Silent Hills Monsters

[moviebuffuc]

MTV covered the monsters from Silent Hill and how they were not computer generated.

"It's quite inspiring, because you have a sense of what it looks like and what it feels like," actress Radha Mitchell said of the nightmarish creatures who tormented, tortured and terrified her daily on the set of the "Silent Hill" movie. "To actually be physically touching the thing [is better]; it's different to pretend to touch something. When it's touching you, you can feel it. It's great. ... This is the thing that's attacking me, and this is pretty much what it would feel like. ... You have the real sense of drama doing that."

After Gans (director of the genre-bending cult classic "Brotherhood of the Wolf") decided to go down the path of monster manifestation, he recruited creature and special-makeup-effects creator Patrick Tatopoulos and gave him the ultimate dream job.

"They are the dream of a little girl," said the monster maestro behind "Independence Day" and the "Underworld" movies, describing his thought process while designing the "Silent Hill" baddies. "[Gans] wanted them to be like dolls, all of them. And that's interesting, because that's what you try to avoid usually."

As it turned out, Tatopoulos wasn't the only one living in a dream world.

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[BlueMeanie]

I caught a screening of this after "The Sentinel" last night. Walked out after the first 30 minutes. Dreadfully dull.

[chickflick]

Originally Posted by BlueMeanie

I caught a screening of this after "The Sentinel" last night. Walked out after the first 30 minutes. Dreadfully dull.

How sad. It looks really good from the previews on television.

I'm glad that they used real people to play the part of the monsters. I was starting to worry that everything was going to be computer generated from here on out. There really is a difference when an actor is working with CG and when they are working with other people.

[flabbybuns]

Yes, I heard it had the worst dialogue... which hurts.

flabbybuns

[Ming]

It kind of reminded me of Ghost Ship. The reality/dream thing got confusing, though. Found out a little more at the end. Glad I waited for the DVD. Would've been really teed-off if I'd paid good money at the theatre....