Silent Horror DVD

[Penis Whiskers]

Having spent as much time working on this film as I did, I can say in terms of the "acting" that like most of X-Strike's productions, this was a cast of mostly untrained actors, having never taken a class or been given any guidance. The reason why it stood out like a sore thumb in Silent Horror was the serious tone to the dialogue. Yes, it was a parody like every X-Strike production so far, but it bordered more on serio-comic than any other film. We really were going for a very realistic, dead pan delivery. RCR works so well because the acting isn't supposed to be good. It's a very broad farce, and the more cheesily the lines are delivered, the bigger the laughs. What was attempted in Silent Horror was a far greater challenge, and all things considered I think it turned out alright.

You singled out Darrin and Tim's characters as being your favorites, which would make sense because they veered more towards melodrama. Steve, Sara, Michelle, and I were trying to be true to the way the lead characters were portrayed in the games, which was usually very calm and collected. I made Mark monotone and un-emotional because that's the way the male leads in the Silent Hill series acted. In hindsight, was it the greatest choice? No, because that doesn't read well and it's lost on most people, which is precisely why no one ever remembers I played Mark in Silent Horror, but they always remember I played Benny in RCR. Comic relief always steals the show.

If Silent Horror was Rory's baby, then I was its surrogate parent. I was ecstatic from the day Rory told me he was writing a Silent Hill parody, and practically begged to play the role of Mark. I reveled in our all-night, toe-numbing, pitch black filming sessions, and was usually the first one to call Rory and say "Rory! SNOW! Let's film!!!" The final product may have fallen short of expectations, but it's entirely possible that expectations were far too high for the money, time, and experience we had at that point. If Rory called me today and told me he wanted to re-shoot Silent Horror, I'd be on a plane tomorrow. And I don't mean for that to take away from the film we produced, because I'm proud of that. I just know that the film would be shorter, sleeker, and more polished.

And I wouldn't have a flabby face.

Silent Horror will always be my favorite X-Strike project.

[VFKevin]

Not sure if you guys have seen this, but Gabriel Ricaurd (he staffed at Magfest, in addition to being an editor for this particular website) gives SILENT HORROR a pretty glowing review:

http://www.bloodzonemedia.com/reviews/f ... orror.html

[Juese]

Very nice review. I like how he doesn't ever say what his one big continuity problem is, though I assume its a change from a certain season to another. Good stuff.

[cousinted]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0899222/

Right there, sparse site and all, is the new listing for Silent Horror. As of this date, 99% of the info still has to be processed by IMDB. Let us hope that they get it right this time, because I *know* it was all correct on my end.

[Protoman]

This film delivers and I mean it delivers itself to the audience. Thats 10 out of 10 please.

[My Favorite Boxer]

Hey, despite what Brett says, I thought Silent Horror was worlds better than RCR. Granted, I'm a huge fan of the genre... but still, I laughed WAY harder at SH than for RCR. Not to diss on RCR, cuz it's a great flick, but it everyones skills showed big time improvement. Tim ESPECIALLY. Watch Tim in RCR then watch him in Silent Horror. It's like it's not even the same guy. A-frickin-mazing. And Brett was pretty solid.

So, yeah, I wouldn't down on Silent Horror so much. I will never forget the first night I watched it.

[Penis Whiskers]

Don't misunderstand me, I love Silent Horror. I think it was an incredibly ambitious project, and that it was succesful on a lot of levels. If you gave 10 other people the budget we had and asked them to make a survival horror movie, I'm pretty sure you'd get 10 films not as cool as Silent Horror. I also thought it was better than RCR. But the reason RCR is more popular is that it has more fan service than SH. RCR is the cornerstone of X-Strike (anybody says "what about White Dawn" and I'll kick you in the teeth) and that established X-Strike's core fanbase, which of course is gamers. RCR is a movie for gamers, and if you've never played RCR before, you won't appreciate the film as much. This is why Hollywood waters down storylines, and conversely why X-Strike doesn't. SH was based on a few games, and wasn't as connected to a single theme as RCR was. As only an occasional gamer, this was more appealing to me because it wasn't as imperative that you play the game first.

As an actor, you rarely watch your own performance without saying "I could have done that better" which is why many actors refuse to watch themselves on screen. All I was trying to say was with a little more money and more structured shooting schedule, we could have taken it to another level.

[nekobun]

Finally picked this up last week, and loved it. Got a little worried at first because the exposition felt a little slow, but things picked up nicely soon enough. Of the three dvd releases, I think I liked the locations best in this one - the decaying place with all the crumbling paint and everything was awesome.

Also, love the commentary tracks. So many points for the "crunchings and munchings" reference, too. If that was actually supposed to be a reference. >_>

[gobbleskat]

Bet your sweet ass it was.

[nekobun]

Sweet. I am such a Lloyd Alexander fanboy, it hurts. When I pee.

[cacomistle]

haven't watched it yet. which silent hill games is it based on? i've only played thru 1 and 2, so i was planning on playing 3 and 4 before watching it. is that necessary?

[Ekkebus]

Silent Horror most closely follows the plot of the first game but if overall a pretty general parody taking elements from the whole series. It isn't going to spoil anything from the later games though. Actually I don't even think The Room was out until we were almost done filming.

[Reznor]

I broke the VCR tape casing of my "MAGFest Beta" version of Silent Horror.

Dammit.

[quarky]

I totally was about to ask you about this...geez.

What's the viewing count now?

[Reznor]

I totally was about to ask you about this...geez.

What's the viewing count now?

183.