get the Silent Hill movie that we've all yearned for.

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