10 Greatest Video Game Movies Of All-Time

The one thing that Silent Hill had to do, I suppose, was be scary. If there was a single aspect of the game that Christophe Gans' adaptation about the Japanese horror franchise absolutely had to succeed on, then it was to ensure that the sense of fear and paranoia and terror carried through to the big screen.

For all its flaws, Silent Hill does at least deliver truly nightmarish experience: this is a scary movie, no matter how much you hate it.

So I'll stand up and admit that Silent Hill frightens the hell out of me. There is something about this movie that just makes my skin crawl (aside from the terrible acting and lacklustre plot). It evokes a feeling of genuine cruelty and horror that lingers with you in the aftermath, even if most of the film just involves people running around in the fog. The visual design of Silent Hill is also breathtaking, and you never feel starved for a beautiful image or shot.

As such, I'm still genuinely convinced that this might well be one of the best video game adaptations ever, and an underrated film to boot. All these years later, I still find it difficult to get a particular scene out of my head: the one where Pyramid Head (you read that right) lifts a woman up into the air, rips her clothes off, and then follows that already degrading act by ripping her skin off.

The nightmares...